Sexing quail and colour

[Fenrisulfr]

That's cool. I did a lot of studying before I chose the right new incubator for me and I'm Soooo happy with my Maxi EX. Makes me feel like there's something I should be doing, but there really isn't.
No external humidity pump is a bonus. Glad you like yours.

Same here ... I hadn't to do anything till lock down, beside check the water tank

 

[SteveUK]

Same here ... I hadn't to do anything till lock down, beside check the water tank

I use a glass milk bottle. Nice fat bottom.

 

[Quailobsessed]

My incubators do all the work for me...they even lay the eggs!

 

[Ruskin_Roost]

... I know that. My first brooding were 10 roos from 15 chicks

I think the same is happening with my first batch! What did you do with so many males?

 

[Fenrisulfr]

Don't condem me, ... I ate them

Too many or over agressive birds are going to freezer camp.
As every breeder has too much roos, it is nearly impossible to find a new home, beside it has a special color or is a Celadon

 

[Quailobsessed]

Don't condem me, ... I ate them

Too many or over agressive birds are going to freezer camp.
As every breeder has too much roos, it is nearly impossible to find a new home, beside it has a special color or is a Celadon

Nobody should be condemned by others on here We all have different circumstances and different ways of dealing with them. As long as you did it in a humane way (which I know you would have). No bird should have to suffer, no matter how short their life is or whether they end up on the dinner table.

 

[Fenrisulfr]

Nobody should be condemned by others on here We all have different circumstances and different ways of dealing with them. As long as you did it in a humane way (which I know you would have). No bird should have to suffer, no matter how short their life is or whether they end up on the dinner table.

Thank you!
I tried to keep a male flock, either, but they were so mean. Didn't take long and the cage was a bloody mess. I wasn't that experienced in my beginnings.
Was a hard way to learn.

Now, that I am breeding much more numbers, I try harvest males before the big battles are starting.
And yes, I harvest them coresponding to EU laws, human and fast.

Always not easy, but better as waiting till you collect dead birds out of the cages.
My grandfather was a farmer and their living depended on lifestock. He always teached me not to waste anything... big war generation

 

[Quailobsessed]

Thank you!
I tried to keep a male flock, either, but they were so mean. Didn't take long and the cage was a bloody mess. I wasn't that experienced in my beginnings.
Was a hard way to learn.

Now, that I am breeding much more numbers, I try harvest males before the big battles are starting.
And yes, I harvest them coresponding to EU laws, human and fast.

Always not easy, but better as waiting till you collect dead birds out of the cages.
My grandfather was a farmer and there living depended on lifestock. He always teached me not to waste anything... big war generation

It sounds like you are doing a great job with your quails

Keeping male flocks is worse if they are harming each other.

There are benefits to harvesting your own birds. One is that you know they're being treated well. I'm not sure what the meat industry is like where you are, but I wouldn't say it's great here. There are still plenty of animals living in horrible conditions.

Yes, I don't do it, but I'm in an suburban area (where in Australia it's illegal to kill your own animals). I'm not judging anyone who does

 

[Tenesexx]

I think the same is happening with my first batch! What did you do with so many males?

Sell them was planning to eat them

 

[Ruskin_Roost]

Sell them was planning to eat them

I think it is common, once you become attached they feel like pets!