Hey Quail Peeps!

[itsy]

Hi everyone.

I'm sure I've seen some of you folks on other parts of the forum, but I wanted to say hello. Mr. ModelA suggested I come on over to this section to do some research. I usually frequent the meatie section first before reading elsewhere.

I've got quite a few pullets, a cockerel and 13 meat chickens. I'd like to get into quail for both their meat and eggs. I've been thinking Coturnix. I'd like to get quail that I could keep easily in our winters as well as the hot summer. I ate my first quail in a restaurant about 6 months ago and thought to myself that I could cook it better than they did! I can't seem to find quail meat anywhere - or rabbit meat for that matter.

I'll be searching through your posts a bit and I hope you don't mind a newbie pestering ya'll with questions. I'll try to search first, though!

Nice to meet you.

 

[MobyQuail]

p.s. watch out for the polar bears...

 

[TwoCrows]

Yep...this is the place to be to get all the information on quail. Anything you need to know, somebody will have an answer for you.

Welcome to the Quail forums!!

 

[itsy]

Polar bears??

Funny you should mention them... I had a dream I was out by the barn the other night. It was pitch black and silent. I was all alone. As I walked towards the barn, a giant polar bear walked out from the other side and stared at me. I froze and then it felt like I was electrified as I ran back to the house. I woke up.

 

[the outdoorsman]

Have I met you if not nice to meet you.

 

[JJMR794]

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WHY YA GOTTA BE LIKE THAT? I MEAN COMON' MAN A BEAR'S GOTTA EAT RIGHT?

 

[the outdoorsman]

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WHY YA GOTTA BE LIKE THAT? I MEAN COMON' MAN A BEAR'S GOTTA EAT RIGHT?

lol

 

[JJMR794]

Quote:
WHY YA GOTTA BE LIKE THAT? I MEAN COMON' MAN A BEAR'S GOTTA EAT RIGHT?

lol

DONT LAUGH SEALS ARE #1 ON THE MENU.... PENGUIN IS #2


( JUST KIDDIN'.... SORRY BUT IT WAS JUST TOOOO GOOD TO RESIST!

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[Chick Charm]

 

[Denninmi]

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If you've raised chickens, Coturnix will be easy. They are a lot more "domesticated" than other types of quail, and really do act basically like chickens overall. They still are too wild to "free range" -- if they get out, they probably will take off, albeit slowly -- I've had some of mine escape a few times while I had the door open, and I just walk over and pick them up, they are pretty tame.

They're really fun little birds -- easy to take care of, start laying eggs at 5 to 6 weeks. I haven't eaten a quail yet. I generally don't eat the eggs at this time mainly because I just don't need them, having chickens, ducks, and turkeys, but they are fine, equal to about a 6th of a chicken egg. I've actually been using mine in mesh bags to hang in young apple trees to keep the deer from eating them, which seems to be working.

Commercially raised quail sold in stores and served in restaurants could be either bobwhite or coturnix, hard to say, I think both are sold, but probably more likely to be bobwhite. Those are harder to raise, more "wild" and flighty, prone to eating each other.