How much feed to grow a quail to slaughter age?

[birdmandan]

How much feed is required to grow a japanese quail to slaughter age? Up to 6 weeks, you are looking at over 1kg or 2.2lb of feed. Many people prefer to keep them til 8 weeks to ensure sufficient meat for a meal. That is an extra 350 grams of feed at least, if we assume they are eating 25 grams a day per bird. You are looking at around 1.5kg or 3.3lb of feed per bird if we include all the spills and wastage to grow to 8 weeks of age. Is this estimate correct, quail peeps? I have 41 birds at the moment. Looks like it will cost me 80kg or 167lbs of feed.

 

[blackdust951]

SOUNDS ACCURATE I EXPECT EATING INCREASES AS THEY GROW OLDER HAVE YOU CALCULATED THAT?ANYWAY I EXPECT SOMEONE ELSE WILL GIVE A MORE HELPFUL ANSWER I'VE NEVER HAD QUAIL SO YOU MUST HAVE MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE THAN ME HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD QUAIL? MAYBE YOU COULD TRY AN EXPERIMENT GIVING THEM RATIONS?

 

[Dani xxx]

My quail book says 50g per bird per day for jumbo quail or 45g per bird for standard quail not sure if that helps or not.

 

[birdmandan]

At that rate Dani, it will cost me $2 a day just to feed the quails once they reach adulthood. Ouch. Better follow the Viking's tradition... slaughter the boys and sell the girls as soon as it is practical.

 

[blackdust951]

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY I GUESS I'LL USE THE SAME KIND BUT I WON'T HAVE THAT MANY I THINK I'LL GET ABOUT 12 HOW MUCH WOULD THAT COST?

 

[birdmandan]

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY I GUESS I'LL USE THE SAME KIND BUT I WON'T HAVE THAT MANY I THINK I'LL GET ABOUT 12 HOW MUCH WOULD THAT COST?I'M ESTIMATING 27 DAYS FOR ONE 20KG BAG?

Probably $25 in Australia for 20kg of game bird starter. Also, your maths is terrible. Based on Dani's estimates, you would use 15kg of feed a month. Too bad you don't live in my city, i would supply you with my 33% protein feed, custom from the mill.

 

[blackdust951]

OH I SEE WELL THAT'S ACTUALLY BETTER I GUESS