Hey there!
Any good leads on where to buy quail in Oregon?!
Looking into getting some coturnix quail for a new backyard aviary (to be built soon) and finding some roadblocks as to locating them in Oregon. I would prefer not to have to incubate & hatch them myself (feels intimidating), and...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I have had quail for a year
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
7 quail
(3) What breeds do you have?
Coturnix regular and and celadon
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
They are so cute 💕...
~QUAIL BASICS FOR BEGINNERS*~
*The information and advice in this article are based solely on my personal experience and research.
Cover photo from @Kiki.
All quail in photos are different varieties of Coturnix quail and their eggs, including Pharoah, Jumbo, Pansy Fee, Pansy, Rosetta, Rosetta...
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Let me give my theory of how this happened:
1. There were only 3 quails in the hutch (1 male and 2 females), and I had two quails pair bond.
How do I know they...
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Hello everyone!
I’m currently the owner of five gorgeous little Coturnix quail.
My first one was from shipped celadon eggs, and we only had one rooster hatch from them unfortunately.
After he hatched, I ordered some chicks from Myshire farm, and currently we have three hens and one rooster...
I have a four-week-old rosetta Coturnix quail roo with Celadon (blue egg laying) genes. He is from a breeder that has only birds with the Celadon gene, from two different lines, so he should be homozygous for the gene.
He has just started crowing and producing foam. I have handled him every day...
Hey all,
Quail question! I am hatching a few coturnix with the celadon (ce) gene currently. They are all hatching out of blue CE eggs. I am aware that not all quail that hatch from a blue egg will lay blue. I know the bird has to have two copies (one from mom and one from dad?) of the CE gene...
Hi all, I just started raising quail and one of them started laying pretty, solid blue eggs . Never heard of them so I found this forum in google search. Awesome info . Is there anything I should know or do differently with this quail? Thanks!
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