- Jan 6, 2013
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Tomorrow, my quail will turn 5 weeks old. When I was getting ready to incubate the eggs that I received from JMF, I took "one egg" from quail that were hatched from a hatchery (that will remain nameless) and put it in with the rest. We marked the one egg and was surprised when it made it to lock down, and were even more surprised when it hatched. We were all in agreement that we would never know which chick was produced from that one egg.... well, that is, until now.
For the past 3 weeks, my 16 yo daughter has been pulling the roos out of the cage when they crow and put them into an "all male" cage. This weekend, my daughter pulled out the smallest quail, and we are POSITIVE that it was the "one egg". We stuck him on a scale, and grabbed the average sized male which was 9 ounces and our little roo just made it to 6 ounces. I know, you're thinking, "but that's only a difference of 3 ounces"... when we put him back, he is "dwarfed" be the rest of the males.
There is one monster quail (that I've been calling T-Rex) that weighs 9.8 ounces, and I'm sure he'll end up be one of my studs.
So, if you want large quail, go with JMF.
James
For the past 3 weeks, my 16 yo daughter has been pulling the roos out of the cage when they crow and put them into an "all male" cage. This weekend, my daughter pulled out the smallest quail, and we are POSITIVE that it was the "one egg". We stuck him on a scale, and grabbed the average sized male which was 9 ounces and our little roo just made it to 6 ounces. I know, you're thinking, "but that's only a difference of 3 ounces"... when we put him back, he is "dwarfed" be the rest of the males.
There is one monster quail (that I've been calling T-Rex) that weighs 9.8 ounces, and I'm sure he'll end up be one of my studs.
So, if you want large quail, go with JMF.
James