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Raising quail #8673239 10/11/26 01:40 PM 10/11/26 01:40 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Assawoman, VA ACF-Gunsmith OP trapper
ACF-Gunsmith OP trapper Joined: Jul 2007 Assawoman, VA	Does anyone here raise quail as a dual-purpose egg-and-meat bird? I've looked at getting some but haven't committed. I've always had a backyard chicken flock and raise meat chickens every year, but I have a couple of empty commercial poultry houses where I could raise a lot of birds if I wanted. What breeds should I look at? What setup style should I use, like large pens or hanging/stackable cages? Rifle builder Shotgun doctor Trapper when I have time

Re: Raising quail [Re: ACF-Gunsmith] #8673248 10/11/26 01:57 PM 10/11/26 01:57 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson trapper
Gary Benson trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska	Kieth is your man here. Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Raising quail [Re: ACF-Gunsmith] #8673262 10/11/26 02:23 PM 10/11/26 02:23 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 trapper
Wolfdog91 trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi	I do , there not as hard as eveyone makes them out to be , Keith is you guy but I've tried them in a tractor, a semi mobile pen and not I got some in a lil hutch. will say the main issue I had is getting them to lay constantly outside of summer . found a mix of gambird crumble and chicken layer crumble and a lil avian calcium keeps them going good . other then that highly recommended using coated wire if you gonna hve them walkn on it and definitely give them a sand box . bigger the better YouTube expert "The bird of Hermes is my name , eating my wings to keep me tame"

Re: Raising quail [Re: Wolfdog91] #8673274 10/11/26 02:46 PM 10/11/26 02:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2014 Wisconsin usa R randall brannon trapper
randall brannon trapper R Joined: Dec 2014 Wisconsin usa	Originally Posted by Wolfdog91 I do , there not as hard as eveyone makes them out to be , Keith is you guy but I've tried them in a tractor, a semi mobile pen and not I got some in a lil hutch. will say the main issue I had is getting them to lay constantly outside of summer . found a mix of gambird crumble and chicken layer crumble and a lil avian calcium keeps them going good . other then that highly recommended using coated wire if you gonna hve them walkn on it and definitely give them a sand box . bigger the better Dang Great Post. God please keep they 19 fallen UBB miners out of trouble up there.

Re: Raising quail [Re: ACF-Gunsmith] #8673281 10/11/26 03:02 PM 10/11/26 03:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2018 S.E. Wi C Chukar trapper
Chukar trapper C Joined: Dec 2018 S.E. Wi	Coturnix A&Ms are a good dual purpose bird. At 7 weeks I usually send the males to market in Chicago (Skokie) IL. I make my own 5 compartment colony cages, using GQF battery cages as a pattern. I run a 1 male to 5 female ratio for hatching.

Re: Raising quail [Re: Wolfdog91] #8673313 10/11/26 04:21 PM 10/11/26 04:21 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Assawoman, VA ACF-Gunsmith OP trapper
ACF-Gunsmith OP trapper Joined: Jul 2007 Assawoman, VA	Originally Posted by Wolfdog91 I do , there not as hard as eveyone makes them out to be , Keith is you guy but I've tried them in a tractor, a semi mobile pen and not I got some in a lil hutch. will say the main issue I had is getting them to lay constantly outside of summer . found a mix of gambird crumble and chicken layer crumble and a lil avian calcium keeps them going good . other then that highly recommended using coated wire if you gonna hve them walkn on it and definitely give them a sand box . bigger the better thanks for the great info! I've all the pros of how much they lay, but I have to say I've been skeptical. Rifle builder Shotgun doctor Trapper when I have time

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