Butler Bobwhite or Georgia Giant Bobwhite?

User105877 said:

I raised some several years ago, it truly is astonishing on how big they get. Unfortunately I lost my contacts from the gentleman I got them from. If you happen to find any please let us knowb

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Nebraska islander said:

Ted , new subscriber, looking to make connections for next season on purchasing some Butler eggs or day old chicks for next spring 2019 to start a butler flock. I currently have over a 1000 bobwhite and raise thousands of ringnecks for people stocking land or dog training/trials , hunting Clubs . Please let me know if you still can provide me with butler quail please
Thanks
Mark

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drmay78 said:

I just got 85 butler bobwhite eggs from two sellers on ebay. I am hatching them now. If you can't find any I'll send some your way once mine start laying if you're still interested.

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User105877 said:

Have a link to the seller?

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JJMR794 said:

Yes I Have Both.... Butlers= The Sumo Wrestler Of Bob Whites!!!


No Differences In Birds As Far As Personality---- A Bob Is A Bob Is A Bob.... They're All The Lil Junkyard Dogs Of The Quail World.... The Butlers Are Slightly Less Flighty As It Takes More Energy To Get That Amount Of Quail Off The Ground.... But Since They Dont Fly They're Content To Stay On The Ground And Put Up A Good Fight. As Far As Size---- (here's The Disclaimer--- "true") True Butlers Are Quite A Bit Larger Than Ga Giants--- By Like 50-70% Bigger. Butlers While Very Slow Growing, Will Get Close To Or Right At 32oz On The Big End--- Now It Takes A While To Do That, They Will Continue To Grow And Develope Additional Size For Up To 18 Mos. They End Up Somewhere's Near Bantam Chicken Size( Close To Cornish Game Hen That You'd Buy In The Grocery Store)

They Are Truely Large Quail--- And Have A Slightly Less Spaztic Personality--- The Trade Off? They Bite Alot Harder! Currently The Younger Batch Of Butlers I Have Now Are About 5 Mos Old And They Are At Least 25% - 35% Larger Than My 2 Yr Old Ga Giant Breeders. Both Birds Taste Alike For Meat, As Do The Wisconsin Jumbos , Northern Jumbo, Standard, Mexican Speckled, And Tennessee Reds--- When It Comes To Cooking A Bob Is A Bob Is A Bob.... Temperments Vary Somewhat With The Butlers Being Too Big To Spaz.

There Hopefully Will Be A New Strain Out For Our Perusing Pleasure This Year Or Next Thanx To Byc's Very Own "mad Scientist" Of Bob White Hybridization--- Charlie (wilds Of Pa) Has Designed A Bird He Is Calling The Slatebelt Monster Bob White From His Very Own Witches Brew Of Breeders--- Hope Fully He'll Be Able To Throw Some Eggs Out For Us To Set This Coming Spring

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JJMR794 said:

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I DUNNO ABOUT BREEDERS, BUT I GOT EGGS FROM RANDYNMEGS ON HERE AND THEY ARE GONNA BE BIG BIRDS--- THEY'RE ALREADY BIGGER THAN MY 2 YR OLD GA GAINTS. I SUPPOSE MUCH LIKE TRYING FOR 1LB A&M OR JUMBO COTURNIX YOU HAVE TO SELECTIVELY BREED FOR SIZE WITH THESE GUYS AS WELL.... THEY CERTAINLY ARE NOT DONE AT 16-20 WKS LIKE STANDARD BOBS.... THEY ARE WAY SLOWER BUT THEY JUST KEEP GETTING BIGGER. AS I SAID IN THE ORIGINAL RESPONSE "TRUE" BUTLERS ARE BIG BIRDS.... I COULDNT SAY IF IT IS POOR BREEDING, OR DISHONESTY, BUT I HAVE OTHER ALLEGED BUTLERS THAT ARE NO--- I SHOULD SAY WERE, NO BIGGER THAN GA GIANTS. I WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THE SIZE AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE FARM 35 MILES TO THE NORTH, SO IN AN EFFORT TO EASE LOGISTICS THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY RELOCATED TO CAMP KENMORE( THEY TRAVEL BETTER WHEN FROZEN...)--- GOOD SIZED BOBS NONETHELESS, BUT NOT THE SUMO WRESTLERS I WANT IN MY BREEDING PROGRAM... I HAVE A COUPLE BOYS THAT WILL BE PUSHING THE 32 OZ ENVELOPE BY YEAR END...

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CHARLIES SLATEBELT MONSTERS IF THAT PANS OUT TOO....

ALWAYS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE! BUT THATS JUST ME--- DEERMAN IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN EGGS PM ME AND I'LL SEE WHO I HAVE ON MY BREEDER LIST THAT I CAN REFER YOU TO!

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