Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Marty1876]

Lets trade some eggs when your fertility is up. My newest babies (my avatar) will be laying in about 4 weeks. It looks like I've got 2 males, and 2 females. I"m putting them togather soon in breeding groups. Since you like tuexedos, we could just trade, equal eggs. That would be awesome, and i won't be ready again until after Easter anyway.

I've got 9 special fancy european button quail eggs in too. They are due in about 10 days. Hard to candle my quail, how do you do it? The non-jumbos are just so small!

It may be a while until my fertility is back up (only have one male to 9 hens) but when I get another fertile male I could ship you some eggs for free. They aren't Jumbos but they have a lot of pretty color. Worth a try?


Tuxedo is not a breed, but a color. They are probably pure coturnix just not the typical "brown or pharoah" color. I have several different colors of coturnix quail. Tux is one of my FAV colors

 

[Eyeheartquail]

If you want some nice jumbo browns, Mobyquail, fatdaddy, and millebantam (from the quail forum) have some amazing tatanka lines. Largest coturnix out there that I know of. Browns and whites.

I know right? I wanted a & m's so I could get tuxedoes, but now I think I just want jumbo browns. I want a color I can tell the boys and girls apart with. I see all the time about people buying quail chicks from the feedstore, but I've never seen them there. I need to get up and go to the gardner auction tomorrow, but I'm scared of what else I might come home with.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

Oh, my sister wants me to ask if anyone wants to buy some bob white quail eggs? She has a trio, should be laying very soon. Not sure if they will be fertile though... Shes selling them for $1 a egg. Let me know if any of you want some

 

[Eyeheartquail]

Sounds good. My current batch of 26 eggs should be hatching around April 1st depending on how many are fertile. I will hopefully get 1 nice fertile male out of the batch. So another 6 weeks after that is when my fertility should be at its peak. Hopefully that isn't too long of a wait for you. I am trying for 2 tux males to my variety of females. This will give us browns, tuxs, and solids (whites, italian, reds, tibetan). Going for the most variety.

For candling I use this. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/598999/homemade-egg-candler-for-six-bucks-detailed-pics-inside

It works like a charm! I can generally even see veining. I am not really into the button quail. Not weather hardy enough for me so I haven't researched much about them.

Lets trade some eggs when your fertility is up. My newest babies (my avatar) will be laying in about 4 weeks. It looks like I've got 2 males, and 2 females. I"m putting them togather soon in breeding groups. Since you like tuexedos, we could just trade, equal eggs. That would be awesome, and i won't be ready again until after Easter anyway.

I've got 9 special fancy european button quail eggs in too. They are due in about 10 days. Hard to candle my quail, how do you do it? The non-jumbos are just so small!

 

[Marty1876]

Its my 6 year old that wants them. I should have no trouble meeting their less ususal needs. Especially since there won't be many, even if all 9 should decide to hatch.

I'm ok with mid May. That'll give me a chance to test our fertility first. Don't want to be shipper of bum eggs, even if they are free! My tuxes are black and white. One male is a jumbo brown corturnix, the others all black/whites.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Just found two dead babies out in the coop. They both hatched on the same day (March 9th). No blood, just looks like they laid down and died I guess? What could have happened??

So sorry

 

[Eyeheartquail]

Do you have to house the buttons inside?

Its my 6 year old that wants them. I should have no trouble meeting their less ususal needs. Especially since there won't be many, even if all 9 should decide to hatch.

I'm ok with mid May. That'll give me a chance to test our fertility first. Don't want to be shipper of bum eggs, even if they are free! My tuxes are black and white. One male is a jumbo brown corturnix, the others all black/whites.

 

[Eyeheartquail]

Are the black and white tux's smaller than the brown?

 

[Evelle]

Okay QJ I got two splash two blacks and two blues hopefully ones a boy she has three differant lines so inbreedings won't be an issue for me

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

Okay QJ I got two splash two blacks and two blues hopefully ones a boy she has three differant lines so inbreedings won't be an issue for me

Wh at are these? Sweds?