➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[RUNuts]

Zack's comments on feed were interesting. For 10 weeks, use the high protein Game Bird starter. After 10 weeks, growth isn't an issue and he changes to a 16% protein layer formulation. Is this a chicken layer or a game bird formulation? I've got MG 20% Chicken Layer that I am supplementing for calcium to the layers. Sounds like I should convert wholly to it. The last butchered showed a bit of fat at 8 weeks old.

Second point is to add electrolytes to that water for quail's different needs. Prevents prolapse and egg binding along with feed change. Rooster Booster Poultry Cell is at TSC. Could order Nutridrench. What do y'all like?

The 16 hours of light, 1 year for layer hens and 1/2 year for males were other topics that pricked my ears. This is a commercial production setting, so I'm no where near this level. Interesting to see how he does this though.

Pondering this due to winter and my apparent egg addiction. I've got a couple chicken egg customers buying chicken feed and we aren't getting enough eggs for everyone. Molting season is here. Feathers are everywhere. Adding light will yield more eggs for me. And the incubator...

Speaking of last butchered, I put the marinated quail on top of a pork steak (pig piece) and steamed it for an hour over low heat. Melt in your mouth goodness. 40 minutes wasn't quite long enough. The pig piece was a 4 hour simmer and it fell apart. I'm doing this outside on a camp stove so as to save electricity and not heat the house up. Think I will thaw some out for next weekend.

 

[Kiki]

Zack's comments on feed were interesting. For 10 weeks, use the high protein Game Bird starter. After 10 weeks, growth isn't an issue and he changes to a 16% protein layer formulation. Is this a chicken layer or a game bird formulation? I've got MG 20% Chicken Layer that I am supplementing for calcium to the layers. Sounds like I should convert wholly to it. The last butchered showed a bit of fat at 8 weeks old.

Second point is to add electrolytes to that water for quail's different needs. Prevents prolapse and egg binding along with feed change. Rooster Booster Poultry Cell is at TSC. Could order Nutridrench. What do y'all like?

The 16 hours of light, 1 year for layer hens and 1/2 year for males were other topics that pricked my ears. This is a commercial production setting, so I'm no where near this level. Interesting to see how he does this though.

Pondering this due to winter and my apparent egg addiction. I've got a couple chicken egg customers buying chicken feed and we aren't getting enough eggs for everyone. Molting season is here. Feathers are everywhere. Adding light will yield more eggs for me. And the incubator...

Speaking of last butchered, I put the marinated quail on top of a pork steak (pig piece) and steamed it for an hour over low heat. Melt in your mouth goodness. 40 minutes wasn't quite long enough. The pig piece was a 4 hour simmer and it fell apart. I'm doing this outside on a camp stove so as to save electricity and not heat the house up. Think I will thaw some out for next weekend.

Chicken layer is fine.

 

[Kiki]

Second point is to add electrolytes to that water for quail's different needs. Prevents prolapse and egg binding along with feed change. Rooster Booster Poultry Cell is at TSC. Could order Nutridrench. What do y'all

Electrolytes aren't good for constant use but every once in awhile it won't hurt.
I use the Poultry Cell by Rooster Booster once a week for everybody.

 

[Kiki]

I still almost died when he said three and a half quail per square foot. That kills me.

 

[Kiki]

Zack's comments on feed were interesting. For 10 weeks, use the high protein Game Bird starter. After 10 weeks, growth isn't an issue and he changes to a 16% protein layer formulation. Is this a chicken layer or a game bird formulation? I've got MG 20% Chicken Layer that I am supplementing for calcium to the layers. Sounds like I should convert wholly to it. The last butchered showed a bit of fat at 8 weeks old.

Second point is to add electrolytes to that water for quail's different needs. Prevents prolapse and egg binding along with feed change. Rooster Booster Poultry Cell is at TSC. Could order Nutridrench. What do y'all like?

The 16 hours of light, 1 year for layer hens and 1/2 year for males were other topics that pricked my ears. This is a commercial production setting, so I'm no where near this level. Interesting to see how he does this though.

Pondering this due to winter and my apparent egg addiction. I've got a couple chicken egg customers buying chicken feed and we aren't getting enough eggs for everyone. Molting season is here. Feathers are everywhere. Adding light will yield more eggs for me. And the incubator...

Speaking of last butchered, I put the marinated quail on top of a pork steak (pig piece) and steamed it for an hour over low heat. Melt in your mouth goodness. 40 minutes wasn't quite long enough. The pig piece was a 4 hour simmer and it fell apart. I'm doing this outside on a camp stove so as to save electricity and not heat the house up. Think I will thaw some out for next weekend.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/japanese-quail-info.74354/

Also did you notice the comment from the person that said they took a screenshot of from his last video of the layer feed he uses... It wasn't 16% it was 20%.


But I don't know who said that in the comments so I don't know if they were telling the truth or not or whatever.

 

[danalovesdogs]

I still almost died when he said three and a half quail per square foot. That kills me.

I physically cringed when I watched that. My birds still start gang wars with almost 2 sq ft per bird

 

[Kiki]

I physically cringed when I watched that. My birds still start gang wars with almost 2 sq ft per bird

I came close to saying that that was nuts.

 

[Kiki]

I just set 8 eggs this morning and I noticed one was green. Not blue, clear green shell. I didn't have my phone with me to take a picture, I'll do during Lockdown.
@Texas Kiki could you please indicate my 8 eggs set this morning? Thank you

 

[mixedUPturk]

I guess I need to go watch that video. Tried last night but too many distractions.

@RUNuts im a nutridrench person but idk how the vits compare with one another. @texaskiki have you done a comparison?

Im still feeding the purina flock raiser at 20% and happy with it. For layers he might recommend the 16% but for breeders im glad to give em the lil extra oomph. We are what we eat afterall and a big point of this ordeal for me is for our family to have healthier food.

 

[sarabeth485]

So I haven’t watched the video yet but following the discussion about protein is interesting. I currently feed 28% to all ages. The adults also get some fruit and veggie scraps and a little bit of scratch which would bring the protein down some.

Apparently he doesn’t feel egg production or long term/breeding health suffers with the lower percentages?