This is my first time raising quail (I have owned chickens before), I have 2 snowflake bobwhite, 1 male and 1 female who both hatched mid August. I'm 99% sure one of them is female, they have a yellowed face and not much black under the eyes.
Is it normal/bad if she hasn't started laying any eggs yet?
They both go outside in the aviary every day for 4-6 hours then come inside when it starts getting cold, they have a sand bath with them most of the day and have good food. I haven't been feeding them mealworms because they aren't too fond of them, should I cook them some egg and/or give them some fruit?
Videos of them both (on my mother's twitter account):
Rex (the male) doing his call https://twitter.com/Sasaxxx7/status/1365030143211823108?s=20
Lucky (the female) digging around in the aviary after I finished decorating it https://twitter.com/Sasaxxx7/status/1363456838818267136?s=20
Tittle really says it all I don't know if I should buy hatching eggs or juveniles. I would like them to be tame and I heard getting them as hatchlings really helps with that.
Has anyone got Bobwhite Quail from McMurray Hatchery? I am expecting to get our first batch of quail the week of March 22nd and looking at how much success others might have had. Any input is welcomed.
We have sections of Seminole Prairie cordoned off for conservation purposes. We've been trying to aid that area along its path of natural succession for a while, because there were some brutal fires caused by a chemical spill way back in the eighties. It has never been an approved hunting area, but we still have issues with illegal recreational activity from time to time.
So far, everything is getting back on track, but restoring the native wildlife to its former state has been a bit of a challenge for us.
Me and my colleagues at Mallard Environmental Laboratories are formally asking all hunters currently residing in LDP to refrain from killing any Bobwhite Quail you see in or around town.
I've been working with specialists at the state and local level to get approval for releasing these birds back into the prairie, because they play a very important role in maintaining the local insect populations. The insect populations have also been abundant lately, and we're hoping that this allows the quail to grow and successfully breed.
All I ask is that until we get the amount of Bobwhite Quail in LDP back up to a desireable amount, please do not hunt them.
Our local parks and wildlife website should have an approved list of areas where it is perfectly legal to hunt.
Thank you all again.
Dr. Collin Mallard
CEO of Mallard Environmental Laboratories
