i am about to start incubating chickens and bobwhite quails and im not sure if they can be together in the incubator or afterwards. does anyone know?
2007-12-02 11:23:15 · 6 answers · asked by anonymous 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
You can incubate the eggs together but you shouldn't keep them together after they hatch because of the size difference.
2007-12-02 11:38:55 · answer #1 · answered by Buddie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should seperate them soon after they hatch. Once they have rested and start moving around the chickens will peck at the bobwhites. Quail and chickens have different needs not only when being incubated, but also as chicks and adults. You can try incubating them together but you'd probably get better luck if you incubated seperate. Also, they can transmit diseases to each other so be careful.
Hope those eggs hatch!
2007-12-03 14:35:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mary M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they CAN'T be in the same incubator, because chickens and quail dont hatch from the same tempuraure, humidity, or venilation and the size of the eggs are compleatly different.
Yes they can be in the same cage and stuff after incubation.
They can eat the same thing too.
The feed they need is chick starter which is at Tractor Supply or other feed stores. Both need water. And both need warmth, if you have a lamp get it and put over the cage they will be in. Make sure he cage isn't going to hurt them, it has to be no wire bottom, use a rabbit cage with plastic bottom it works great.
They need heat for 3 weeks then they will be fine after that.
2007-12-02 12:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by ILoveKlausMichaelson<3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I even have housed ringneck doves and a pigeon and kin quail jointly. It worked effective. the only worry replaced into conserving the mice out because of the fact there replaced into seed on the floor. The pigeon mated with a ringneck dove and that they produced a hybrid. they do no longer seem to be even an identical genus, no longer to show an identical species! yet I even have the hybrid here in my aviary to instruct it. the affection between the father pigeon and the chick replaced into relatively candy.
2016-10-18 21:49:45 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the temperature they need to be in the incubator, and after that, just keep a close eye on them to see signs of aggresion, maybe they won't fight because they were raised together
2007-12-02 11:26:27 · answer #5 · answered by Clumsical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found a website that says their temerature requirements are very close so it may be ok. temporarily , especially in hatching and hatchlings.
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/is1338.htm
2007-12-02 11:32:44 · answer #6 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