Can wild quail be domesticated/raised for eggs?

[pjstar]

I'm in Phx, AZ where quail often lay in flower pots or around hay bales. I've thought of taking the eggs and raising for eggs as I do chickens.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I would not as they will likely be flighty birds, not calm like Couturnix. They can beat themselves to death in a cage.

 

[pjstar]

I'm in Phx, AZ where quail often lay in flower pots or around hay bales. I've thought of taking the eggs and raising for eggs as I do chickens.

 

[pjstar]

Thanx

 

[imnukensc]

100% certain it would be against the law (probably both federal and state) to take eggs from the wild.
https://www.fws.gov/birds/policies-and-regulations/laws-legislations/migratory-bird-treaty-act.php

 

[birdmandan]

Why bother? The japanese already domesticated the quail for us. It would take a lot of effort and countless generations to domesticate a wild quail.

 

[007Sean]

I tried it once with bobwhite's. They didn't calm down at all, I hatched them and put them in a pen with my other(domesticated) bob's, I finally released them back to the wild because it was abundantly clear they would never become tame.
Beside being against wildlife laws, it isn't fair to the birds either.

 

[kwhites634]

I tried it once with bobwhite's. They didn't calm down at all, I hatched them and put them in a pen with my other(domesticated) bob's, I finally released them back to the wild because it was abundantly clear they would never become tame.
Beside being against wildlife laws, it isn't fair to the birds either.

x2
Wild birds don't integrate well with domestics, either. I used to keep pen-raised Bobwhite quail in recall pens for dog training. One morning I discovered a wild male in with my domestics. He & the resident male were fighting, which was what attracted my attention to start with. Figuring they'd sort things out, I left them alone. Next morning, the wild one lay dead, killed by the larger domestic.

 

[007Sean]

x2
Wild birds don't integrate well with domestics, either. I used to keep pen-raised Bob white quail in recall pens for dog training. One morning I discovered a wild male in with my domestics. He & the resident male were fighting, which was what attracted my attention to start with. Figuring they'd sort things out, I left them alone. Next morning, the wild one lay dead, killed by the larger domestic.

Yep, my thought behind it was to introduce some wild blood to my domestics. They just never got along, eventhough they hatched, brooded and were place in the same pen, all together at the same time. I guess they spoke a different bob language? Idk, all I know for sure, is it didn't work.

 

[Binki]

I agree, definitely better to get some fertilized coturnix quail eggs - they are silly birds who don't really realize they're in captivity and will lay eggs at about 7 weeks old and will lay almost every day during the season, whereas wild quail will only lay several eggs per year and again, will likely hurt themselves ramming into the cage walls every time you're around - coturnix will not do this I even have some tame ones that love it when I put my hands in their cage to "hand cup cuddle" them LOL!