This is a coturnix quail. They are full grown at 8 weeks. Start laying eggs at 8 weeks vs a chicken which starts at around 20 weeks.
They will not sit on their eggs for hatching so you have to use an incubator or find someone that has chicks for sale.
Each hen will lay about 300 eggs per year.
Tomorrow we will talk about incubators.
Rooster on the left, hen on the right.
Is this a hen or a rooster?
ReplyDeleteI believe that is a rooster. I will post a picture of both. The hen will have spots on the breast, the rooster is a solid rust color.
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