Thanks for all the informative quail videos! We just picked up some three week old jumbos yesterday after a month of research and building a quail pen that we hope will be a happy home for them. Your info covers all pertinent topics around keeping quails. I plan on uploading a "quail pen tour" video to my channel soon. I will give you a shout out for helping us get ready for this new adventure.
i was riding home from work this week and i saw a man by the side of the road selling coturnix quail. I love eating quail eggs and quail meat so i bought some, went and bought some cages and bought some more, i know have 10, i think maybe 8 hens and 2 cocks. Thanks so much for taking the time and effort to make these videos, they are very useful. Already had 6 eggs from them, looking forward to more to come when they get over the stress of moving
Awesome. I am so glad you find my videos helpful. As you mentioned, they will probably stop laying for a while because of the move. Also, depending on where you live you need to add some light to make sure they have 14 hours a day of light (in my area yesterday was only 9.5 hours of daylight). Good luck with your new birds.
@@Slightlyrednecked yeah i actually live in saigon vietnam, and because it's near the equator we don't get long days, so i am giving them extra light after it goes dark. i guess the quail farms here must be doing that I've had 6 delicious eggs off them already, hoping when they settle in i'll be getting more
Sir I've been watching your short video's of quails. Just doing my home work before i start raising quails. This is new for me. I only had chickens & turkeys
And all i can say is you are a great teacher. I love how you explain everything in your videos. I learned so much about raising & hatching quails with you. Thank you so much for the information you provide on your videos
Thank you Chris! I couldn't do it without watching your Channel! I will have to go through all your videos and see if you show how to make a grow out pen. I know that might sound stupid but I am totally not a carpenter.
I have a few videos on building hutches. That is all a grow out pen is really. You should be able to watch those and scale them up or down. It isn't that difficult to do so don't be intimidated. :)
i really like your channel i when to the auction a couple of days ago could have got 70 for like 30 cents a peice but i did not have a cage built yet o man kicking my self for not having a cage. so i bought wire yesterday so i will have a cage build by the weekend.
I use to use heat lamp but went to a reg 60 watt bulb in brooder in the house and they been just fine last 3 batches has been fine, and no fear of house burning down either cover on top of a large storage bin gapped for the light also to fit in there...move out to garage at three weeks and Im in mn. cold winters -20
I just wanted to tell you I find all your videos amazingly informative. I am gathering everything to start my own small colony of coturnix. I invested in a couple of Wynola Ranch cages. I have a basement room I plan to keep them once they are feathered out. In winter the lowest it will get is 55 degrees. Too many predators in my location to keep them outdoors safely with Bobcats and Fisher Cats no matter how secure a cage I have. I will have all that I need shortly and plan to order eggs soon. I am a little wary to buy the eggs and have them ship in winter since its almost December right now. Is it a gamble to have eggs shipped this time of year? I could wait until spring or should I buy extra eggs now and plan on a low hatch rate? I kind of have a green thumb for multiplying living things. I am a little nervous about the culling thing later on but I am pretty sure I can do it after watching your other videos.
thank you so much for the kind comments. I am so glad you find my videos helpful. There is a risk of ordering eggs now. Depending on where you order eggs from and where they will travel to get to you, you could just check the weather report for that area (or areas) and if it isn't going to be too bad for the next week go ahead and order.
I just got 50 qauil on the 24th of September. They said they were a day old before shipping. It is still warm but it's n a few weeks the weather should drop. This was a great video
Schedule? What schedule! :D I was given two hatch-ling quail, and I'm not even sure how old they are! The two are in my aquarium-brooder, and seem quite happy there for now. They were the size of your 2.5wk birds when they were given to me, but it is a week later and they're nearly twice the size but still holding on to a bit of their down feathers on the head and breast. I can't say these two are fully feathered as such. :S So I'll think about moving them outside whenever they lose the baby-down or they outgrow the aquarium-brooder. We'll see which happens first!
Yeah, they grow incredibly quick. Nothing wrong with keeping them in the brooder longer, it is just more maintenance and work so I like to move them out as quickly as I can.
I live in ct. It's late june now. My quails just hatched 7 days ago. At 5 days i didn't like seeing them running over their own poops. So i took them outside pen and they are doing fine. They walk over 1/2 inch wire fine too.
Slightly Rednecked Thanks. So I guess the incidence i had with the eggs cooling down to 72 degrees after the first day turned out fine. They all hatched on time.
Actually i had to temp scares. The first was after 1 day down to 72 degree. The second with the same batch was at 13 days down to 85 degree due to light bulb blowout. Now i put 2 light bulbs to be safe.
So my quail are a week and a half old with highs in the 90's and lows in the 70's when and how long do I wean them off the heat lamp till I move them out the brooder?
