Journey into quail

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In my covey I'd call them 2 hens. My roos have rusty breast all the way upView attachment 42906
Yep, me too. Some of my hens actually have a darker copper with just a couple of spots but if there's a spot it's pretty much gonna lay an egg. Maybe posters aren't the wild like I have though. I think they have white wings and I have never sexed those by feathers because I don't trust myself so I vent sexed.
 
I have 4 little babies in the brooder this morning. The first one hatched early yesterday morning. and the last one had hatched about 10pm last night. I took them out of the brooder this morning as all where dry and running around. I went back to check the last egg and it has pipped. So keeping it going for another day at least. I had 9 eggs incubating, 4 candled unfertilized at lockdown so it was just the last 5 eggs in lockdown.
The 4 moved this morning.
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Last egg didn't make it. Started to smell something off and found it in the incubator (located in my bedroom). Chick was fully formed but didn't absorb the yolk fully and the yolk was green when I opened the egg to see what happened. So it probably pipped yesterday but couldn't hatch. Might have rolled the egg when I took out the other shells and chicks.
 
I have 4 little babies in the brooder this morning. The first one hatched early yesterday morning. and the last one had hatched about 10pm last night. I took them out of the brooder this morning as all where dry and running around. I went back to check the last egg and it has pipped. So keeping it going for another day at least. I had 9 eggs incubating, 4 candled unfertilized at lockdown so it was just the last 5 eggs in lockdown.
The 4 moved this morning.
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Congrats!!!
 
I was talking with my SO and we have decided that if we need to ship any quail in, it will be live birds. At least then we know what we have going forward. I'm just hoping that all 12 hatch and that I have plenty of hens to lay eggs. I'll incubate the eggs that my hens lay from here on out.
 
Of the 32 Jumbo quail eggs received, only 12 made it to lockdown. 14 where non fertilized and the other 6 were broken during shipping. I hope all 12 hatch.
I had read most have low hatches so when we started I ordered day old chicks from Loudounberry farm Leesburg VA. for little more than the cost of eggs. I worried about them traveling so far (upper Midwest) They had guaranteed them , but all arrived in good shape. they even took my phone calls and answered questions and gave suggestions. I know the years may have brought changes in price and policy, think I read they may no longer ship to western states because of postal problems. But I was more than happy with my Jumbo quail and how our post office handled them, and didn't have to worry about bad eggs. I have been hatching eggs from my hens since then to keep covey going. I recommend checking out Loudounberry farms for a nice start.
 

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