➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[BullChick]

You are special. I see that from here. As far as being the crazy lady, I think you are over qualified. Why would you want to specialize in quail? To be more special?

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Pick the last pair on the list!

I wish lavender weren't recessive. I have to pick a son and save it now and it's a whole thing.

Ok I'm going out on a limb here ...does anyone want Bobwhite/Mexican Speckled eggs. They will be mixed as that's what are being run together in the pen. Mexican Speckeled are a color mutation of the Bobwhite. Mine just started laying a week ago. I'm not going to be hatching any, so....there will only be a limited quanity, though, as not all the hens are laying.
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Mexican Speckeled Bobwhites

WOW. What stunners. They'd love the sunshine at my place for all of .4 seconds until they got snatched and eaten. I hope someone perfect takes some.

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Here's one I'm super excited about—hope they're a hen!

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A blurry pic of an interesting bird. Wild type patterning, but silver coloration. Another one I've got my fingers crossed for.

I think you have an autumn amber (roux dilute + italian) and a falb-fee.

What a beautiful group and aviary!

 

[el dorado quail]

I wish lavender weren't recessive. I have to pick a son and save it now and it's a whole thing

Shhhh shh...it would be worth it

 

[Kullas]

How are your quailies doing?

Doing good. I'm up to all my pens being full and about to set 120 eggs to raise some more

 

[muddy75]

I have to hop in now to say—babies are outside!

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They're mostly sticking together for now, although a few brave ones have wandered off. Also a bit less shy—some are letting me pet them.

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This batch is much more intrepid than the last—nearly half of them have tried climbing the bark "slide."

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First moments in the sunshine = instant nap.

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Here's one I'm super excited about—hope they're a hen!

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A blurry pic of an interesting bird. Wild type patterning, but silver coloration. Another one I've got my fingers crossed for.

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They're loud and adventurous and messy and I'm hopelessly in love with them.

your “interesting bird” looks like falb fee to me!!

 

[muddy75]

update: #10 is in brooder!! smaller than the others but seems to be healthy otherwise! The water receded enough today that we gathered up and butchered 13! mostly male but a couple females too. Good news: We found “little one” my solo chick! She is missing some head feathers but not the one that died!!! my guess now is that the dead one was result of males fighting or sick/injured bird? I guess I should start examining closer for possible causes of death?

 

[Kiki]

Doing good. I'm up to all my pens being full and about to set 120 eggs to raise some more

Have you hatched out any white ones or any other color besides the regular color?

 

[Kiki]

Do you see what I see?

48 hours in.

 

[Kiki]

My poor baby.
Senor Solo

 

[muddy75]

My poor baby.
Senor Solo

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supposedly you have better luck “taming” a solo according to an article I read on here when I first became interested in quail! But IME with my solo, she was more skittish and stand-offish even when I put her with others (pheasant chicks, rabbit, and gen-pop) the only bird she liked was stuffed rooster mama that she cuddled with that first 2 weeks!