Thank you . I tried to move my 2 weeks baby quail out from brooder box without thinking of not fully grown feather and temperature, found he was shivering after 1-2 hours and like dying. Freaking out, I moved him back to the brooder box and gave it a few hours and prayer, he survived and back to usual himself! I was so scared I wld kill him!! From your video, I hv to consider many things not only 2 weeks of age 🤭as what I googled from the internet. Thanks buddy! Cheers!!
Had a problem with the feeder myself they got stuck so had to take them to a different feeder. Was looking to make a outside brooder if possible. For now i use a reptile tank worked ok but have to clean it more often and is not so great during winter as iv to keep them in there for longer
I have baby quail. Their 0ne week old. Can I put outside? It's in the 90's during the day and 80-70's during nights. Usually in 80's at night. I live in the south. They will be on a screened in porch. I am seeing pin feathers on them. I can place a brooder plate in the cage with them. What do you think?
Good video. Hatch-out = Clutch? @3 wks, central NC. NIGHTS @ 20F.... Back up 35 outside. Awaiting full body feathering down low. Have never had birds this late. Might hang exterior walls on wired tractor. Might cover with tarp. Or just leave +7 days. Will try w/o light in 45 nights in shed.
It the winter time I always give them until about 3 weeks old before moving them outside. Like you said, wait until they feather out completely down low. Good luck with your birds.
They look a little crowded in the pen. What sort of disinfectant do you use to spray and clean the cages each week? I use to use Jeyes fluid here or even a dettol like spray with my chickens.
I don't clean the cages every week. When I do clean them out I just use water with a bit of bleach in it. And then rinse it well. I don't find that I need to do any more than that.
We only have 4 two week old baby hen quails coturnix were seeing they want to stay in the safe box and not wanting to get feed or water on the other side what would you suggest? This is in our new hutch we built like yours the newer hutches that is. This is also their first time to the feel of hardcloth wire bottom also since the brooder where they were in pine shavings. Our temps or 80-90 highs now lows upper 60’s-70
I don't know that I would worry about it too much. They should find it on their own. If you need to you can block off the access to the sandbox for a day and force them on the other side of the hutch. But that should be all that you need to do.
Hey man i have some questions about quail, and im sorry if you already have answered these but i rly want to know. I live in norway and i am currently incubating 15 quail eggs, and i was hoping that once they were done i could move them outside. I am not an expert on this so i have some questions about that. 1: will cold be any problem in the winter (it can get about -20 centigrees here) and i will i need any artificial light/warmth for them. Secondly off i was thinking about stacking hardware cloth cages for them, and i was wondering if there is anything specially i need to know about having them in such cages, and secondly off what should i do about them in the winter? Since it will snow and such should i just cover the cages with something? As you can tell im mostly worried about them in the winter time :p. And i was also wondering in cages with 60 cm deep and 2 meter long how many quail do you think i can/ should keep there? Btw sorry for spelling mistakes i wrote this one my phone and im lazy so i won't go through and check Thx :P
Well they should do fine in the winter as long as they have a wind break. cover the cages so they are not open to the wind. As far as needing light or warmth, not unless you want them to lay eggs in the winter time. If you do want eggs they will need at least 14 hours a day of light. And a you should be able to fit from 12 to 15 quail in a cage that size pretty easily. Hope that helps.
I have a question about introducing quail. I was given two 1 day old Coturnix quail by a friend. I decided to order 30 more but I am worried about their age difference. The original two will be 3 weeks old when the new Coturnix quail arrive. Should I just put a mesh divider in their brooder box and in about 2 to 3 weeks remove it under supervision?
My quail are over 2 weeks old and they are still needing feathers. The wing feathers look full but their backs are red skin and no feathers. They are Texas A & M .
Hi Chris i live in Dover England i am getting some quails on Sunday about 3 weeks old it get cold here down to about _ 5c can I put them up my allotment straight away i have been told to keep them in my house 4 the next 6months and I won't be able to handle that thanks bud
Hi mate, I'm in Bristol. 3 weeks should be ok, but they would need to be weaned off the heat inside from 2 week point. If they go straight from heated and indoors to outdoors with no heat you might lose a some. I've got some chicks at the two week point at the moment, I turned off their heat yesterday and will put them out next weekend
Hello I have a question,you talk about the temperature of winter and what is the temperature in summer that they can resist I live in las vegas and here it is very hot so I would like to know what temperature they can hold thank you
I have had no problems with temps up around 105. But that is about as hot as it gets here. If they are in the shade and have access to water they should be fine.
thank you very much for answering my question,yes here in las vegas the temperature in the summer sometimes rises to 118f I am a little bit worried because I have them outside in the patio but they are still in covered and I also have the water mister so I don’t know if they going to be ok with does temperature.ok thank you again and keep doing videos they really instructional . I just hatch my first quail eggs it was successful from 45 eggs 34 hatch 🐣 and the other 11 eggs 8 was not fertile and 3 eggs less the chick never hatch and that was thanks to your videos so keep doing more videos they help people with the quails thank you again
My quail are a Week old but I have to move them outside anyway. I have big coop that already has around 80 or 90 2week old guail. I'll mix them together. I'm taking out probably over 100 babies from the incubator today. Then, just one more hatching next Wednesday then I'm thru for the year.
