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Hi All,

I have Trio of these 2 Hens and a Cock.In prime breeding age,Would like some breeding tips on them.

Cheers
Henry The Kiwi

finches247 wrote:Hi All,

I have Trio of these 2 Hens and a Cock.In prime breeding age,Would like some breeding tips on them.

Cheers
Henry The Kiwi

Henry,i haven't keep them but know others who have,they usually have one cock per aviary and add the hen to one until she lays and puts the cock down,after that she is removed to the next aviary to do the same with that cock,and she is removed to some where on her own as she doesn't have anything to do with incubation or raising the chicks,the cocks do the lot and when their finished you start the cycle again. Craig

Just read your post again,2 hens and a cock,so want work but will work with 1 cock.

crocnshas wrote:

finches247 wrote:Hi All,

I have Trio of these 2 Hens and a Cock.In prime breeding age,Would like some breeding tips on them.

Cheers
Henry The Kiwi

Henry,i haven't keep them but know others who have,they usually have one cock per aviary and add the hen to one until she lays and puts the cock down,after that she is removed to the next aviary to do the same with that cock,and she is removed to some where on her own as she doesn't have anything to do with incubation or raising the chicks,the cocks do the lot and when their finished you start the cycle again. Craig

Just read your post again,2 hens and a cock,so want work but will work with 1 cock.

I thought that cycle was only for breeding Button Quails.They are not buttons.Swamp Quail is there other name I think.

You may be right,others can confirm that. Craig

I think that would be the one we call brown quail (Coturnix ypsilophora). The mainland race (C. y. australis) has red eyes, but the Tasmanian race (C. y. ypsilophora) has yellow eyes and is known as Swamp Quail. There are brown and rufous forms in the wild. (Source: Morecombe)

If so, both parents incubate and care for young.

Hi, Browns are not so dissimlar to kings just a bit flightier. They may just lay their eggs and run but normally they will make a quite compact nest in a corner somewhere. The female does most of the work but the male plays an important role in chick raising, often while the hen returns to the nest and starts again.
Danny

Thanks Danny and MM

I have found they can be a little flighty when I move things in the aviary

Your right there Coturnix ypsilophora.

Cheers
Henry

I actually had one pair that raised a young King Quail who had sqeezed through from a adjoining cage. I'm sure if had been a baby Brown going to the Kings they would have killed it for sure, they would kill any young that may escape from their enclosure into the main aviary & get through into the adjoining pairs aviary in an instant.

I have had a few of these myself , some are good parents others very painfull. I even resorted to fostering under kings to keep blood lines alive. I found they enjoy a bit of cover, mine tend to lay nest under ground covers or grasses in the aviary. The ones I have left are reasonably tame, they will come up and take mealies from your hand.

Mine are not to flighty as they have plenty of cover, but you may need to clip the wings till they calm down...As parents go I find them a hell of a lot better than kings... pete

Is it common for cock bird brown quails to be nasty

Reason I ask is was away this last weekend and came home sunday night to see my male brown chasing the 2 hens around he has ripped all the feathers of both hens backs and both were bleeding.He has been split now from them.I think the hens are a lot younger than the male.The hens are healing quite quickly up.