Want quail as a backyard meat animal + eggs. What breed, how old, how many, space requirements?
Want quail for meat. How should I start?
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if you are wanting for meat/eggs...there is only one more question, you want white meat or dark.
Texas A&Ms for white
Jumbo Coturnix for dark
both birds have the ability to lay eggs all year, and get very nice size for meat production, there is a sticky at the top of the quail forum you should really check it out, it goes in depth about taking care of coturnix.
Texas A&Ms for white
Jumbo Coturnix for dark
both birds have the ability to lay eggs all year, and get very nice size for meat production, there is a sticky at the top of the quail forum you should really check it out, it goes in depth about taking care of coturnix.
I raised coturnix for meat. I rotated my stock every 10 weeks. I would get a coupla weeks of laying so I could gather eggs for incubating, then keep about 6 for eggs until the next batch was old enough to lay, then rotated. For eating, My dd and I would eat one, and the guys would eat two each. so when I butchered, I packaged them at 6 in a pack. Space requiements, I owuld keep about 8 in a 2'x2' enclosure. In winter, I would put more in so hey could keep each other warm.
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Sorry man, no white meat on a coturnix... Not A&M's either... No coturnix have white meat... only white feathers....Bill
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Sorry man, no white meat on a coturnix... Not A&M's either... No coturnix have white meat... only white feathers....Bill
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Bobwhites for the 'ultimate white meat'. BUT, if you do your homework on what's involved in Bobs vs. Cots, ya gotta REALLY want to invest a lot of time & $$$ in the Bobs to reap the ejoyment of the 'ultimate white meat'....... That's MY opinion...
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Sorry man, no white meat on a coturnix... Not A&M's either... No coturnix have white meat... only white feathers....Bill
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Sorry man, no white meat on a coturnix... Not A&M's either... No coturnix have white meat... only white feathers....Bill
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THAT AINT NO LIE!!!
THAT AINT NO LIE!!!
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THAT AINT NO LIE!!!
THAT AINT NO LIE!!!
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THAT AINT NO LIE!!!
But, boy when they're on that plate, you can have'ya Ribeye...........
THAT AINT NO LIE!!!
But, boy when they're on that plate, you can have'ya Ribeye...........
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