My weather doesn't know what it's doing Right now. Lol yesterday we had snow today it's 54 so I'm afraid to put mine outside at all when they hatch. I have a place in my basement that I'm going to put them in for now. I'm getting a small rabbit hutch this weekend that I'm going to put them in when the weather gets better.
Once they feather out fully and get a little size to them (about 4 to 5 weeks old in the colder crazy wether) they should be fine to go outside. But I know what you mean. It was 65 her two days ago and now we are expecting snow this weekend.
Just bought some Coturnix quail today... first time raising them. The gentleman told me they where 2 weeks but they are nowhere near as developed as yours. They have very few feathers mostly just fuzz
If my summertime night temps only go to 80s and days are near 90s with a heat index around 105-110 should i still put them out at about 2 weeks? Or go earlier or later
On point as usual. I think we went to the same quail school, lol! I even have the exact plastic feeder with the round holes and the little ones crawl inside, too funny! Check out my latest vids, have a batch that I just set it in a grow out hutch yesterday.
I had just hatched some quails of my own they will be two weeks this Friday I'm on the second batch now if I'm incubating them at 100 in a little giant still air and I got all hens and I need some rooster wat temperature do u suggest I put it on the next go around
Hello Chris and thanks again for the information and knowledge you share with us. I have three sexualy mature quails. One male, two females. I also have six two weeks old chicks. Can I put them in the same cage with the adult ones? Thanks for time.
Good question. I think I would give the babies another week or two before combining them. Just to make sure they are big enough that they don't get trampled. I hope that helps.
Wow. Is that the temperature or the wind chill? and is that in C of F. Assuming that it is C and is the windchill not the actual temperature, they are probably fine to go outside. If it is the actual temperature and is F, that is very cold. I know many people have raised them in very cold environments but I don't have personal experience with weather that cold. I think they would be ok if they were acclimated to the temp change properly and weren't plunged from 75 degree indoor temps to -15 outdoor temps
You would have to leave some eggs in there for sure but even that won't guarantee it. it is pretty rare for a quail to go broody (at least a coturnix quail).
@@Slightlyrednecked thanks. This is my first year to raise them. Sometimes some of them get all fluffed up. Like a broody hen. And eggs do pile up. Several hens lay in the same place. I'll probably clean the adults soon and keep the young for next year.
Hi how many eggs should I order to incubate I'm building a 8x3 cage I can get 50 quail eggs for $50.00 but if they all hatch it would be to many really like your channel thanks
I wouldn't hesitate to start 50 eggs. You probably won't get all of them to hatch but if you do get a lot of birds you can keep them in that size pen until it is time to butcher the extras and eat them. On other note, if you can find birds locally you can usually buy week old chicks for about $1 per bird. Just a thought.
According to the numbers I've gotten on several hatches, 28. Here's the breakout: 50 eggs set 40 eggs after candling (optional) (19% reduction) 40 eggs going into lock down 32 hatched quail (82% of lock) 28 make it through brooding (10% post hatch mortality - includes those that just don't make it plus culling of genetic abnormalities, wry neck, star gazing, bad club foot, splay leg etc.) 28 to grow out 0% morality on grow out aviary 14~ hens + 14~ roosters If you have good light (12-14+, so either not winter or with light in the coop) you will have roosters start crowing at 6~ weeks. If you have them close to the house or neighbors that may be bothered, I cull out roosters then. Yield is a little less than 8 weeks (about 5 to 5.5 oz dressed at 6 weeks for jumbos), but the significant decrease in crowing to me is worth the sacrifice. It seems exponential that if you have tons of roosters they will crow because others are crowing - the difference between say 4 roosters and 14 roosters is like night and day. I let the hens grow out until 8 weeks and/or until I have enough laying hens. So with 50 eggs, I would expect to harvest 10-11 roosters, keep 3-4 roosters, and keep 14 hens. Numbers could be plus or minus a couple based on the gender distribution of your hatch. Also, this is going to be slightly higher with eggs that are not shipped or are shipped very well (i.e. quickly, short distance, gentle, etc.). It may be slightly lower with distantly or roughly shipped eggs, a poor incubator, a bad brooder, or other quality factors. It might be slightly higher if you have local or fresh eggs, high fertility rate eggs, a great incubator, a great brooder, and so on.
Interesting. It sounds like the temp might have been a little low. I haven't had that problem myself with 3 week old quail but i always make sure to ween them off of the heat lamp in the garage for a few days before moving them outside. I don't know if you did that or not but that might be the issue.
Hi there, I've currently got 4 4 week old quails living in my bedroom which is not ideal, I was going to wait till spring to put them outside but I don't think I can wait that long. it's winter here in the uk so gets down to around 30 f / 0 c at night and highs of 10 c / 50 f in the day. It around 20 c in my room, do you reckon they'll be ok?
