Butler Bobwhite or Georgia Giant Bobwhite?

[truthjunkie]

I'd like some bobwhites also..I cant find anyone that sells hatchings eggs though..

did u get any eggs? I got some if your interested.

 

[fishermanroly]

Are Butler quails and Georgia Giant quails the same? I have not been able to find any difference in coloration, size, temperament descriptions, maturation rate, or anything else so far. The internet makes them look and sound alike.

I got my 30 Butler quail today from wadleyquailfarm.com.

I contacted them and they do not sell Butler Bobwhite

 

[fishermanroly]

did u get any eggs? I got some if your interested.

do you have Georgia Giants or Butler what are the weight of your Birds ?

 

[fishermanroly]

There's a Florida guy with butler eggs on ebay that has a pic holding them and they look twice the size of my regular bobwhites. He says they run 16 - 22 oz. And i just started a batch of them in the incubator this morning, so hopefully i can compare size in a few months.

how did these birds turn off size wise?

 

[oldguy]

how did these birds turn off size wise?

Hmmm - that's been over 7 years ago. The hatch went bad on me. I never tried more Butlers. Hope you get some HUGE ones.

 

[fishermanroly]

Hmmm - that's been over 7 years ago. The hatch went bad on me. I never tried more Butlers. Hope you get some HUGE ones.

okay thank you

 

[Nebraska islander]

Ted , new subscriber, looking to make connections for next season on purchasing some Butler eggs or day old chicks for next spring 2019 to start a butler flock. I currently have over a 1000 bobwhite and raise thousands of ringnecks for people stocking land or dog training/trials , hunting Clubs . Please let me know if you still can provide me with butler quail please
Thanks
Mark

 

[SonRise Quail Farm]

Sorry Deerman Dont Know Of Anyone Selling Breeders( Wish I Did- I'd Take The Express Course Too)... Just Egg Sources. I Dont Blame You For Wanting To Start With The Birds Themselves. But I Have Eggs From A Few Folks That I'd Use Again--- I Have An Earlier Batch From Randy And At 7 Mos Old The Birds Are Quite Big..... Holding 1 Yesterday Was Like Wrapping Your Hand Around A 1 Liter Soda Bottle (1 Liter, Not 20 Or 24 Oz...) In My View--- "now That's A Quail!" (as I Said-- I'm Moving, So All My Birds--- Every Last 1 Of Them, Has Been Handled At Least 2x's In The Past 36 Hrs...) And Yes They Still Bite Quite Hard, Seems As Tho Sitting In A Cardboard Box For An Hour Or Two Gives Them Time To Look Forward To Getting Even... They're Like 1 1/2 Lb Feathered Snapping Turtles With A Vegas Showgirl Headdress.

Lemme Tell Ya--- The Quail Are Not Happy! By The Time They Were All Grabbed Or Netted And Stuffed Into Little Dark Boxes, Waited For All Their Roommates To Suffer The Same, Waited For All Pens/ Enclosure To Be Loaded Onto A Trailer, Dragged 35 Miles North On Back Country Roads, Waited Some More For The Pens To Be Reconstructed, Then Were Dragged Out Into The Bright Light Of Day, Handled, Nails Trimmed( What The Heck Had Them All Out Anyways-- Just Figured Might As Well Get It Done...) And Placed Back Into Pens They Had Lost All Sense Of Humor....

 

[SonRise Quail Farm]

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I DUNNO ABOUT BREEDERS, BUT I GOT EGGS FROM RANDYNMEGS ON HERE AND THEY ARE GONNA BE BIG BIRDS--- THEY'RE ALREADY BIGGER THAN MY 2 YR OLD GA GAINTS. I SUPPOSE MUCH LIKE TRYING FOR 1LB A&M OR JUMBO COTURNIX YOU HAVE TO SELECTIVELY BREED FOR SIZE WITH THESE GUYS AS WELL.... THEY CERTAINLY ARE NOT DONE AT 16-20 WKS LIKE STANDARD BOBS.... THEY ARE WAY SLOWER BUT THEY JUST KEEP GETTING BIGGER. AS I SAID IN THE ORIGINAL RESPONSE "TRUE" BUTLERS ARE BIG BIRDS.... I COULDNT SAY IF IT IS POOR BREEDING, OR DISHONESTY, BUT I HAVE OTHER ALLEGED BUTLERS THAT ARE NO--- I SHOULD SAY WERE, NO BIGGER THAN GA GIANTS. I WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THE SIZE AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE FARM 35 MILES TO THE NORTH, SO IN AN EFFORT TO EASE LOGISTICS THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY RELOCATED TO CAMP KENMORE( THEY TRAVEL BETTER WHEN FROZEN...)--- GOOD SIZED BOBS NONETHELESS, BUT NOT THE SUMO WRESTLERS I WANT IN MY BREEDING PROGRAM... I HAVE A COUPLE BOYS THAT WILL BE PUSHING THE 32 OZ ENVELOPE BY YEAR END...

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CHARLIES SLATEBELT MONSTERS IF THAT PANS OUT TOO....

ALWAYS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE! BUT THATS JUST ME--- DEERMAN IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN EGGS PM ME AND I'LL SEE WHO I HAVE ON MY BREEDER LIST THAT I CAN REFER YOU TO!

I would be interested in some of these BUTLER eggs.

 

[User105877]

I raised some several years ago, it truly is astonishing on how big they get. Unfortunately I lost my contacts from the gentleman I got them from. If you happen to find any please let us knowb