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[Bug n Flock]

5 out today! I stuck my hand in the brooder and they all climbed aboard. <3 trying the heating pad cave brooding method.

 

[Eggscoozme]

I've had all 3 of those breeds laying gorgeous blues... my current crop of Ameraucanas just started laying these...

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[Eggscoozme]

What kind of chicks are those besides the cute kind

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[Bug n Flock]

What kind of chicks are those besides the cute kind   ?

Coturnix quail.

 

[Eggscoozme]

They are just SO cute! What do you do with them? Release them into the wild?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

5 out today! I stuck my hand in the brooder and they all climbed aboard. <3 trying the heating pad cave brooding method.

awww, they are so cute when they are little!

They are just SO cute! What do you do with them? Release them into the wild?

eat them, and their eggs are great for pickling

 

[Eggscoozme]

Oooooh, eat them!? How big are they at butcher time, and what week do they get butchered? This is all new to me, and interesting. Don't believe I ever ate quail before. I thought they'd be too small to bother eating.

Can they be released into the wild? I thought they were a wild bird?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Oooooh, eat them!? How big are they at butcher time, and what week do they get butchered? This is all new to me, and interesting. Don't believe I ever ate quail before. I thought they'd be too small to bother eating.

Can they be released into the wild? I thought they were a wild bird?

they are a very small bird, you would need 2 to make a portion, but they are ready to process or lay at 6-8 weeks and lay daily

ETA: you probably need special permits to release them

 

[Bug n Flock]

Coturnix quail also are not native to the Americas. Bobwhites and Californias etc are though. No permit needed for Coturnixes here, but they shouldn't be released. Not a big flying species, either.

 

[ronott1]

Coturnix quail also are not native to the Americas. Bobwhites and Californias etc are though. No permit needed for Coturnixes here, but they shouldn't be released. Not a big flying species, either.

Since they are domesticated, I do not think they do well in the wild--They die in other words right?