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Once it pecks you over eggs or freaks out when you walk in I think it'd be a selling point.
Raise a couple of Coturnix Roos in your house and listen to them crow at 3:00 in the morning. You will want to sell your extras pretty quickly.
I actually want to raise quail. I think cats got to mine. Tore them up but didn't eat them.
I actually have a market for quail here so selling them wouldn't bother me since it was actually my plan. I just first wish I knew how the cats got into the garage but also how they got into the cages and then out again. The neighbor moved out and left her chickens and cats behoind while she had her house rebuilt. They've been running around the neighborhood for months. Finally got my quail and now I have to start over.
There's a man near me that sells 7000 every 6 weeks at $3 a piece. He doesn't want to raise more than that and can't keep up with demand. I have another man trying to help me get together with him for some help. So far it's been too hard to get hold of either. I can't imagine someone making that much money on them, but I know there are people who do. That's a lot of birds. I don't want that many mostly because I don't have the space, but can you imagine????
Sounds like Rats got them. It has happened to my doves before with a pet rat that escaped and also a goose with a wild rat.
There is a demand for quail I won't deny that. I just need a bigger outdoor pen for them to keep up with the demand for eggs and meat. Coturnix are where the demand is, but it's not as simple as just raising them and hatching out babies to sell. You have to find the market. Shipping them around the country is the way to go with large numbers.
I actually preffer them as meat birds over chickens. The meat is better, they are cleaner, and they eat way less and take up less space. they can also be cudly at times like chickens can.
