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Different Coloured Quail Chicks

sara | August 15, 2009

I have noticed that some of my quail chicks are different colours, but I am not sure of the reason for this. I have some that hatched a dark brown, some cream and some fawn coloured which I didn’t have the first time I hatched quail.
Here is the dark brown and fawn coloured quail [...]

Japanese Quail Eggs For Hatching For Sale

sara | May 2, 2009

Japanese Quail Eggs For Hatching For Sale
12 Japanese / Coturnix Quail eggs suitable for hatching in an incubator or under a broody hen. Only £3 plus £4 postage and packaging.
Eggs will be collected and posted within 3 days of receipt of order. (Please note that quail eggs can be stored for up to 7 [...]

Day Old Japanese Quail Chicks

sara | April 23, 2009

I moved the day old quail chicks from the incubator after they had been hatched for 24 hours.

Quail chicks can survive without food and water in the incubator for at least 24 hours as they absorb the yolk sac just before they hatch which provides them with nutirents in the first 24 hours.

I put the [...]

Quail Eggs Hatch In Incubator

sara | April 21, 2009

I have had 19 Japanese quail eggs in the incubator. Japanese quail eggs should take about 17 days to hatch out. Click here for incubator information for Japanese Quail.
Monday night was day 17 and when I went to bed I could see that a few of the quail eggs had begun to pip. By Tuesday [...]