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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...

Welcome! Good, helpful group here. They've helped me lots.Love that name.

Yes and there is variety among Coturnix. These are jumbo Pharoh. And I have been saving the "pretty boys" as breeders for several years. When they start crowing you will know.

I though Thought it was a young one. Here's another that hatched July 21 so think that's just over 6 weeks

In my covey I'd call them 2 hens. My roos have rusty breast all the way up

I too have lot I too have lots of allergies. I find the new hatches aren't bad. We use a fish tank for the first week. ( Hubby insists on putting them on the kitchen table) Then they go in a brooder built hanging on the aviary wall. A plate heater, keeps them warm enough even in north woods...

Even more ridiculous that all my neighbors have big preditor animals (dogs) that they walk down the street to crap anywhere but in their own yards but I can't have a chicken, or duck. I came to rabbits and quail because I couldn't find any specific rules prohibiting them. Glad I did. I love my...

Sorry this got garbled and cut. Junk waffle was an underground comic in the 70s, about humans living underground like rats, while a devasted world was ruled over by self replicating machines

I have come to see rabbits as critical to my health (physical and emotional)and the health of my gardens. I hope you don't give up. So sorry for your troubles.

We are at a scary place! The big pharma that makes our "medicines" also make the poisons that sicken us, manipulate disease, genetically modify our foods into something that can't live without their crap. (Remember Monsanto's campaign to eliminate seed saving and heritage seeds) Municipality's...

I have read about people using bantums to hatch quail. Maybe someday

Thanks! Never knew I needed to rotate before going in incubator. Will keep trying.on 3rd incubator now. This has a built in water tank and beeps when empty. Don't know if I could do a dry hatch... Nice to hear yours are doing so well

Everything I've read claims coturnix have been domesticated so long they seldom hatch their own. I wondered if it was because many are raised on wire? Mine are in an aviary with sand, chopped leaves, and wood shavings. What kind of quail? Can you give more details? What's your set up?

We love our jumbo pharoh coturnix. Hubby's gotten good at grilling any extra birds, and we find one bird is plenty when you add some side dishes and salad if you take time to eat it all. Too many just pull breasts and toss the rest. I've heard a chef say he hates cooking them for that reason. My...

Yes I was sad for her. One of my tough lessons in learning to let rabbits be rabbits. We enjoy the family groups and watching them interact and letting them have some control. Still evolving. Mine are not totally free range but have freedom of movement within their fenced yards and group...

Good luck! The breeder I bought my first chicks from said most who bought quail eggs from him did so because of an allergy to chicken eggs . I started because they have a natural anti inflammatory that is supposed to be helpful for asthma and arthritis. Quail do not carry salmonella so eggs are...

Your situation is different, I raise in colonies not separate cages. I had one doe (Coco Loco) wanted nothing to do with the buck living with her group, even standing up and boxing him when he didn't stop chasing. She seemed to bond with a male in adjacent yard. They'd lay next to each other...

Nice! In my group housing I did something similar with old baking pans and wide mouth gallon jugs upended in them. Drill some holes near top to just below desired water level. For winter I added a heater sold for chicken waterers to keep pan from freezing and swapped out the bottle as needed...

We too live where it gets cold. Not as far north as you. I like colony raising. Mine live in family groups one buck with several does. Group shelters with solid floors covered with hay and free access to fenced yards. I use permanent den boxes. They share body heat, mutual grooming, and control...

M My silver fox do that too. I have a pretty black doe that looks like dark chocolate right now. Lucky boy, a lilac started looking like dirty blonde. His normal light grey is coming back as he's shedding. Starting at head and moving down his shoulders.