I keep the females for eggs & pets & the males tend to get fattened up & used for meat for my dogs & cat as they are raw fed...although, on occasion, I am guilty of keeping my favorite special roos if they get along with the girls well and don't tear them up.Just curious. I see alot of people hatching quail. What are they sold for? Pets, food or eggs? They are super cute.
Oh, yes! My babies are held & carried around since they are hatched. They are all pretty tame & some even enjoy jumping up in my hand when I feed them. They are all good about being hand fed. I know people have house pet quail like I have had a house duck! I have the babies in a small tank til they feather in a bit then I move them into stacked Rubbermaid filing drawers that I drilled ventilation into & hot glued hardware cloth so they can stick their heads out. They are indoors right now because I worry about the heat but it's easy to clean every other day-2 days with plastic drawers that just pull out & dump into the compost. I have read they only need a square foot a piece but I like them to have more running & dust bathing room.
I do enjoy that they are regular layers & give me an egg a day. I've gotten enough to where I can even give a dozen or two away every once in a while. I have been setting in the incubator all of my white pair's eggs because I had a request for a dozen whites. Now, I am not getting any answer from the guy so I have quite a few whites available.
