darkfur Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 one of our japanese quail hatching too cute not to share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 That's adorable! Isn't it awesome when the wee lille eggs wiggle? Congrats!!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 my other half breeds them, he has heaps! my favourite is when their heads pop out of the shells like a little meerkat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 what size do they grow when compared to say Californian Quails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Ohhh That's soooo cute Welcome to the Big Wide World little Fella :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 That is not cute!!! It will not be cute until it has dried out - then it will be cute :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 I used to breed heaps of Chinese quail and hatch them in incubators in big numbers. All quail are cute when small but not so when they start fighting over territory, mates etc. They can get pretty agro later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 what size do they grow when compared to say Californian Quails? a fair bit chunkier, they weigh about 200g. Will just go looking for a photo of an adult to post so you can see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 I used to breed heaps of Chinese quail and hatch them in incubators in big numbers. All quail are cute when small but not so when they start fighting over territory, mates etc. They can get pretty agro later on. yes the males can be a bit stroppy, you can't keep males together unless they grew up from hatching together. They aren't as bad as the chinese though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 a fair bit chunkier, they weigh about 200g. Will just go looking for a photo of an adult to post so you can see here is a photo of one which is nearly full grown, this one won't end up being one of my biggest though, the white ones are often a bit small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 that's my boyfriend's hand, he is 6'1 so it's a big hand btw :lol: just for purposes of scale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 That is not cute!!! It will not be cute until it has dried out - then it will be cute :lol: here you go just for you Caryl, enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Thanks for sharing.....and I have to agree with Caryl...... the dry ones are much cuter :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Yeah, they are much cuter 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Yep, definately cuter when dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 quite an amazing bird.The little babies you see will lay eggs at 6 weeks old??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 quite an amazing bird.The little babies you see will lay eggs at 6 weeks old??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 live fast die young. The males mature about 6 weeks the females about 8 weeks. As breeders their fertility drops off at about a year old, the females generally live only about 2 years but the odd male makes it to the grand old age of 5. Not often, though. They are used as lab animals quite a lot on account of the quick generation time, NASA actually took eggs up to MIR and managed to hatch a few in zero-G! space quail!!!! I am a mine of info on these guys because I did a talk about them for the kids at the local library Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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