Quail Story

Quail Story Quail breeder located on the central coast NSW

06/01/2025

Babies are hatching 🐣 🐣🥰

It’s been a really busy week with baby birds! Unfortunately all my hatchlings passed away one by one - so I will have to...
12/11/2024

It’s been a really busy week with baby birds! Unfortunately all my hatchlings passed away one by one - so I will have to take a moment to reflect on what has changed and why I have had such high mortality rate this season.

On more interesting news, it’s also bush turkey hatching season and there are baby turkeys running rampant.

One little baby had to be rescued as it sustained a minor injury. A few calls from my neighbour to help catch the baby turkey under her couch then behind the washing machine. By all accounts it looks to have healed up, and we gave it a bath as it picked up some oily grime.

Ready to head back into the wild again ❤️

It’s a very slow start to breeding season, I put 6 of my own eggs in the incubator with 4 hatching late last night. Some...
07/11/2024

It’s a very slow start to breeding season, I put 6 of my own eggs in the incubator with 4 hatching late last night. Some really interesting colours. These will likely stay as part of my breeding stock so I can increase my egg numbers.

13/10/2024

Finally a little chirp!

13/10/2024
13/10/2024

I was gifted 5 quails a couple of weeks ago and yesterday they finally hatched.

1x egg failed to develop so I removed that from the incubator when I candles them at day 10 (a little later than I normally do)

1x egg failed to hatch, it was fully developed but unfortunately perished

So I was left with three little babies which I wasn’t very comfortable with. Usually I have about 30 babies. Worried they would get cold and not figure out how to access the water and eat the food, I placed an older hen in with them.

Although the babies are resting under the heat table, it’s so cute seeing them chase ‘mumma’ around every time she moves about the brooder 😍🐣

I use cut-off from fake grass under the heat table, for food and to place the water on. Usually I cover the rest of the wood shavings with paper towel so the babies don’t eat it - but I had run out! Let hope mumma quail keeps them inline.

I've just come home from holiday to my first quail egg of the season 😍 Much to the disappointment of many of my follower...
30/09/2024

I've just come home from holiday to my first quail egg of the season 😍 Much to the disappointment of many of my followers waiting for quail, I fed this little egg to one of my dogs who just came home from the boarding kennels.

Quail eggs are an amazing addition to both human and canine diets.

When I get a consistent lay I will set the eggs in the incubator, as I prefer to collect them over 2-3 days max. Collecting the eggs over a short time frame increases the hatch rate success and keeps the eggs hatching at a similar time.

Chicken egg for scale 😂

Today I had some roosters delivered to me. Sometimes I can take extra Roos, and I will always take back a miss-identifie...
23/09/2024

Today I had some roosters delivered to me. Sometimes I can take extra Roos, and I will always take back a miss-identified roo that I sold as a hen - it can happen.

When breeding quail its important to know that 1 boy can happily service 5 hens, but the hatch rate is typically 50/50 roo/hen. So then what do we do with the extra boys?

The reality is that quail are both a meat and egg bird. They are prolific seasonal egg layers and also a quality meat. This means that 80% of the roosters will likely end up as food. It is a reality of breeding, that we must do something with the excess roosters. Without careful management of their numbers and environmen they can fight causing injury or even death.

Its also important to consider quarantining any new birds you bring on to your property. These boys are hanging out in the grow out aviary for now, giving me time to assess their health and temperament before making decision on their future.

Getting ready for the breeding season with some game bird starter feed for the babies, show bird breeder for the adults ...
19/09/2024

Getting ready for the breeding season with some game bird starter feed for the babies, show bird breeder for the adults and pine pellets for the bedding.

Hopefully they start laying soon!

03/09/2024

Making use of the winds blowing down branches to add enrichment to the quails

I haven’t posted for a while, largely because this year has been filled with travel and illness urg! Today I was feeling...
10/07/2024

I haven’t posted for a while, largely because this year has been filled with travel and illness urg!

Today I was feeling well enough to get out and do some maintenance in the quail pen. The bedding had too much ash from cleaning out the fireplace so much this season and it wasn’t draining as well as I’d like.

New leaf little mulch and fresh grass clippings were the first thing I added. Then I saw my neighbour trimming up the bamboo branches so I popped them in too - they make great hiding places for the quail and usually have tiny little bugs that the birds love pecking at.

After a break to recover some strength I went back out and cleaned out an old disused worm farm. It had a lot of old equine bedding in it so I tipped that in the pen too and will mix it through over the next few days. That’s going to really improve the bedding keeping it fresher and healthier for their little feet.

Yesterday we had a parrot visit our quail pen, tonight we had snake! Thankfully the birds and dog altered us to a proble...
14/11/2023

Yesterday we had a parrot visit our quail pen, tonight we had snake!

Thankfully the birds and dog altered us to a problem and the python was able to be removed before harming any quail, or getting harmed itself.

Hopefully we will see more of it, just not inside the quail enclosure!

Today we got a fairy egg (the small one) . One of my hens has also been laying an amazing blue coloured egg with a dark ...
21/10/2023

Today we got a fairy egg (the small one) . One of my hens has also been laying an amazing blue coloured egg with a dark band around the end.

I can't wait to pop those ones in the incubator.

Quail egg French toast with honey is an absolute favourite of my children. 5x eggs per piece of bread works best, I used...
02/10/2023

Quail egg French toast with honey is an absolute favourite of my children. 5x eggs per piece of bread works best, I used 6 each this time and it was just a bit too much egg.

If you’re still thinking “should I get quail” and you have toddlers, then the answer is “Yes you should!” 😍

At this time of year we get a lot of enquires for both 🥚and 🐤. With the beautiful warm weather and increased sunlight ☀️...
28/09/2023

At this time of year we get a lot of enquires for both 🥚and 🐤. With the beautiful warm weather and increased sunlight ☀️ it’s easy to get ahead ⏰.

Currently I have 5 ladies that are laying daily, but the other half look like a right mess as they finish up their spring moult.

Feather production takes a lot of energy so they won’t lay during moulting, but as soon as their new feathers come through I should see a lot more eggs 🥰

These two chickens have been a bit broody… so I slipped five quail eggs under the golden lace Wyandotte Let’s see what h...
26/09/2023

These two chickens have been a bit broody… so I slipped five quail eggs under the golden lace Wyandotte

Let’s see what happens!

Our first egg for the season 😍
18/09/2023

Our first egg for the season 😍

Spring is well and truly here, and the birds are getting ready for their laying season. This means the boys are ramping ...
12/09/2023

Spring is well and truly here, and the birds are getting ready for their laying season. This means the boys are ramping up for.... what they do best....fertilise those eggs!

If you see this foam about on the floor of your pen, you'll know your boys are ready for action 😎

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