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Quail Chicks

Monday 27th July 2009 07:27pm 1
Poultry Talk. com Team
Poultry Talk. com Team
300 Posts
Hi guys.
Here are a couple of photos of my first Italian Quail Chicks. They are 4/5 days old in the photo. I reared them just on corrugated cardboard for the first couple of weeks. This helps to strengthen their legs.

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Here are a couple of photos from the weekend. They are now off heat to. I added a small tray of sand to their cage and they loved it. Also got them on shavings now and they love to dust bath in the shavings as well.

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Hope you like them.
Comments welcome.

Regards.
Jamie.
Monday 3rd August 2009 12:27am 2
Conor  M
Conor M
4 Posts
Very nice Jamie, good to see you've sucessfully bred some of your stock, they look like strong birds. Will you be selling them on? Or keeping some back for layers/breeding? Well done :)
Monday 3rd August 2009 08:32am 3
Lexi
Lexi
35 Posts
As much as i hate quail, the babies are so cute and tiny!!

looks like youve done well there Jamie :)

Monday 3rd August 2009 09:40pm 4
Poultry Talk. com Team
Poultry Talk. com Team
300 Posts

Thanks Conor and Alexa. Think I am going to sell these, although I have one darker one, any ideas?Laughing

Friday 30th October 2009 09:59pm 5
drew.paterson
drew.paterson
108 Posts

i havnt been lucky with my quails but as soon as i put the corturnix and chinese quails together there fine!

dont know much about quail :
i think the darker one is known as japanese quail,they are the "origionals".�think the itallian quails are just�"mutations" of them.
hope this helps
drew

Friday 30th October 2009 10:09pm 6
Poultry Talk. com Team
Poultry Talk. com Team
300 Posts
Hi Drew. Yes she has turned out to be a female with Japanese markings. I will take a photo of her tomorrow. I have sold most of the others I hatched in those photos.

Have several more Chinese Painted now, not hatched any more Italians yet due to incubator troubles but hoping to soon.

I will take some photos tomorrow of the 5 Chinese Painted Chicks I have and of that Jap hen.

Jamie.
Tuesday 9th March 2010 02:35pm 7
Amy D
Amy D
25 Posts
ahh they look like cute little bumble bees as little chicklets!!! blesss.
x

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