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King Quail breading?
Posted: 18 Jun 2010, 18:53
by Damian
Hi,
I am curious about the procedure of breading king Quails.
Mine have laid 12 eggs over the past few weeks, but they are not sitting on them. Is this normal?
How long will the embryo survive with out them being incubated by the hen? particularly with this colder weather.
Re: King Quail breading?
Posted: 18 Jun 2010, 19:12
by Pete Sara
they are funny things king quai, some think they are chickens and produce many eggs others vary little. give them another week until you remove them , 12 is a lot for a hen to sit on. she may not want to sit , as she could be getting disturbed on the nest or she could be young are the eggs all in one place or scattered over the aviary....they can last a few weeks i guess....pete
Re: King Quail breading?
Posted: 18 Jun 2010, 19:21
by Damian
the eggs are all in the one pile, some times she will lay one away from the pile but move it to the pile after a couple days or so.
Re: King Quail breading?
Posted: 18 Jun 2010, 23:35
by finchbreeder
Agree with Pete, variable quantities laid before sitting. A usefull technique some people (not lazy ones like me but) use is to number each egg as it is laid. And when the tenth is laid remove the 1st etc. till the hen sits. That way anything too old is removed. I just leave everything be and when the chicks are a couple of days old remove any remaining eggs from the avairy.
LML
Re: King Quail breading?
Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 16:51
by Jayburd
I had a single hen lay 20 eggs before starting incubation. she hatched 19, and the one that didn't hatch was the second - to - last laid.
Re: King Quail breading?
Posted: 25 Jun 2010, 15:30
by spanna
My king quail breeding program:
1) purchase unrelated pair
2) put in aviary
3) remove young
hahaha. Seriously though, I've had quails at the bottom of all my finch aviaries since I first built them and never really given them anything special. Bit of cover in the corner in the form of a small eucalupt branch with leaves still on or a hollow log, seed, water and whatever bugs they find on the ground or in the shrubs. Had one male that attacked his young so replaced him with another, and no other problems so far. Just make sure you remove young once the young males start to colour up, otherwise they can get harassed by their dad or pick on newly hatched young. And no deep water dishes the hatchlings can get into!!!
Other than those few things, pretty easy (but quite cute) bird to add to your aviaries and very hardy.