➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

@Texas Kiki @RUNuts
@CoturnixComplex
@R2elk @007Sean @Nabiki
What're all y'all recommending for a roo to hen ratio for coturnix & bobs? And at what age do you usually separate them from being a single group?

I don't do bobs.

I have kept 3 hens per roo and up to 6 per roo.

I will seperate once I know who is who/once I see the first sign of fighting.

My youngest are 6 weeks old today and I have not yet seen any fighting (besides the one I offed a few weeks ago)nor am I sure who is who so I haven't seperated yet.

I'm sure I will be butchering some any day though.

 

[Pennys Mama]

I don't do bobs.

I have kept 3 hens per roo and up to 6 per roo.

I will seperate once I know who is who/once I see the first sign of fighting.

My youngest are 6 weeks old today and I have not yet seen any fighting (besides the one I offed a few weeks ago)nor am I sure who is who so I haven't seperated yet.

I'm sure I will be butchering some any day though.

My Bobs are 5 weeks now, but they're much slower to mature than Coturnix. I'm sure I'll be asking you tons of questions as my new babies mature. I get aggravated at the ones that'll grab the little ones toes and drag them around like they're huge worms or something, tiny bullies.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

@Texas Kiki @RUNuts
@CoturnixComplex
@R2elk @007Sean @Nabiki
What're all y'all recommending for a roo to hen ratio for coturnix & bobs? And at what age do you usually separate them from being a single group?

Breeding or laying flock?

Breeding = 1:2-3
Laying = 1:6-12 or just no males at all

Males start getting plucked out of growouts at 5-6 weeks for being buttholes (but the majority coexist pretty well until 8-10 wks).

 

[RUNuts]

How many did you set?

45 set. 21 fertile/developed
8 out of 21 screaming

someone tell me that these must be dominant white. White hens with Jumbo Wild roo

3 yellow
5 bleached

 

[CoturnixComplex]

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45 set. 21 fertile/developed
8 out of 21 screaming

someone tell me that these must be dominant white. White hens with Jumbo Wild roo

3 yellow
5 bleached

The white genes confuse me in that no one has info on which strains carry which and I don't have any to test breed. I think dotted white is dominant too.

 

[Maiahr]

In terms of ratio all breeders + websites here recommend 1:5-6 for Coturnix.

 

[RUNuts]

@Texas Kiki @RUNuts
@CoturnixComplex
@R2elk @007Sean @Nabiki
What're all y'all recommending for a roo to hen ratio for coturnix & bobs? And at what age do you usually separate them from being a single group?

I keep breeders at one male to 5 hens. Fertility was great a couple months ago. Foam everywhere. Zack says the boys slow down at 6 months and these are getting towards 4 months old. Fertility fell off, but I'm blaming the weather, the light and moving coops.

I pull aggressive males as needed. Got a new cage for solitary confinement. May get to try it out. The last male scalped one of his hatchmates. Easy to tell who it was, it was the one crowing all the time and chasing everyone. Put in with the other males for selection, he was mating everyone else. He got unselected for attitude.

 

[Nabiki]

@Texas Kiki @RUNuts
@CoturnixComplex
@R2elk @007Sean @Nabiki
What're all y'all recommending for a roo to hen ratio for coturnix & bobs? And at what age do you usually separate them from being a single group?

I'm still pretty new to this. My current covey has one roo and six hens. I had two roos, but my falb fee started picking on the silver, so now I just have the silver. This last hatch I put four eggs in from my covey, but none of them were fertile. They're still young and not laying regularly, though.

 

[Kiki]

My Bobs are 5 weeks now, but they're much slower to mature than Coturnix. I'm sure I'll be asking you tons of questions as my new babies mature. I get aggravated at the ones that'll grab the little ones toes and drag them around like they're huge worms or something, tiny bullies.

Make sure you aren't keeping them too hot.

 

[Kiki]

View attachment 1939645

45 set. 21 fertile/developed
8 out of 21 screaming

someone tell me that these must be dominant white. White hens with Jumbo Wild roo

3 yellow
5 bleached

Any dot heads?