Ever hear about Quail math?! No? Its almost a kind of theory that explains how (for instance) my incubator that was destined for 1 last hatch this season (for a hatch-along of all things lol) went from a population of 34 eggs to almost an entire tray lol. How does such things happen you ask? Well it starts off with something innocent like being invited to a hatch along (where multiple people set eggs at the same time)... you keep it modest for that, say 34 eggs(i couldn't accomplish 3 dozen lol).... then there's a show coming up and you want prime junior birds, so in goes a second batch, about the same size as the first, maybe a bit smaller.... then your friend finds out your bators still on and hands you some eggs to incubate... then you look at the results and go... hmm there's only a few empty slots, why not top it off... Thankfully i wont have to keep all the ones that hatch lol. For my eggs there are mostly golden jumbos, and a few odds and ends... I'm hoping to up the size of my goldens by a bit more in time for spring, they are doing well yet, but always striving for better. There are some rosettas in there too i believe, really hoping to get a few more hens, he just pays too much attention to his 1 girl lol. Oh and possibly most interesting is that there is a few eggs from my mystery golden, shes wild type gold with manchurian gene at best guess! hoping to get something like her! if nothing hatches like her, then we'll go with plan b, breed a son back to see if i can get more... if not, then its probably a fluke colour. So if anyone local is after quail, specifically golden or brown, i will have some for sale in a while lol
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