Coturnix quail chicks (new gene pool!) for sale. Sexed heritage chicken chicks soon. PPG Discount!

[Rachel]

Hi folks,
I just hatched out 98 quail babies. I know some of you got your original stock from me and it might be time to refresh your genetics. These are from a different bloodline in California, most came from above average-sized eggs (jumbos). I have browns, golden and a couple of tuxedos born 10/2. These are $2 each for permies.

I also have a large order of sexed chicken chicks coming. I expect to have a few extra Welsummers (produces a dark egg that is sometimes spotted), Delawares, and Silver-Laced Wyandottes (possibly extra barred rocks and California Whites as well). I am expecting them around 10/15. I will be feeding them organic chick starter and they are $4 each if you get them during their first week.


You can reply to this post, email me on here or at rachel (at) rachelbess dot com if you're interested or have questions.

Thanks!



EDIT: I closed this discussion because the birds in the original post are all sold and I didn't want people to see this as an active discussion and think they were still available. Thanks!! :)

[Donna Bruce]

Rachel I do not know much about quail. Can they be in the same coop as chickens?

[Rachel]

No they can't, the chickens would kill them. Even if they were in a separate cage inside the chicken coop, it's best to not mix different types of birds (gamebirds, chickens, waterfowl) as they can carry different diseases that often the other kinds are less immune to. I keep my chickens and quail in different areas of the yard. Quail need to be kept in some sort of fully enclosed pen or aviary so they don't fly away or become another creature's dinner.

[Donna Bruce]

I can understand that someone may have to find a new home for hens because of restrictions and being turned in to the city. But I would be cautious of anyone who would actually get rid of a laying hen. You are right though. The two hens that I have, although seem very attached to each other are very territorial, I would even be concerned to bring more hens home unless they had the ability to gradually get used to each other through a fence.

[Donna Bruce]

Thank you Rachael. I will wait then. Husband Steve has built me a nice big coop, I have two hens who are spoiled rotten. They are seldom in it except for night-time. nI may end up getting more hens. Do you ever have Australorps?

[Martina]

Rachel ,
I would love to take a few quail. I had a few problems a few weeks back regarding hatching quail eggs and you were kind enough to offer some good advice. Im just about to get another lot of 30 eggs any day now and still having problems trying to get the humidity up . I got a humidifier and i have the incubator in a small spare bathroom, i can get the room humidity up to 50% and thats with a bunch of wet towels hanging in the bathroom aswell. I have about 50% of the tray in the incubator filled and its about 50% humidity in there. Im worried that i wont be able to get it up past 60% for the final few days. What humidity levels are you finding works good for you . 98 seems like an awesome hatch ! Let me know when the quail are ready to go !

[Rachel]

I have them now, they're 8 days old and ready to go into someone elses brooder for another 2 weeks! ;)
When I hatch quail, I keep it around 40%-45% for the first 14 days and bump it up to 60%-65% for the final 3. Once they start hatching their little wet bodies raise the humidity even higher. I'm sorry you're having such a hard time getting the humidity up. If I remember correctly your incubator was a still air, right? I guess that must be the difference. Are you positive the hygrometer is accurate? If this next hatch is difficult, you may want to think about getting one of those fan kits that lets you convert a still air to a forced air. How many did you get out of your last hatch? Were there any obvious physical defects that might point to an incubation issue?
Let me know if you have any more questions as this hatch progresses!