Mine stay outside all winter long and we get colder than that. if you have a place that is slightly warmer but cooler than your room to move them to for a week first that might be best. But they will probably be fine either way.
I suppose mine is different in one respect. I do 4 stages instead of 3. 1. Brooder box (clear plastic tote) 2. Garage pen 3. Grow out pen 4. Breeding pen. I even want to add 5th stage next year. When they hit 8 weeks, I want to put my "best candidates" or the largest (those I haven't butchered from the grow out pen) in small cages (3-1 ratio) to see which females are laying and which Males are crowing and breeding. That way I don't waste time and feed on "useless freeloaders".
Nothing wrong with that plan at all. I should add that after the grow out pen I do the same thing by moving the best ones to the breeding pen (if i am looking for more breeders).
My case, i have one unexpected quail as the lots review say the cheap incubator i bought for my parrot’s eggs would not hatch any! Tried to fill on the available trays with 2 quail eggs. One hatched on the 18th day on dot. Now im an accidental parent to one baby quail.
I have shown it in some videos. It is pretty much just a regular pen. No different just used for grow outs. The water cups are lower to let the smaller birds access them easier but that is the only difference.
Coturnix are not native to north america so that is a VERY destructive idea to release them. That said, native bobwhites only have a 10-20% survival rate when released.
It should be fine. You may want to give them a few days in a garage or something if you can to acclimate a little slower but I wouldn't be too concerned myself.
What part of VA do you live? it's like 70 - 80 here in richmond at night. also they should be fine. I brought my quails out when it was around 50's at 3 weeks.
Thanks for all the informative quail videos! We just picked up some three week old jumbos yesterday after a month of research and building a quail pen that we hope will be a happy home for them. Your info covers all pertinent topics around keeping quails. I plan on uploading a "quail pen tour" video to my channel soon. I will give you a shout out for helping us get ready for this new adventure.
Thank you so much. I appreciate that and am glad you are finding the videos helpful. Good luck on your channel.
I just uploaded my video and as mentioned, gave your channel a shout out! Thanks again...can't wait until they start laying eggs in a few weeks.
Your videos are amazing, keep it up! Also very useful as I am just about to get into quail hatching!!! Wish me luck!
Thank you so much for the kind comments. And good luck with your hatch. I am sure you will do great.
Thanks for making these videos. They have educated me a great deal.
Thanks for watching. I am glad you find them helpful.
i was riding home from work this week and i saw a man by the side of the road selling coturnix quail. I love eating quail eggs and quail meat so i bought some, went and bought some cages and bought some more, i know have 10, i think maybe 8 hens and 2 cocks. Thanks so much for taking the time and effort to make these videos, they are very useful. Already had 6 eggs from them, looking forward to more to come when they get over the stress of moving
Awesome. I am so glad you find my videos helpful. As you mentioned, they will probably stop laying for a while because of the move. Also, depending on where you live you need to add some light to make sure they have 14 hours a day of light (in my area yesterday was only 9.5 hours of daylight). Good luck with your new birds.
@@Slightlyrednecked yeah i actually live in saigon vietnam, and because it's near the equator we don't get long days, so i am giving them extra light after it goes dark. i guess the quail farms here must be doing that
I've had 6 delicious eggs off them already, hoping when they settle in i'll be getting more
Sir I've been watching your short video's of quails. Just doing my home work before i start raising quails. This is new for me. I only had chickens & turkeys
And all i can say is you are a great teacher. I love how you explain everything in your videos. I learned so much about raising & hatching quails with you. Thank you so much for the information you provide on your videos
Love your videos. I’m brand new to raising jumbo coturnix quail and your information has been very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you so much for watching. I am so glad to hear that you find my videos helpful.
Thanks for all your videos! I keep going back to reference them.
Thanks so much for the kind comments. I am so glad you find them helpful.
I have 15 they r 2weeks old incubator had 48 eggs and have 16 down in the aviary they. R big I learned a lot from u blessings from egypt
Thank you Chris! I couldn't do it without watching your Channel! I will have to go through all your videos and see if you show how to make a grow out pen. I know that might sound stupid but I am totally not a carpenter.
I have a few videos on building hutches. That is all a grow out pen is really. You should be able to watch those and scale them up or down. It isn't that difficult to do so don't be intimidated. :)
They are looking good i have two quail hens brooding eggs been sitting 10 days now. Fingers crossed they go all the way ;-)
Wow, that is unusual. Good luck and hope it goes well.
i really like your channel i when to the auction a couple of days ago could have got 70 for like 30 cents a peice but i did not have a cage built yet o man kicking my self for not having a cage. so i bought wire yesterday so i will have a cage build by the weekend.
Yup, no cages ready is a real pain. Good luck on your cage build though and I am glad you are finding my videos helpful.
