For coturnix quail, what is a typical ratio of males to females hatching from a clutch?

Aug 9, 2024
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I currently raise button quail and find that I end up with about 3 times as many males as females from a clutch. This makes it complicated while I'm growing them out to ensure the males don't beat each other up before they are ready for sale. It seems they do fine for awhile when separated from the females in the grow out pens, but then they start picking on each other about a week before they are ready for sale.
I'm planning on starting to raise coturnix quail as well. Do they have the same kind of ratio of males to females in a hatch?
 
I've hatched a lot of Bobwhites and always seem to get more males than females. I think this is common with all Quail species. Nature may feel this is more advantages to Quail overall? I'm not sure.
 

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