Friday, 20 June 2014

A Friend's Quail


If you have ever seen quail eggs they are tiny and feel so fragile!



As the are Coturnix Quail they hatch at around 16 to 18 days.
Different breeds of quail take different lengths of time.

Elegant Quail:22 days 
Blue Scaled Quail:23 days 
Bobwhite Quail:22-23 days 
Button Quail:16 days 
California Quail:22-23 days 
Gambel's Quail:22 days 
Montezuma Quail:24-25 days 
Mountain Quail:24-25 days


10 minutes old


Nicely dry and very very cute! 


 Keeping an eye on the temperature is crucial - they must be kept warm at around 35 Degrees for the first week, this is slowly deceased until they are fully feathered at four to six weeks.






This 50p shows just how small they are, this chick is 24 hours old.


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