I use to use heat lamp but went to a reg 60 watt bulb in brooder in the house and they been just fine last 3 batches has been fine, and no fear of house burning down either cover on top of a large storage bin gapped for the light also to fit in there...move out to garage at three weeks and Im in mn. cold winters -20
Nice. Sounds like you have a nice set up.
Just keep tabs on the temperature. 20 days old fully feathered jumbos can handle 40 F at night outside on wire just fine.
Nice clutch of quail, I love the ones in the feeder boxes. :)
Thanks. I am glad you liked the video. :)
I just wanted to tell you I find all your videos amazingly informative. I am gathering everything to start my own small colony of coturnix. I invested in a couple of Wynola Ranch cages. I have a basement room I plan to keep them once they are feathered out. In winter the lowest it will get is 55 degrees. Too many predators in my location to keep them outdoors safely with Bobcats and Fisher Cats no matter how secure a cage I have. I will have all that I need shortly and plan to order eggs soon. I am a little wary to buy the eggs and have them ship in winter since its almost December right now. Is it a gamble to have eggs shipped this time of year? I could wait until spring or should I buy extra eggs now and plan on a low hatch rate? I kind of have a green thumb for multiplying living things. I am a little nervous about the culling thing later on but I am pretty sure I can do it after watching your other videos.
thank you so much for the kind comments. I am so glad you find my videos helpful. There is a risk of ordering eggs now. Depending on where you order eggs from and where they will travel to get to you, you could just check the weather report for that area (or areas) and if it isn't going to be too bad for the next week go ahead and order.
What do you mean by water cups? Just a dish of water? Or is it some other type of water device? Thanks for the great videos!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and theories I am learning so much have a gud 1
Thanks for watching. glad you are finding the videos helpful.
I just got 50 qauil on the 24th of September. They said they were a day old before shipping. It is still warm but it's n a few weeks the weather should drop. This was a great video
Thank you so much for watching. I am glad you found it helpful. Congratulations on your new birds too.
Schedule? What schedule! :D I was given two hatch-ling quail, and I'm not even sure how old they are! The two are in my aquarium-brooder, and seem quite happy there for now. They were the size of your 2.5wk birds when they were given to me, but it is a week later and they're nearly twice the size but still holding on to a bit of their down feathers on the head and breast. I can't say these two are fully feathered as such. :S So I'll think about moving them outside whenever they lose the baby-down or they outgrow the aquarium-brooder. We'll see which happens first!
Yeah, they grow incredibly quick. Nothing wrong with keeping them in the brooder longer, it is just more maintenance and work so I like to move them out as quickly as I can.
I live in ct. It's late june now. My quails just hatched 7 days ago. At 5 days i didn't like seeing them running over their own poops. So i took them outside pen and they are doing fine. They walk over 1/2 inch wire fine too.
nice. I generally wait a little longer but glad to hear it is working well for you.
Slightly Rednecked Thanks. So I guess the incidence i had with the eggs cooling down to 72 degrees after the first day turned out fine. They all hatched on time.
Actually i had to temp scares. The first was after 1 day down to 72 degree. The second with the same batch was at 13 days down to 85 degree due to light bulb blowout. Now i put 2 light bulbs to be safe.
love your quail updates and I'm sure everyone else does :]
Thanks so much.
Great video and useful info as always! Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much for coming back and watching another video. Glad you liked it.
So my quail are a week and a half old with highs in the 90's and lows in the 70's when and how long do I wean them off the heat lamp till I move them out the brooder?
luvin' those silvers! =)
Love your channel mate you the man
👍thanks for your help
Thanks so much for the kind comments.
Thank you . I tried to move my 2 weeks baby quail out from brooder box without thinking of not fully grown feather and temperature, found he was shivering after 1-2 hours and like dying. Freaking out, I moved him back to the brooder box and gave it a few hours and prayer, he survived and back to usual himself! I was so scared I wld kill him!! From your video, I hv to consider many things not only 2 weeks of age 🤭as what I googled from the internet. Thanks buddy! Cheers!!
Had a problem with the feeder myself they got stuck so had to take them to a different feeder. Was looking to make a outside brooder if possible. For now i use a reptile tank worked ok but have to clean it more often and is not so great during winter as iv to keep them in there for longer
Good video as always!!!
Thank you for the kind words.
Thanks for the info!
I have baby quail. Their 0ne week old. Can I put outside? It's in the 90's during the day and 80-70's during nights. Usually in 80's at night. I live in the south. They will be on a screened in porch. I am seeing pin feathers on them. I can place a brooder plate in the cage with them. What do you think?
Good video. Hatch-out = Clutch? @3 wks, central NC. NIGHTS @ 20F.... Back up 35 outside. Awaiting full body feathering down low. Have never had birds this late. Might hang exterior walls on wired tractor. Might cover with tarp. Or just leave +7 days. Will try w/o light in 45 nights in shed.
