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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: little blue on August 30, 2009, 02:54:47 pm

Title: New bird!
Post by: little blue on August 30, 2009, 02:54:47 pm

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Well, if it works, say hello to my Japanese quail!!
Think we've ended up with 2 cocks and one hen, but she lays every evening so thats good.

(just wanted to see if I could get the photo to work!)

Title: Re: New bird!
Post by: Rosemary on August 30, 2009, 04:00:49 pm

They do have beautiful markings.

Title: Re: New bird!
Post by: Roxy on August 30, 2009, 10:35:56 pm

Never had quail, but they look lovely.

Title: Re: New bird!
Post by: doganjo on August 30, 2009, 11:54:52 pm

From what I've been told the two cocks will fight one day, perhaps you need to get some more females.

Title: Re: New bird!
Post by: little blue on August 31, 2009, 03:31:45 pm

Yes, we are hoping to get some more hens, just isn't as easy as that around here!
Am persuading husband we should invest in an incubator (Or build one!) and hatch our own.... knowing our luck, a 50% hatch will all be boys!!

Title: Re: New bird!
Post by: little blue on November 01, 2009, 09:23:39 pm

I knew I'd posted something somewhere.....So thats when we got them, August!
Just to say, I've finally managed to get some more, unrelated hens. One more Jap like these, two range (more brown, darker colour) and a gorgeous Tuxedo - with a white bib.

Though she decided its winter and stopped laying, and the new ones are just babies, so must rig up a light somehow...

Title: Re: New bird!
Post by: doganjo on November 01, 2009, 11:29:25 pm

What a pity you're so far away, I'd have bought some from you to train my dogs (caging tehm for teh dogs to point - no harm done to them.) I LOVE quails eggs.