Housing Pharoah and Jumbo's

[optic1]

Are there any problems to housing these two styles together in a large flight run?
I'm not sure if they would fight or breed to each other.

 

[kingmt]

They should cohabit & breed well together. It is my understanding that the Jumbos is just from selective breading but if you bread a Jumbo to a Pharaoh that you will get a Pharaoh.

 

[optic1]

So housing looks like it is ok then. If you want jumbo eggs just keep them apart, I guess.

So if they breed together I can call them little jumbo's, kinda big shrimp.

 

[kingmt]

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I guess you could call them whatever you want. You might even be able to market them that way.

 

[Quail_Cottage]

I'll be doing the same thing soon too. Got four jumbo from our first hatch, and the next lot of eggs were mixed. Some golden, tuxedo, white etc., so I'll end with a mixed bunch when all is said and done. The guy I got my eggs from reminded me that they are all Coturnix, and as he explained to my kids, it's like dogs...they come in different breeds, but they are all dogs nevertheless. So I guess we'll get 'mutt' quail.

Not planning on any breeding, just eggs and meat from ours.

 

[JJMR794]

Heres where it can get a little confusing..... pharoah can be used to describe size or color. Some people indiscriminately use the term interchangeably. Some folks call smaller browns pharoah, while others will call any brown a pharoah. No matter what the case they will all live happily togather...