It the winter time I always give them until about 3 weeks old before moving them outside. Like you said, wait until they feather out completely down low. Good luck with your birds.
They look a little crowded in the pen. What sort of disinfectant do you use to spray and clean the cages each week? I use to use Jeyes fluid here or even a dettol like spray with my chickens.
I don't clean the cages every week. When I do clean them out I just use water with a bit of bleach in it. And then rinse it well. I don't find that I need to do any more than that.
We only have 4 two week old baby hen quails coturnix were seeing they want to stay in the safe box and not wanting to get feed or water on the other side what would you suggest? This is in our new hutch we built like yours the newer hutches that is. This is also their first time to the feel of hardcloth wire bottom also since the brooder where they were in pine shavings. Our temps or 80-90 highs now lows upper 60’s-70
I don't know that I would worry about it too much. They should find it on their own. If you need to you can block off the access to the sandbox for a day and force them on the other side of the hutch. But that should be all that you need to do.
Thank you for all your help
Hey man i have some questions about quail, and im sorry if you already have answered these but i rly want to know. I live in norway and i am currently incubating 15 quail eggs, and i was hoping that once they were done i could move them outside. I am not an expert on this so i have some questions about that. 1: will cold be any problem in the winter (it can get about -20 centigrees here) and i will i need any artificial light/warmth for them. Secondly off i was thinking about stacking hardware cloth cages for them, and i was wondering if there is anything specially i need to know about having them in such cages, and secondly off what should i do about them in the winter? Since it will snow and such should i just cover the cages with something? As you can tell im mostly worried about them in the winter time :p. And i was also wondering in cages with 60 cm deep and 2 meter long how many quail do you think i can/ should keep there?
Btw sorry for spelling mistakes i wrote this one my phone and im lazy so i won't go through and check
Thx :P
Well they should do fine in the winter as long as they have a wind break. cover the cages so they are not open to the wind. As far as needing light or warmth, not unless you want them to lay eggs in the winter time. If you do want eggs they will need at least 14 hours a day of light. And a you should be able to fit from 12 to 15 quail in a cage that size pretty easily. Hope that helps.
Slightly Rednecked thx man
I have a question about introducing quail. I was given two 1 day old Coturnix quail by a friend. I decided to order 30 more but I am worried about their age difference. The original two will be 3 weeks old when the new Coturnix quail arrive. Should I just put a mesh divider in their brooder box and in about 2 to 3 weeks remove it under supervision?
If you hot glue a piece of 2x4 or 2x6 to lift the water, they will never poop in it again
My quail are over 2 weeks old and they are still needing feathers. The wing feathers look full but their backs are red skin and no feathers. They are Texas A & M .
That is pretty normal. Give them just a little bit longer and they will feather out. Sometimes it takes them longer to get all of their feathers in.
Hey Chris how you doing man hey I have a question I I have baby quails 2 weeks old for how long more they need the heat lamp?
Assuming they are coturnix, they don't need the heat lamp anymore. If they are another breed, they may require more time in the brooder.
Hi Chris i live in Dover England i am getting some quails on Sunday about 3 weeks old it get cold here down to about _ 5c can I put them up my allotment straight away i have been told to keep them in my house 4 the next 6months and I won't be able to handle that thanks bud
Hi mate, I'm in Bristol. 3 weeks should be ok, but they would need to be weaned off the heat inside from 2 week point. If they go straight from heated and indoors to outdoors with no heat you might lose a some. I've got some chicks at the two week point at the moment, I turned off their heat yesterday and will put them out next weekend
Yes
Hello I have a question,you talk about the temperature of winter and what is the temperature in summer that they can resist I live in las vegas and here it is very hot so I would like to know what temperature they can hold thank you
I have had no problems with temps up around 105. But that is about as hot as it gets here. If they are in the shade and have access to water they should be fine.
thank you very much for answering my question,yes here in las vegas the temperature in the summer sometimes rises to 118f I am a little bit worried because I have them outside in the patio but they are still in covered and I also have the water mister so I don’t know if they going to be ok with does temperature.ok thank you again and keep doing videos they really instructional . I just hatch my first quail eggs it was successful from 45 eggs 34 hatch 🐣 and the other 11 eggs 8 was not fertile and 3 eggs less the chick never hatch and that was thanks to your videos so keep doing more videos they help people with the quails thank you again
My quail are a Week old but I have to move them outside anyway. I have big coop that already has around 80 or 90 2week old guail. I'll mix them together. I'm taking out probably over 100 babies from the incubator today. Then, just one more hatching next Wednesday then I'm thru for the year.
Thats a lot of birds. Hope the new babies do fine.
are those jumbo quail ? mine are 2 weeks and two days and much bigger than that and flying
My weather doesn't know what it's doing Right now. Lol yesterday we had snow today it's 54 so I'm afraid to put mine outside at all when they hatch. I have a place in my basement that I'm going to put them in for now. I'm getting a small rabbit hutch this weekend that I'm going to put them in when the weather gets better.
