Nice six week 9 ounce average ! In my breeding program I also strive for a 280 gram (10 ounce) bird at 6 weeks (42 days) for my breeder keepers. The ones that don't make the 280g cut are butchered. Again nice job with your project ! Looking forward to your comparison of the two lines !Today I processed the six week old F1 birds. I ended up butchering 56 quail and kept the largest 9. Out of the 56 quail I got over 18 pounds of meat for the table and almost 10 pounds of offal for dog food.
JMF 6 wk hen range (190-255) average: 218.6 gram
JMF 6 wk roo range (197-246) average: 220.2 gram
CL 6 week hen range (216-296) average: 256.3 gram
CL 6 week roo range (213-292) average: 245.6 gram
F1 six week range (201- 318) average: 254 gram
This makes the average wt at six weeks 9 ounces. I kept the largest 7 females and 2 males, all of whom are 10ounces or larger. I have decided to keep one pen of these F1 birds just to see how they finish out even not knowing which line they came from. I hope to also keep separate F1 groups from each of the two lines and compare the 'mutts' to the 'pures'.