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The future is Quail!

Posted By: Jurassic Park

The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 03:22 AM

There I was yesterday at 10:32AM laying in bed, sleeping. BAM!! LOOK LOOK LOOK!!! Cell phone screen light shining in my face, brighter than the foggy sun shining through the clouds, through my window, through my eyelids.

“There’s Quail for sale”!! That’s my wife not caring I haven’t even smelled the coffee yet!

“We need to get them!” She said.

All I heard was Quail. $35.

I say offer $25 ZZZ zzz ZZZ zzz.

“They want to know what time we can pick them up”?

At this point I don’t want to be in any hurry doing anything.

“7PM”.

So we have our first Quail now. Been thinking about getting some ever since that Quail thread during the winter.

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The pics are brutal. I’ll get better ones in the next day or two.

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Got 3 eggs today!! And one is BLUE!!!!!! WHY AM I YELLING!?!? Lol just so excited!!
Posted By: Northof50

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 03:30 AM

The blue ones are sold as Phillippino viagra 5$ all day long
Posted By: Jurassic Park

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 03:32 AM

I’ll sell them balut’s.
Posted By: Drifter

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 03:33 AM

Gonna be covered up in eggs before long. We just had 10 hatch out a couple weeks back. 4 to 6 weeks and they will be laying up a storm. Down side is you have to incubate them. They are an eating machine as you will soon find out.
Posted By: Jurassic Park

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 03:37 AM

Cool Drifter! I thought they didn’t eat much? Lol great!

We are planning on incubating whatever eggs we get the next 6 days and try to get overrun with them lol.
Posted By: KeithC

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 04:13 AM

The blue eggs are called Celadon eggs. When moved, the hens will typically lay any eggs that are already developing and then not lay for a few days, until they become adjusted to their new environment, so don't worry if they stop laying. I would set eggs at least every 9 days.

Good luck with them.

Keith
Posted By: Kayleigh

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 06:29 AM

I love my quail. They're pretty neat little birds, but be warned, they are addictive. I have a ridiculous need to hatch every egg I get. I have over 600 eggs in the incubator now. What was I thinking?
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Posted By: Drifter

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 09:56 AM

Kayleigh good luck on the transfer after the hatch. We hatched a little over 100 ONCE. As my luck would have it, my wife had to go back to New York right before the hatch. Every time i reached into the incubator to grab on 3 would get past me. I was picking up baby quail for a week as they would come out of hiding. Our dog at the time would catch any escaped birds and bring them back alive. Some didn't survive the test though.
Posted By: run

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 10:20 AM

Great work, Jurassic Park.
Posted By: micheal

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 10:23 AM

Nice
Posted By: Chukar

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 11:26 AM

If you can, try to feed with high protein feed.
Minimum I give mine is 24%, also if you find yourself with extra eggs hard boil and toss in a blender shells and all.
Mix in with your feed, it really boosts the protein levels
Posted By: the Blak Spot

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 12:06 PM

Best dark meat ever
Posted By: 330-Trapper

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Chukar
If you can, try to feed with high protein feed.
Minimum I give mine is 24%, also if you find yourself with extra eggs hard boil and toss in a blender shells and all.
Mix in with your feed, it really boosts the protein levels

Good tip
Posted By: Gary Benson

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 12:56 PM

Any luck at all with releasing quail into the farmstead?
If you let them out, will they come back to roost at night?
Posted By: Diggerman

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 12:56 PM

I've got a buddy that brings me Bobwhite Quail in the spring so as I can listen to them in the mornings while I drink my coffee. Most pair up and nest close by, I think a few made it from last year.
Posted By: Drifter

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 02:16 PM

Gary they have been domesticated so far they will not build or set a nest of eggs. Every predator will hunt them as they can't fly well. Those that escape will hang around the cage and can usually catch them with a dip net if you beat the other predators to them.
Posted By: Chukar

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by Drifter
Gary they have been domesticated so far they will not build or set a nest of eggs. Every predator will hunt them as they can't fly well. Those that escape will hang around the cage and can usually catch them with a dip net if you beat the other predators to them.