Once they feather out fully and get a little size to them (about 4 to 5 weeks old in the colder crazy wether) they should be fine to go outside. But I know what you mean. It was 65 her two days ago and now we are expecting snow this weekend.
Just bought some Coturnix quail today... first time raising them. The gentleman told me they where 2 weeks but they are nowhere near as developed as yours. They have very few feathers mostly just fuzz
Thanks this vid helped alot 💯💯
Awesome. So glad it helped. Thanks for watching.
If my summertime night temps only go to 80s and days are near 90s with a heat index around 105-110 should i still put them out at about 2 weeks? Or go earlier or later
I would still go about 2 weeks. They need to be fully feathered out really.
On point as usual. I think we went to the same quail school, lol! I even have the exact plastic feeder with the round holes and the little ones crawl inside, too funny! Check out my latest vids, have a batch that I just set it in a grow out hutch yesterday.
Thanks for the kind comments. By the way, my neighbor has goats that like to scream too. :)
How cold does it get there. We get -40 F here in winter Canada
I'm hatching more quail One is all so far. Can I put the one with three week old quail
Can you give a tutorial on how to create a simple hutch for simple pet quail
I am sorry but i don't have any smaller hutches and I don't really have any need for one so i probably won't be building one.
I had just hatched some quails of my own they will be two weeks this Friday I'm on the second batch now if I'm incubating them at 100 in a little giant still air and I got all hens and I need some rooster wat temperature do u suggest I put it on the next go around
Keep it the same. 100 is about right for a still air incubator. You just lucked out getting all hens, that never happens to the rest of the world. :)
ok thank u I guess I just got luck I love the video so help full
Hello Chris and thanks again for the information and knowledge you share with us. I have three sexualy mature quails. One male, two females. I also have six two weeks old chicks. Can I put them in the same cage with the adult ones? Thanks for time.
Good question. I think I would give the babies another week or two before combining them. Just to make sure they are big enough that they don't get trampled. I hope that helps.
@@Slightlyrednecked So happy for your immediate response. Thank you so much!
Hey man hows it goin I have Month old quail just wondering if they would be ok outside, gets about minus 15 at night ??
Wow. Is that the temperature or the wind chill? and is that in C of F. Assuming that it is C and is the windchill not the actual temperature, they are probably fine to go outside. If it is the actual temperature and is F, that is very cold. I know many people have raised them in very cold environments but I don't have personal experience with weather that cold. I think they would be ok if they were acclimated to the temp change properly and weren't plunged from 75 degree indoor temps to -15 outdoor temps
I have I think it's a male quail it's the only one I have and its head is scout and it's actually bleeding what has caused that
is there a way u could do a video on how long does it take before u can tell the quails are male or female after u hatch a batch
Jeremy Pickens its takes 6 weeks to sex them for sure for golds and brown for whites and others it takes 8 weeks so u can vent sex em
If I wanted any hens to go broody, would I have to leave the eggs? They sorta free range in a big flight pen.
You would have to leave some eggs in there for sure but even that won't guarantee it. it is pretty rare for a quail to go broody (at least a coturnix quail).
@@Slightlyrednecked thanks. This is my first year to raise them. Sometimes some of them get all fluffed up. Like a broody hen. And eggs do pile up. Several hens lay in the same place. I'll probably clean the adults soon and keep the young for next year.
When can you stop giving electrolytes to quail? Mine are 4 weeks maybe 5 lost count lol
I never give mine electrolytes at all. I would say you can stop whenever you want to.
I do acv for the first 2 weeks :) 1 tablespoon to 750ML of water.
Are bobwhite quail heat hardy? Here in S.C. it is 95+ pretty much every day during the summer
Bobwhites are pretty heat hardy. If you have plenty of ventilation and shade you shouldn't have any problems.
I live in Egypt sumers r hot and my quails r happy and plenty of babies
Hi how many eggs should I order to incubate I'm building a 8x3 cage I can get 50 quail eggs for $50.00 but if they all hatch it would be to many really like your channel thanks
I wouldn't hesitate to start 50 eggs. You probably won't get all of them to hatch but if you do get a lot of birds you can keep them in that size pen until it is time to butcher the extras and eat them. On other note, if you can find birds locally you can usually buy week old chicks for about $1 per bird. Just a thought.
Slightly Rednecked thanks that was a fast response your videos are really helpful
Good morning is there a incubator that you recommend under $200.00 thanks
@@catfishmac2817 there is a pretty small one called janoel 12 its good incubator its 60 dollars new it turns the eggs
Out if 50 quail eggs, how many on average will grow to full maturity??
According to the numbers I've gotten on several hatches, 28.
Here's the breakout:
50 eggs set
40 eggs after candling (optional) (19% reduction)
40 eggs going into lock down
32 hatched quail (82% of lock)
28 make it through brooding (10% post hatch mortality - includes those that just don't make it plus culling of genetic abnormalities, wry neck, star gazing, bad club foot, splay leg etc.)
