How About a Jumbo Co Op

[Robo]

I am going to raise a few generations of them and possibly make them a huge colony pen.

 

[rjs55555]

Just a note that a breeder in my area sells to restaurants and when I picked up a few eggs to hatch she had large quail. She kept the females separate from the males and those females where much bigger than her breeder females. Anyone have any experience keeping the females separate from the males and weighing them?

 

[Stellar]

Same here...but in smaller colonies.

ETA: THis was to Robo's post.

 

[Robo]

Hey Fat Daddy, I have an idea.... Get your eggs in the bator and we can trade then compare the ones I hatched from Buttercup, and the ones you hatched to our own stock.

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

Well, if you haven't quessed by now. I'll tell you.
quailladyoffortmyers is getting eggs from all 4 varieties that I have starting this week. Both Browns, M. Golds and the eggs from the Whites from the Sports thrown that the breeder saved for me.

The Whites are as large as the M Golds that are just smaller than the Jumbo Browns, however they are still Jumbos.
The Whites have not been selected for breeding at this point. I am trying to get ready to do just that. I know that I have only 9 hens out there, so may not select for size just yet. That is why I need my breeder cages emptied though.

The Jumbo Browns are 12 oz at 6 weeks, 14 oz at 7 weeks and grow until they are 10 weeks then slow and stop growing at 12 weeks. Not one or two but most. So how about that.
They have done this repeatedly, so I expect these weights from them. Now I up the goal or you do. I would rather you did. I have other plans for them and another one or two varieties that I will be getting later.

So have fun.

No, I didn't count her as one of the 12.

 

[rjs55555]

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Awesome! I cant wait! Now I have to figure out adding the stock that is in my incubator to the bloodlines or not yet. They are good size quail, but I think you have them beat, gonna have to weigh them at those ages. Thinking of doing a small colony of each and choosing from there depending on your thoughts and instructions.

 

[Fat Daddy]

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Sounds good to me,

Im workin on a quail complex now. Looks like there will be a lot of folks build'in cages soon. I have G.G.bobs in the bator till next month...

 

[RiverOtter]

I'm new to quail and have a bunch of eggs in my incubator thanks to diggypaws. I'm in the process of building several 12 inch tall pens and will be raising them as per Buttercup Chillin's instructions. My DD loves quail and wants a little flock of her very own, she wants to have color (1) and eggs (2)
Any experimenting from Buttercup Chillin's methods with diets or cage design will go through DD's "fun flock" first and if they thrive on it then I may try it with the big ones. I'd love to work out a system where bird bedding feeds worm colonies and worms provide some extra protein to the birds. The exercise in record keeping will make an awesome homeschooling/4H project for DD.

For myself I want to just try and breed for size.
I'm looking for an accurate, affordable scale and a nearby friend has an incredibly accurate (lol and incredibly expensive) scale I can use until I find one so I have a way to keep accurate records and select the biggest breeding stock.

I'm more then happy to trade with anyone at all. Not just for Quail either, I am a bartering fool, lol.

 

[Fat Daddy]

I just got a nice little digital scale from wal-mart online. Its the biggest loser food scale that goes up to 6 lbs. It reads in oz \\ gms and was right at 20 bucks with shipping. Shipping for it last week was .99. It seems right on the money accurate too. I been piss'in quail off all weekend with it. Now they just shrug there little shoulders and step up to weigh themselves.

Bill

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

My scale is from Walmart to anf goes up to 11 lb cause I weight chickens once in a blue moon.