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| jackelope:
Anyone raising Coturnix quail? Apparently we've got a dozen hatching eggs in an incubator that are headed our way once they hatch. My wife has agreed to take all the roosters from her friend because the friend just wants eggs. Wondering what the best dispatch method is for the little buggers. Looking forward to pickled eggs and some quail dinners in the future. |
| nwwanderer:
There are lots of different lines, the get right with egg production and they are a step above other egg layers in the nutrition department, good luck!! |
| jackelope:
She’s got the Celadon variety coming that produces the blue eggs. |
| Widgeondeke:
Hold the body at the shoulders, pull the head. Just like rabbits, breaking the neck is simple. Other option, use a small cone. Insert head first, pull head and slice neck. Let them hang to bleed out. This is how I do checkens & turkeys ;) |
| Birdguy:
Raised thousands of them over the years. Celadons do not seem to lay as well as the normal ones. They are the "rats" of the quail world. Most lay an egg a day (some more) and start laying eggs at about 6 weeks old. You can have a thousand in a short time with an incubator. Eggs are good, lots of people with allergies to chicken eggs can eat quail eggs no problem. Incubation is 17 days. Fertility and hatch are usually very good if it slips get some new blood and it will go right back up. They are not good flyers, we used them for puppy training aids when we started. Do well in our winter, with a little light they will lay all year. The males have a neat call that is not loud and does not neighbors. Lol. If you have questions ask away, by no means a coturnix expert but I do know a bit :tup:. |
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