28 to grow out
0% morality on grow out aviary
14~ hens + 14~ roosters
If you have good light (12-14+, so either not winter or with light in the coop) you will have roosters start crowing at 6~ weeks. If you have them close to the house or neighbors that may be bothered, I cull out roosters then. Yield is a little less than 8 weeks (about 5 to 5.5 oz dressed at 6 weeks for jumbos), but the significant decrease in crowing to me is worth the sacrifice. It seems exponential that if you have tons of roosters they will crow because others are crowing - the difference between say 4 roosters and 14 roosters is like night and day. I let the hens grow out until 8 weeks and/or until I have enough laying hens.
So with 50 eggs, I would expect to harvest 10-11 roosters, keep 3-4 roosters, and keep 14 hens. Numbers could be plus or minus a couple based on the gender distribution of your hatch.
Also, this is going to be slightly higher with eggs that are not shipped or are shipped very well (i.e. quickly, short distance, gentle, etc.). It may be slightly lower with distantly or roughly shipped eggs, a poor incubator, a bad brooder, or other quality factors. It might be slightly higher if you have local or fresh eggs, high fertility rate eggs, a great incubator, a great brooder, and so on.
@@EustaceKirstein thank you so very much. Great info.
My quail are 3 weeks old took them out to the grow out and they want to pile up causing me to loose some what are your thoughts?
Interesting. It sounds like the temp might have been a little low. I haven't had that problem myself with 3 week old quail but i always make sure to ween them off of the heat lamp in the garage for a few days before moving them outside. I don't know if you did that or not but that might be the issue.
Thanks I think that was the issue they are doing good now
Hi sir lam asking about in how many days qual starting lay egg please told me if is fosibal
generally they start laying between 8 to 10 weeks old if you have enough light. I hope that helps.
Hi there, I've currently got 4 4 week old quails living in my bedroom which is not ideal, I was going to wait till spring to put them outside but I don't think I can wait that long. it's winter here in the uk so gets down to around 30 f / 0 c at night and highs of 10 c / 50 f in the day. It around 20 c in my room, do you reckon they'll be ok?
Mine stay outside all winter long and we get colder than that. if you have a place that is slightly warmer but cooler than your room to move them to for a week first that might be best. But they will probably be fine either way.
Can you reccomend me a a small incubator thats around 50 other than the janoel 12
I am afraid I can't. I don't have any experience with the smaller incubators and I don't know which ones are good and which ones aren't.
I have river takes 48 quail eggs an I'm happy with it lots of babies
Have you ever had a quail hen go broody?
no. I have heard of it happening but it is very rare.
I suppose mine is different in one respect.
I do 4 stages instead of 3.
1. Brooder box (clear plastic tote)
2. Garage pen
3. Grow out pen
4. Breeding pen.
I even want to add 5th stage next year. When they hit 8 weeks, I want to put my "best candidates" or the largest (those I haven't butchered from the grow out pen) in small cages (3-1 ratio) to see which females are laying and which Males are crowing and breeding. That way I don't waste time and feed on "useless freeloaders".
Nothing wrong with that plan at all. I should add that after the grow out pen I do the same thing by moving the best ones to the breeding pen (if i am looking for more breeders).
thx
Thanks for watching.
my quail eat ants and leaves is that ok for them
I don't think there is anything wrong with that at all.
i have one quail because of incubator malfunction, have that fixed now ,
My case, i have one unexpected quail as the lots review say the cheap incubator i bought for my parrot’s eggs would not hatch any! Tried to fill on the available trays with 2 quail eggs. One hatched on the 18th day on dot. Now im an accidental parent to one baby quail.
Can you show inside the grow out pen
I have shown it in some videos. It is pretty much just a regular pen. No different just used for grow outs. The water cups are lower to let the smaller birds access them easier but that is the only difference.
@slightlyredneck can bred/raised in captivity survive out in the wild?
Coturnix are not native to north america so that is a VERY destructive idea to release them. That said, native bobwhites only have a 10-20% survival rate when released.
Nice 👍🏾
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Birds have clutches.
what about jumbo contour quail
These are jumbo Coturnix. :)
Called a flock
In the feeder 😂
Temp in va right now are upper 50 to 66. My quail are 3 weeks. I take it it’s ok to move them outside?
It should be fine. You may want to give them a few days in a garage or something if you can to acclimate a little slower but I wouldn't be too concerned myself.
Slightly Rednecked I’ve had them in basement for a week without the heat lamp. Gets a lot warm in late afternoons when sun hits back of the house
What part of VA do you live? it's like 70 - 80 here in richmond at night. also they should be fine. I brought my quails out when it was around 50's at 3 weeks.
Vandy Niyomkham Carroll.
oh ok
Hey you didn't chuckle when you said spare room this time.
😊
Oops. I must be slipping. :)