Bobwhite/Coturnix Hybrid Quail

[JJMR794]

Lol... At Least Ways Not Runnin Off Quickly

 

[Stellar]

That's huge! Does he eat ALL the food

 

[Robo]

Pretty much. Anybody wanna know how to grow em like that?

 

[JJMR794]

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IS THAT THE BASSPRO DIET?

 

[Robo]

Give them about 8 hours of light a day, and set them apart for a few weeks. Give them a high protein feed, and some ground up cat food. That got him awful big.

 

[apc]

Interesting! I actally had a few hunters ask me about this, and I hadnt had a clue they existed. Very cool.

 

[mhwc56]

THIS is the info i was asking about the other day...THANKS!
i have 20 of these "Bob-Birds" . i didn't find out till after they were given to me the other day that they were a HYBRID and am kind of bummed out about that since i wanted pures.
Anyway, there are 11 that are looking like Bobwhites, 8 that look like A & Ms and 1 that i have no idea what it will look like when it feathers out.They are currently only 4 days old.
I had wanted them for egg production & just a few for meat but now i've got all these sweet babies that i'm going to have to dispatch or something since it sounds like there's no point in expecting much from them egg -wise.

 

[kingpincray]

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you will have to post some pics to show us when they are a little bigger to see what they look like.

 

[apc]

So does it have to be a bob female to a coturnix male? Why not use a coturnix female to a bob? Would it still work the same way?

 

[Robo]

I don't think it will work. I have seen a bob mate with a coturnix hen, but I don't have a hybrid. Usually you have to put them by themselves with a lot of roosters for it to work.