Jap quail
- jusdeb
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Ive been shooing one off her eggs for months ...oooops see what mental affect " normal " has on us ....
Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
David Brent
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I guess someone forgot to tell Jap quail they dont know how. This is the sort of BS that starts when we read that they have forgotten and listen to experts. No offence to the experts.
- Danny
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Another person I know had one hatch 12 eggs a few weeks ago as well. Give them the opportunity and they'll take it.
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They have work to do - no time to sit around making nests and keeping eggs warm. They pay for their own internet.SamDavis wrote:Let me get this straight - your quail have internet access (since they're reading this thread) but you wont give them a bale of straw?Danny wrote:Well done. I hatch 150 a week but if they think they are getting a bale of straw so they can do it themself they are sadly mistaken.
- finches247
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Males crow (call) and Hens Don't.Sometimes can go by head size.You can't go by colours as they are all mixed between mutations and normal birds I find.And when they lay there a hen.
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With some colours there is a distinct dimorphism with male having chestnut throat and females with a white throat (normal, italian and manchurian). In all colours, the male has a caudal 'foam' gland at the back of the cloaca - push behind the bum and shaving cream comes out (still not sure on its function). Males also call.E Orix wrote:Excuse my ignorance but how do you sex Jap Quail.(similar to king quail)
- wagga
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At a guess: natures answer to 'KY' jelly or for marking their territoryDanny wrote:push behind the bum and shaving cream comes out (still not sure on its function)
Life in Port Macquarie is the ultimate Aussie sea change lifestyle.
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The lady I got mine from tipped each one up and squeezed the business end of the quail , males produced stuff females did not ...... still traumatized by flashbacks of that day and what I saw.
Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
David Brent
David Brent