Correct, coturnix quail are only good for meat/eggs, and some dog training.
For training I will only use 8-12 week old males, as they get older the flight character diminish.
There is also a problem with them holding to tight leading training issues.
I mentioned in a previous thread about Tibetan/Austrian Fawn crosses that have a smaller body with longer wingspan that work.
Posted By: Jurassic Park

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by Kayleigh
I love my quail. They're pretty neat little birds, but be warned, they are addictive. I have a ridiculous need to hatch every egg I get. I have over 600 eggs in the incubator now. What was I thinking?
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Holy moly!! That’s going to be a lot of chicks! Goals!!
Posted By: Jurassic Park

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by run
Great work, Jurassic Park.


Thanks man!

Originally Posted by Chukar
If you can, try to feed with high protein feed.
Minimum I give mine is 24%, also if you find yourself with extra eggs hard boil and toss in a blender shells and all.
Mix in with your feed, it really boosts the protein levels


Cool, I’ll try to remember that! I’m not sure what % the protein is on the bag of food we’re feeding them right now. The guy we bought them from gave us his left over feed in an unmarked bag.
Posted By: Jurassic Park

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 02:57 PM

You guys remember that pigeon lady in the movie Home Alone? That’s how I want to be, with Quail!
Posted By: MTtraps

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 03:30 PM

We picked up 20 of the little boogers a couple of weeks ago. I really like them too, not near as flighty as I thought they'd be, the bobwhites I had years ago were flightier than these guys (and gals I reckon). Ours are only about 4 weeks old and haven't started laying yet or getting aggressive and haven't heard any crowing. although I'm not sure what that sounds like from this type of bird, we have peacocks, turkeys (Narragansett) guineas, chickens (of course) and hear them all the time but these coturnix will be a new one. It'll be nice when they get going, thinking smoked quail should be real tasty

Also a Thanks You to KeithC for all of his info in the past ( I looked up the old threads on coturnix quail he posted) handy stuff to know, Thanks Again
Posted By: Giant Sage

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Chukar
If you can, try to feed with high protein feed.
Minimum I give mine is 24%, also if you find yourself with extra eggs hard boil and toss in a blender shells and all.
Mix in with your feed, it really boosts the protein levels

Mad quail disease laugh
Posted By: Leftlane

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/03/22 04:04 PM

I love quail good for you J Park!
Posted By: VaBeagler

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/04/22 03:54 AM

Those are not quail. Walmart chinese knockoffs. Courtinex quail are far more efficient and there is no way american quail can compete. I will still stick with my wisconsin giants.
Posted By: VaBeagler

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/04/22 04:03 AM

Originally Posted by Gary Benson
Any luck at all with releasing quail into the farmstead?
If you let them out, will they come back to roost at night?


Slim chance of american quail released in the wild will make it. No chance of courtinex quail released will make it.
Was the largest breeder of flight conditioned bobwhite quail in the state for years. Conditioned flyers survival rate for American bobwhites is less than 10 percent. Cortenex quail is zero percent.
Posted By: cat catcher

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/04/22 04:27 AM

What does everyone do with them? Eat them? Eggs are small do people really eat the eggs?
Posted By: Jurassic Park

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/04/22 04:37 AM

We plan on eating the eggs and also hatching them and raising them to butcher. I hope we like them. A lot of work to do all this then find out we don’t like the taste lol.

We got 6 eggs today! Happy with that since we only have 6 hens!
Posted By: 330-Trapper

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/04/22 05:09 AM

A Good day Then
Posted By: jk

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/04/22 12:34 PM

Used to be wild quail ( '60s) in New jersey and eastern Pa and even on Cap cod when I visited there in the '80s. But I have not even heard of quail in these areas since I have been back.......jk
Posted By: DaveP

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/04/22 12:38 PM

LOL, have 8 dozen eggs in incubator right now
Posted By: Drifter

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/04/22 03:39 PM

They make dandy pickled eggs but are a pain to peel. Eggs are richer then chicken eggs but good flavor IMO.
Posted By: Bruce T

Re: The future is Quail! - 05/04/22 11:31 PM

Way to go.Love raising quail.
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