also looks like the nut sak hasnt grown in yet...LOL i had a few that would mount but when id catchem there was no nuts... later the nuts started showing....
2 males 8 females or 1:4 For the First weeks of mating my Roos were doing just fine until they hit around 17 ounces. daily breakfast checking for the blastoderm. when the roos and hens got too big to mate assisted insemination helped the fertility rate stay up.
the size of the containment will...
Yeah.. Standards 5 ounces - 9.9 ounces @ 10 weeks...
5oz is on the small end for standards. I was hatching both standard and jumbo variety and theyd pop out small every now and then.
Right now my Jumbo White Coturnix ~ weigh @ 10 weeks is 15.8oz
Miss Prissy she is 18.4 oz @ 30 weeks...
TBH... I noticed a lot of the sources that I have gone through closed or stopped selling jumbo whites.
Seems like these last 4 years white jumbo quail are becoming elusive and a niche' specialty breed.
People have been taking them off the sites and or making them more expensive, making it...
Yup... i Agree.. me girls and roos are moulting, aswell as resorting their pekn order... myself got 3 roos and 13 hens... some 6 months some 12 weeks... but the eggs come back after they've felt like they sorted out a safe place to plop one and maybe givem a sand bath in a wicker basket to givem...
I have tile running around the front and wood lining the out side… I have not had pest or pred problems “yet…!” LoL
Had to spank a raccoon once. It was sitting on my fence eating dog food… told it git and it just laughed and kept on.. so I spanked it… it went on and git…
Yes...! The quails use the ramp to get into the upper area where there is a red lamp set to 85. I leave the doors open during the day and set them away at night. There is a silkie chick in there also
Roos still crow even when the caponing is done right before seminal production starts… it is affective when selecting bloodline, lowering the frequency of over mating.
Do you have any Capons Chooks about and what’s the rate of Cockadoodledoing?
My Quail Roo songs once in the morning and also...
From my understanding
“Crow Damper Boxed” work to keep them from crowing at night and you must let the dude out during the day then back again.
The crow is still made and still can be heard depending on the quality build of the box.
In a farm or larger plot neighborhood would be useful...