Re: Breeding Bobwhites

Kathleen Crawford wrote:
Hi, Elizabeth!
Bobwhite are seasonal layers. They only lay eggs during warm weather (Spring and summer) when the hatchlings would have a good chance of surviving.
What kind of housing do you have for them?
It always helps to give birds bits of fresh green veggies and grass or hay to keep them occupied. As long as they are not fighting or picking their feathers they are fine.

Kathleen
Straw Barry Fields Farm
Beefalo
Kentucky, USA

<TinkerBellBabe45@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:24ac42b2-b019-4866-a6d4-d94ebb6d3db4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have two bobwhite quail that were supposed to be game birds, but
long story short, thank Go that my dad let me keep them because I love
them so very much! Anyway, I keep them on the Zupreem pellet diet
( one of the many benefits of have your dad be a pet store owner) and
Higgins small fruit and veggie. But my female keeps making her nest,
and puffing up, and I was wondering if there was anything to encourage
them to breed, because we'e been waiting for week, and we haven't
gotten any eggs yet... I bout some egg food, oyster sheels, scott's
breeders formula, and some finch food to help keep them healthy,
because i've noticed that the Zupreem and like food keep them from
smelling bad and pooing so much as their bodies use up a lot of the
nutrients rather than with the game bird food. But, like I was saying,
I didn't know if there was anything to help encourage them to breed,
and what other kinds of toys to give them, i've been giving them the
plastic cat toys with holes, (not the kind that can be picked apart)
and some other cute kitty toys... but even with an extensive supply
that I can get from our pet store ( Winchester Aqu. and Pet) we don't
have that much fun stuff.. and I think that they're getting bored..Any
Ideas?

God Bless,
Elizabeth


If you decide to steal the eggs and incubate them they take 28 days to hatch. If you hatch several broods they must be housed separately or they will fight and cannibalize the ones that are introduced to the group. If they don't have enough space they will cannibalize one another also. They need a high protein diet. I feed quail a 28% protien gamebird feed.
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