➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

How much do store bought quail cost?

Edit: And is farm raised really better than say, backyard raised?

I'll double check the price tomorrow but I think I paid 8.99 for them.
Might have been 12.99.

 

[sarabeth485]

How long has it been since you've added new blood to your covey? How jealous are you of us who have all those pretty coloured birds?

I think my current 10 are all from an original batch I ordered from KC quail farm last spring. Maybe a bit of my very first flock genetics mixed in. My record keeping was a good attempt but life managed to intervene and I didn’t stay on top of it.

I like the pretty colors but for sure would want feather sexable.

I also want decent egg size. Do the pretty colors end up with much smaller eggs? 12-14 gram size would be nice

 

[ShrekDawg]

I'll double check the price tomorrow but I think I paid 8.99 for them.
Might have been 12.99.

 

[Nabiki]

I think my current 10 are all from an original batch I ordered from KC quail farm last spring. Maybe a bit of my very first flock genetics mixed in. My record keeping was a good attempt but life managed to intervene and I didn’t stay on top of it.

I like the pretty colors but for sure would want feather sexable.

I also want decent egg size. Do the pretty colors end up with much smaller eggs? 12-14 gram size would be nice

My mixed pen regularly produces pretty big eggs. Three of those hens are falb fee. Those are feather sexable and on the large side. My SSC pen produces both really big and really small eggs.

 

[Kiki]

So should I take the easy way and just hatch eggs from my flock or order some from Myshire? I think I just want to stick with jumbos so the eggs are larger but could be persuaded to try something else that is feather sexable. I also want to stick to small batches though.

Auctions this weekend.

 

[Nabiki]

I'll double check the price tomorrow but I think I paid 8.99 for them.
Might have been 12.99.

That sounds really cheap for them. Around here it's about $20 for four or about $15 for one jumbo.

 

[sarabeth485]

You could do both if you have enough brooder space if you want to keep them separate. I usually set my own eggs when I set shipped eggs as a control, if they hatch but the shipped don't, then you know it wasn't the incubator. If nothing hatches, it was probably the incubator.

I’ve thought about doing this. My favorite things about quail are the hatching and having eggs to eat. My least favorite is butchering. I think this season I’d like to try hatching smaller batches until I reach the right laying flock size then hold off until late fall and then harvest them all.

 

[sarabeth485]

Auctions this weekend.

Hmm. That would require so many things. Facebook account. Being ready to set up an incubator and brooder. Trying to just get a few eggs and not 408.

Probably I need to start getting organized. Do they ever sell small lots? Maybe 15-20 eggs?

 

[Nabiki]

Hmm. That would require so many things. Facebook account. Being ready to set up an incubator and brooder. Trying to just get a few eggs and not 408.

Probably I need to start getting organized. Do they ever sell small lots? Maybe 15-20 eggs?

The smallest is 30. That's what I usually get.

 

[sarabeth485]

My mixed pen regularly produces pretty big eggs. Three of those hens are falb fee. Those are feather sexable and on the large side. My SSC pen produces both really big and really small eggs.

Did I see they offer jumbo Egyptian now? Is your mixed pen from various hatches or just a literal mixed batch of eggs you ordered?