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    6 Double-Yoke Quail Eggs in the Incubator

    How'd it go?
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    Cutest Baby Quail!

    This is my sixth or seventh year hatching quail, but it is my first time only hatching my own eggs and I’ve had very good results! Out of the 32 eggs, 27 chicks hatched! There are lots of different colors, but my favorite color chick this year has to be this guy: He’s still got some egg residue...
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    Quail incubating

    If you have a bathroom and shower somewhat close to your incubator I’ve heard that you can unplug your incubator and take it to the shower with the water on very hot and steamy to open it. I’ve never tried this, but where I live it is usually hot and humid enough in my four seasons room to where...
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    Humidity Fluctuating

    It’s day 2 of incubating quail eggs right now and I can’t get the humidity to stay around 45-50%! If I pour even a little bit of water in it shoot’s up to 60-70%, and if I put none in it lies around 30-35%. Also, I have two different calibrated thermometers/hygrometers that I am getting these...
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    Quail dieing

    The same thing happened to one of my quail a week or two ago. I had a ground pen of 5 or 6 quail and something must have gotten to it overnight because the next morning I found one the exact same way, except the feathers were still there. Giant hole from the backside to below the ribs, and the...
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    What Color Are My Coturnix Quail?

    If anyone has any idea what color these guys are please let me know! I’m planning on hatching my own eggs this year so I’m trying to figure out these guys’ genetics. All three are roosters by the way! Kim: Butch: I have another similar looking rooster who I did not get photos of who is all...
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    Golden Manchurian vs Italian

    Can anyone tell me what colors these are? The first three are females and last one is a male. The first three look reasonably similar however they all have slight differences. 3’s body is darker overall, 1’s head is more black compared to 2 and 3’s lighter brown heads, also 1 has a big white...
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    Cinnamon Coturnix Breeding

    Yea I get it, they’re not easy to find either! My cinnamon hen is from my 2021 hatch so she’s getting pretty old! I’m really hoping to hatch some cinnamon carriers this year or I’m afraid I’ll be done with cinnamons for a while too.
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    Bobwhite cohabitation

    Snowflakes are the same species as bobwhites so I wouldn’t imagine there would be any difficulties with keeping them together beyond your regular aggressive males and territory issues. I would always be careful adding in more quail, no matter the color, to a group that’s been together a while...
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    Cinnamon Coturnix Breeding

    Cinnamon coturnix are born with red eyes but they darken with age! If you look at SW Gamebirds pictures of their cinnamon quail they all have dark eyes too. Here’s a link to their info on Cinnamon Quail. Also I’m aware she doesn’t look exactly like the ones in their photos however they did...
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    Cinnamon Coturnix Breeding

    Hey everyone! This is one of my Coturnix hens from Southwest Gamebirds who I believe is a Cinnamon. She is the only quail I have of this color and I would love to try to hatch out more like her. Is that even possible with her genetics and her being the only Cinnamon quail I have? On Southwest...
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    Are Coturnix quail easy to acquire?

    Thanks for letting me know! We’ve gotten our eggs from them the past several years and I was always so happy with the results so this is kind of disappointing news. I’ll be sure to check out Thieving Otter though!
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    Bobwhite & Coturnix together

    I’ve tried keeping the two together a few times and it’s only ever been successful with female bobwhites. Last year we ended up with one male and one female bobwhite hatching with the Coturnix batch and they were all perfectly fine together until they reached maturity. The male bobwhite became...
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    Are Coturnix quail easy to acquire?

    Southwest Gamebirds is the hatchery where I get my Coturnix hatching eggs. I’ve had a lot of luck with their Hatchery’s Choice variety! They’re located in Arizona but they ship all over the place.
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    How Can I Start Making Profit From Quail?

    I’ve never heard of a poultry swap, but I looked it up and sure enough there were some nearby. I’ll definitely have to check it out, thanks for the idea!
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