How did your quail addiction start for meat, eggs, pets...

[dc3085]

Some of them are spectacular to look at I don't think anyone would be too hurt to have a hybrid like that running in the flock.

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

Haha Yea, I wouldnt complain

 

[GD91]

Just how many hours of light is it again needed for quails to lay? 14, or is that just chickens.

All our birds are on natural light

not a choice, we just can't run electric out there, so we are looking into getting solar panel lights for the coop, quail pen & garden porch.

Our birds are great little ornaments & I love the noises they make. My 24 eggs are in lockdown now.
Wish me luck everyone

 

[dt1958]

The question at the beginning of the thread was "So when did you get addicted to keeping quail?"
For me it happened when I was browsing the Back Yard Chicken site & clicked on the "quail section", that was the big mistake for me & how I got started with my addiction ! The madness continues on today !!!

 

[GD91]

The question at the beginning of the thread was "So when did you get addicted to keeping quail?"
For me it happened when I was browsing the Back Yard Chicken site & clicked on the "quail section", that was the big mistake for me & how I got started with my addiction ! The madness continues on today !!!

We've got something in common!

I got chickens & then got thinking.......... Quail!

What are these dear little fluffy balls of feathers everyone keeps mentioning on BYC. Oh look, there's a pic! Awwwww.

Then to hubby " they are only small. Can we get some?"

Him "What do you want quail for? You've just got rabbits!"

Me "Yes, but they do them for meat & eggs like chickens." (Its got to have a purpose, otherwise he would have said no)

Him (sign) "I suppose it won't make much difference."

Me "Hmmmm"

Him " So how many are you going to get?"

Me "Well, I want about 30 or 40."

Him "

"

Me "Well they are very small...."

Him "

Darling, you do what you like, just please not in the house!"

Me "

"

Quail eggs arrived 2 days later

 

[nayeli]

GD91 your very lucky. My husband will fight me over animals for a while, then eventually resign and hope his dog eats them smh

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

I got 13 to "release at my grandmas house" .....long story short they are still here and much more than the original 13

 

[bigrob83]

we have doves and they are messy eaters
looked into quail to help clean up and its been downhill ever since
6 females gave us more eggs than we knew what to do with
after I got tired of pickling them
we started raising them in small batches
25 at a time... sold about a 100 in about 3 months time... all from those 6 females

and that wasnt even half of what we could have produced
it quickly got out of hand so I think we will take this summer off or maybe hatch for people that request it
majority of people want a cheap price over quality... not something I am willing to do