Makes sense. However it seems to have extensive amounts of plain white.If I cross a common Falb fee with an Italian (I have both), would the pattern of the Italian remain and the darker grays from the falb fee disappear?
Hello,
Today, I put my first quail eggs in the incubator and I have also processed my first quail (1 bully male that had to go).
I did it dry, then I remember, would it be better to first boil some water and dip it before pulling feathers (like chicken)?
If I breed Italian x Pharaoh what do I get in terms of color?
Will one be dominant over the other?
Or will end up as something in between the 2?
Or 50 / 50% of each?
Will having male vs female of one or the other make a difference?
Yes, its just for the first week, because I have a few cages but they are all still occupied. Also only have one heating lamp available, so I need to improvise something for the first week.
Dear all, been hatching chicken and ducks but quail will be my first time.
What I have for their first days of life would be a big plastic box 3 feet x 1 foot x (1 foot 5 inches high aprox). This box would be inside home, has no top, unless I improvise some chicken wire for it.
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Dear all,
I bought 8 young quails today. They were bought to a simple guy who has them in his backyard. He doesn't claim to be an expert and could not provide me a lot of info. The only thing he could advance is that these are most likely native european (note: we are in Europe) with possibly...
Adding something to this: The taste and texture is not just about the breed, but also their diet. Industrial meat is raised on industrial feed - mostly cheap cereal. If they free range and eat greens and bugs you get a taste that shifts to "game" rather than "industrial". But this is just as...
Some people are making hybrids. They get some female Cornish Cross with a heritage rooster, from there you get a line somewhere in between, which you can breed at home.
Hello,
Got today my first quail egg, small as expected.
With chicken and ducks I never incubate the first eggs because the hen is not fully developed. How long should I wait until the eggs are of good size for the incubator? 1 month? 2 months? How do you do it?
It is supposed to be 1 male + 3 females. That is how I bought them and I hope there were no mistakes, because this is meant to be used for reproduction in a near future.
I bought them a week ago, so most of the growth was done with someone else. At the moment I am giving layer feed (for quail) mixed with growth chicken feed. Also give them a side dish with cooked scrambled eggs from my chicken, collards, fruits and other stuff from the backyard (I use a blender...