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[SandraMort]

How long do I need to age the poop before it can go into the garden? Can I put it into a worm bin?

 

[SandraMort]

Are any of these jumbo a&m or just little ones? I've got limited space for raising quail and hate processing (who doesn't?) so I'd rather get them as big as possible. Am I better off raising the darker meat quail if size is a high priority to me? I only want ONE type to begin with so I don't need to worry about keeping track of who breeds who.

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[monarc23]

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sorry i mean for eating

so like if you do side dishes 3 birds per person could be perfect!!! though since htey are mostly breastmeat (some meat on thighs too though) hubby and I enjoyed more

It really depends on how much you personally will eat i really cant help ya there...though your logic of how you plan to do it sounds about right though i can't say for sur eif those 36 culled birds will sustain you and your family until the next batch ...im horrible at math so I wont even begin to try and figure it out for you i'd just confuse you more.

 

[monarc23]

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Yep you can put it into your worm bin

I'd say when it starts looking brittle and becomes more dirt than poo

 

[monarc23]

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Personally from what i've seen you're better off getting Jumbo brown coturnix because it's so hard finding true large A & M breeders. I havent found one yet with mondos. And i hate dark meat...and coturnix dark meat isn't like true dark meat taste wise IMO.

lilralphieroosmama has large jumbo browns

dunno about the others exactly all i know is that cindy has monsters that lay huge eggs

 

[SandraMort]

It helps that I'm the only meat eater -- I have five ovolactos and one omni in the house. We go through a LOT of eggs, though!!! Easily we can go through two to three dozen chicken eggs a week, so we're gonna have to have a BILLION quail to supply the family with eggs. OK, not a billion... it's 5:1 to convert recipes? If that's the case, 10 dozen quail eggs should work, or basically 18 eggs a day being laid.

As for the meat, if I have 5 quail per meal to be generous, and I eat quail three times a week, that's 15 quail a week times two months... I don't see how that'll work. But I can start by raising some and seeing how it works before committing to raising all of my own poultry.

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[SandraMort]

Jumbos that lay huge eggs is exactly what I need

 

[monarc23]

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yep i'd give her a pm

tell her i sent ya LOL! she'll be happy with me again LOL

 

[SandraMort]

But I don't know who "she" is.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Me (though i do more sales of live chicks shipped and local than I do eggs right now).

In no particular order and if i miss anyone I appologize

Shelleyd2008
lilralphieroosmama
cawooduck ( i think sells some not sure)
citalk2much may?
ummm ummmmmm theres a TON more and they are completley passing my mind right now!!!


SHELLEY! you knwo of others! LOL!

Haha, mine are back in testing mode until I have positive results other than home

However, other than those that you listed, there is
pop57 (who I got my original stock from)
justhatchin (who some of my other birds are from)
Teach97 (yet more birds from him, 86% hatch on eggs shipped from OK to KY!!)
Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain (she has jumbos, I got my buttons from her)
AK-Button-Mama
And I know there are more, but can't think right now

ETA: Sorry, these are all jumbo brown breeders. pop57 has A&Ms, which at about 5 weeks old, they are the same size as the jumbo browns I hatched from his eggs at the same time.
Teach97 also has some A&M, but I just hatched these, so it's hard to say how big they are as adults.