If it weren't for him buying it, I would have probably only hatched a fewI bought button quail eggs on eBay before I got a decent incubator,my husband saw the homemade incubator my son and I were trying to build and he said "you want an incubator for your birthday?"
That's awesome.But almost all the shipped eggs hatched
I didn't keep track of feed costs but so, so, so much poop. The eggs were meh, I preferred using my chicken eggs. I could never get the meat to not be tough no matter what I tried. They were noisy but that didn't bother me.
Those are fair points. I felt similarly about my button quail sometimes. Especially about the eggs, although button quail eggs are much smaller than Coturnix eggs
Hopefully you can keep up with the level of poop :SThose are fair points. I felt similarly about my button quail sometimes. Especially about the eggs, although button quail eggs are much smaller than Coturnix eggs
The poop isn't too much of a worry right now for me because I compost pretty much everything using the hot pile method. but I won't know until I raise them if I can keep up with the amount.
I don't really care if my quail like me since I plan to eat them. I raised chickens for meat and they were too friendly
My numbers rose and fell a bit depending on hatches and culling.
These are so helpful. I probably plan to keep that many when we account for the ones I am raising to eat.
Oh! And one person I've watched online uses trays under the wire with a sheet of compostable Kraft paper. He says he changes it daily. If I were on a larger property I would definitely do a sturdy greenhouse with an attached aviary.
If you decide to do poop trays, you’ll thank yourself later if you design everything so you can bring the wheelbarrow to the cages, so you can dump them right in. Those trays get HEAVY if you don’t empty them every single day
