If you are raising them to butcher? 24/7 light grows them faster and bigger. But as pets or layers? I would not do it UNLESS you live in Alaska. We cannot help it.
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Robbie gave me this information. I raise them for eggs right now. Send the occasional cull and retired bird to freezer camp. I make more selling the retired birds to gundog enthusiasts."When raising strictly meat birds, males can be given 8 hours of daylight a day to gain weight. This reduces their sexual urge and energy to breed or fight." From Coturnix Revolution Available May 17, 2013 By Alexandra Douglas
not sure how this thing works but i am wanting to ask a question. Sorry if this ends up on someone else post. But we recently just got 10 corturnix quail. We started with six but later found out that they were all males. We took them back to exchange for females then got four more. The guy spoke spanish so was not clear on how old they are and when they should start laying eggs. We have 5 in two seperate cages with one red 100 watt bulb in each giving light 14 hours a day. My questions are, what does it mean if they missing feathers off their back? Do they NEED protein to lay eggs? And after everything is right with what they need when will they start laying? We went to tractor supply and got meal worms, oyster shells, and two bags of different feed with high protein. My wife is getting impatient and wandering what we are doing wrong, lol. Any additional and as much information is really appreciated.