So what's up the the english Whites

[joe125]

On a side note: The non-color sex able, Rosetta coturnix also sexually mature faster than their color sex able counter parts. Add in the yahoo looking after them....you get the idea.

 

[mhwc56]

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my EWs matured almost TWO months later than my browns and gold....

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

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I don't go that route, I take the long road. If I want to mate say Gold to White. I hatch from both in pretty much equal numbers, they grow as brooder mates and then are more compatable. Less aggravation. When I had a hatch of Jumbo Browns with only 2 Whites, my big Brown female killed both Whites.

You notice that quaillady and I both have our Whites in larger colonies and have no problems with them. Hint Hint. mhwc I tell ya, you need more to solve your problem. I know in the Spring when you can FINALLY hatch.

In selective breeding, you can put M/F's together until they breed then separate them. They don't have to stay together for weeks or months or the rest of their lives.
The recommended way of setting up a breeding pen is to put females and a male into a different breeding pen. (Why they are called Breeding Pens). Not the male to the female pen or vice versa. In my flock letting them see each other just sets them up to fighting and strutting their stuff. It works for chickens but not my Coturnix.

 

[mhwc56]

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i haven't had any success introducing birds by putting them side by side in seperate cages. The only thing that has worked for me is to put them ALL into a cage that is unfamiliar to them at one time.

I don't go that route, I take the long road. If I want to mate say Gold to White. I hatch from both in pretty much equal numbers, they grow as brooder mates and then are more compatable. Less aggravation. When I had a hatch of Jumbo Browns with only 2 Whites, my big Brown female killed both Whites.

You notice that quaillady and I both have our Whites in larger colonies and have no problems with them. Hint Hint. mhwc I tell ya, you need more to solve your problem. I know in the Spring when you can FINALLY hatch.

the hatch of whites i still have some of were almost all boys .I will correct this dilemma come spring as you say....

In selective breeding, you can put M/F's together until they breed then separate them. They don't have to stay together for weeks or months or the rest of their lives.
The recommended way of setting up a breeding pen is to put females and a male into a different breeding pen. (Why they are called Breeding Pens). Not the male to the female pen or vice versa. In my flock letting them see each other just sets them up to fighting and strutting their stuff. It works for chickens but not my Coturnix.

 

[JJMR794]

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my EWs matured almost TWO months later than my browns and gold....

THIS IS QUITE ATYPICAL

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

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my EWs matured almost TWO months later than my browns and gold....

THIS IS QUITE ATYPICAL

It is typical for her.
1. Because she wants eggs to hatch so badly from her own birds. So they delay.
2. Because she lives in the coldlands of the north. Winter came early.

I just got done changing all my birds around. New set of breeder cages so everyone got moved into new cages while the old ones got cleaned. I am still collecting a ton of eggs (total exaggeration).

Separated Male Whites with wine glass in hand. Got one little girl really ticked off. Chased everyone out of the sandbox. Then went to the front of the growout pen (yes they are still in there 1 more day) and cried for her beau. He's in a pen across the way screaming his head off for her. Well actually 3 of them are screaming.

So eggs are being layed at the end of the feeder tube and anyone trying to get into the sand box is in big trouble. So glad, I am not one of those poor females.
Well, I am going to put one of those boys back in (cause there are a few good breeder boys there). Hope I pick her beau.

Yep, its Spring here.

 

[Sumatra503]

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Zombie...I think one of my nameless boys just found his name....

All of mine have names. Dot on Side of Head, Dot on Beak, Patch on top of Head, and Crooked Toe.

I know which ones get along and which ones don't. No fighting since Dot on Side of Head got his own pen. everyone is totally happy now.

 

[deerman]

After dealing with Bobs, I can raise corturnix , no mater the color without any being killed....to much light during the growing out time, to many males pen together ...all good reason for them killing each other. Only give them long days of light for breeding.....you think corturnix are bad about killing each other ...try ringneck pheasants

 

[Fat Daddy]

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So you feel the length of light has plays a part in temperament? I have them in the cold and have been running a heat lamp 24-7. The only white got uber aggressive. Not only to hens he was breeding but any bird that walked close. If no bird walked close he would chase one down and kick a$$. I fixed the problem by adding one more to the freezer. Bill

 

[deerman]

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So you feel the length of light has plays a part in temperament? I have them in the cold and have been running a heat lamp 24-7. The only white got uber aggressive. Not only to hens he was breeding but any bird that walked close. If no bird walked close he would chase one down and kick a$$. I fixed the problem by adding one more to the freezer. Bill

Yes the more light , and if 24/7 for sure. Use red lights, not white ones for heat. If you see some of the big pheasant farms, you will note that most keep them in darken barns , when growing them out.