If you have read my blog before you will probably know I am little obsessed with chickens and have been keeping them in my back garden for four years. I have recently ventured into the world of quail keeping. The Japanese quail arrived on Sunday 3rd February. 9 females and 2 male.
They seem to have settled well into their coop/ aviary. Although I am surprised how startled they are when I walk up to them. As explained in the books I have read, they fly directly upwards when scared and usually smack their head off the ceiling of the coop. Fortunately it is a plastic tray about their head, so I hope it will cause little damage to them. It does however concern me they do it so frequently, and I think it would be useful if someone could design or breed into the quail some form of helmet device!
They are lovely little birds and have produced 8 eggs already in less than 2 days, however temperatures have dropped and the winds have picked up, so I expect egg production to be limited in the next few days.
My recent attempt at hatching silver laced Wyandottes was a failure. 2 of the eggs were fertile but died at around 16-18 days I think. I think the humidity may have been too high. Something I will be keeping a close eye on when I set my next batch of eggs in the next week or so.
Keep tuned in to find out what I will be hatching next using a dry incubating method. ;-)
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