Breeding the Best into Your Homestead Quail

Описание: Join us live with Aaron from Guidroz Family Farm to talk about breeding quail genetics.

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0:00 Homestead Hangout: quail breeding genetics (live interview start)
0:53 “Quail are better than chickens” (why quail are easier for homesteaders)
2:20 Raising quail for 15+ years (beginner mistakes + what NOT to do)
6:46 Biggest first-time quail mistakes (predators, housing, pigs eating quail)
8:56 What to feed quail (feed mistakes, starter tips, avoiding common errors)
9:36 Quail cage height + head injuries (how tall should a quail cage be?)
15:50 Quail piling in corners + suffocation (how to prevent brooder pile-ups)
16:06 Heat plates vs heat lamps for quail (why heat plates reduce deaths)
18:21 Brooding quail in hot/humid climates (temperature swings + humidity)
19:36 Stacking quail eggs in incubator (no turning: does it work?)
20:06 Quail breeding genetics basics (how to start with good stock)
22:05 How many quail to start with (20 hens + 5 roosters = how many eggs/year)
23:37 Selecting quail for meat (fast growth, weekly weigh-ins, feed efficiency)
25:59 Jumbo Coturnix standards (10 oz at 10 weeks + what to cull)
26:35 What to look for in breeder quail (pelvic width, breast, keel, leg structure)
27:12 Swollen knee joints in quail (bad legs vs flooring issues)
28:19 Quail size by sex (target weights at 8 weeks: roosters vs hens)
29:36 Rooster-to-hen ratio (1:2 vs 1:4/1:5 — what’s “too much”?)
30:25 Best bird to upgrade a line (A rooster vs A hen: which matters more?)
32:22 When to add new blood (inbreeding timeline + replacing roosters)
35:00 Bringing in new quail lines safely (avoid ruining your original line)
36:03 Hybrid vigor explained (why first cross grows “insanely” fast)
37:12 Aggressive quail temperament (can you breed out mean roosters?)
38:10 Quail stop laying when stressed (noise, moving cages, desensitizing)
42:25 New quail colors/mutations (how to build a color line through selection)
43:53 Hatching eggs from multiple cages (genetic diversity + avoiding inbreeding)
45:09 American pansy quail explained (what they are + release timing)
47:14 Shipped egg hatch rate expectations (50% vs 76%+ average)
49:40 Celadon quail eggs (why they’re hard, CE gene, rooster challenge)
52:14 Best time to ship hatching eggs (holiday delays, UPS vs USPS)
56:40 Favorite quail variety (Progressive Pied: why it’s the top pick)
58:43 Mixing Coturnix colors together (why you get tuxedos)
59:07 What is a tuxedo quail? (heterozygous dotted white explained)
1:02:12 Winter lighting for quail (how to get eggs again in winter)
1:12:40 Why it’s called Only Goats Farm (the goat story + farm origin)