How About a Jumbo Co Op - Page 32

i have birds some have hit 14 ounces what do you have maybe we can help each other  vicmedore1@yahoo.com
 

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Originally Posted by chickvic 

i have birds some have hit 14 ounces what do you have maybe we can help each other  vicmedore1@yahoo.com
 

14 oz birds, at what age ? Sure would like to see a photo of these birds, on a scale preferably.

Not wanting to stir the pot so to speak, but this thread started out fairly acrimoniously.

Why in the world would you want to create a quail with bantam chicken size? Why not just go with a bantam chicken?

The taste and cost of such a breed would quickly run into genetic issues in my opinion that would make the whole exercise a giant frustration. Jersey Giants were such an experiment in the chicken world and it was ok until the return on investment made the whole thing economically non-viable. I am not saying that you shouldn't try, just that the end goal is not really worth it.

Jim

The upside to this would be a healthier meal. The eggs are better for us than chicken eggs as is the meat. I intend to grow the little buggers as big as I can get them.

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Originally Posted by J-Sanders 

Not wanting to stir the pot so to speak, but this thread started out fairly acrimoniously.

 

Why in the world would you want to create a quail with bantam chicken size? Why not just go with a bantam chicken?

 

The taste and cost of such a breed would quickly run into genetic issues in my opinion that would make the whole exercise a giant frustration. Jersey Giants were such an experiment in the chicken world and it was ok until the return on investment made the whole thing economically non-viable. I am not saying that you shouldn't try, just that the end goal is not really worth it.

 

Jim

I don't see where this thread started out acrimoniously at all, have you read all 32 pages of it ? This in my mind was the beginning of a fine line of large Jumbo Brown quail that some of us (including myself) still possess today. There happens to be quite a few folks around that are working with not only this line of birds but others as well to increase the size of the bird as well as egg size. And you know what, we like doing it & yes it is really worth it !

6 to 8 weeks versus 3 to 6+ months...

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Originally Posted by J-Sanders 

Not wanting to stir the pot so to speak, but this thread started out fairly acrimoniously.

 

Why in the world would you want to create a quail with bantam chicken size? Why not just go with a bantam chicken?

 

The taste and cost of such a breed would quickly run into genetic issues in my opinion that would make the whole exercise a giant frustration. Jersey Giants were such an experiment in the chicken world and it was ok until the return on investment made the whole thing economically non-viable. I am not saying that you shouldn't try, just that the end goal is not really worth it.

 

Jim

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Originally Posted by heritagehabitatfarms 

6 to 8 weeks versus 3 to 6+ months...

 Ahhh, Thanks Elias. That I can understand.

Jim

Im sorry the First post here got me laughing so hard i almost spit up coffee threw my nose .

I guess when i took genetics and have a few other genetisist friends i like to compare notes with 

if you breed a Black Pig to a white pig you wont get grey. its not in the genetic you will get both black and white and some Crosses in between , now ive also raised Horses and you can breed a fast horse to a faster horse and come up with the Slowest horse in the world or Non at all since some stallions do not care who they diddle.

should i go on ? Genetics is an art if your looking for a certain thing in any animal you have to find it and work on it ... IT will not happen over night .

If you look at my avatar you will see 5 yrs of selective Breeding to build this look For a new line in the pixie bob Using a Black Stripped Grey cat and a Brown spotted tabby as my first crossing. 

this was to get the head set .

here is her great great grand mother https://sites.google.com/site/oceanspritepixiebobs/_/rsrc/1259343446060/Destinyf-custom-custom-size-276-290.jpg?height=290&width=276

What is your Goal for these Quail i am interested in some for eggs i do not think i could eat them they are so cute but i can eat the eggs .

If i can help i would be happy too. 

this girl in my avatar is the number 1 kitten for pixie bobs MP . her great great grand mother was a Barn cat mentioned with round eyes . everything takes time and effort and i hope i get to read more on the quail as i like to study things before i Jump into them.

Thanks for all your posts i will continute to read and a lot of it so far has been a great read Tammy

guess I just like looking at bigger quail, processing bigger quail and eating bigger quail eggs, yeh, makes the peeling worth it... in my mind

and thats pretty much why I started hatching the bigger eggs and growing out bigger birds