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.
No comments:
Post a Comment