jumbo quail

[Rainwolf]

Is there a size chart around? I'd love to have one to reference too since I get this question all the time!
People are always asking for Jumbo birds and I'm selling 3 week olds.... I refuse to call them jumbo unless they reach jumbo size!
But try explaining that to some one who thinks the different colors are different breeds

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

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You know I disagree, there is no way I wait 10 weeks for a 10 oz bird. Don't need to.

 

[joe125]

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You know I disagree, there is no way I wait 10 weeks for a 10 oz bird. Don't need to.

You can process coturnix from egg to infinity. It depends on your production model.

If you are suggesting that you have any strain/color or what ever coturnix that reaches 8+ oz at less than 10 weeks, then please sell me some eggs! I'll give you a fair shake, and even send you more money should my incubation technique fail.

What exactly do you disagree with me about?
I'm all ears...I mean eyes

 

[joe125]

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There is nothing like a chart. You just have to wing it in this department. Unfortunately, you will have to live with the sins of others, that claim 16 oz. coturnix (Which do not exist). Welcome to my world my friend!

You are way to honest to make it in the coturnix world, and it's a gosh darn shame! Sorry for swearing!

 

[Rainwolf]

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There is nothing like a chart. You just have to wing it in this department. Unfortunately, you will have to live with the sins of others, that claim 16 oz. coturnix (Which do not exist). Welcome to my world my friend!

You are way to honest to make it in the coturnix world, and it's a gosh darn shame! Sorry for swearing!

We need to start up a chart.
Like Serama's size standards...
1) MATURE CATEGORY:

Cocks
A - up to 13 oz
B - up to 16 oz
C - up to 19 oz

Hens
A - up to 11 oz
B - up to 14 oz
C - up to 17 oz

So Coturnix sizes would be something like
A - over 10 oz (Jumbo)
B - over 5 oz (Regular)
C - up to 5 oz (Small)

 

[daseymay]

Thanks for answering my original questions and much more. I can tell that the birds that I recently bought were different from the birds that I have had in past years, but since the seller knew little about what she was selling, I wanted to find as much information as possible before starting into some type of breeding program for eggs and meat. All your comments were just what I was looking for and feel that I will start off with birds from someone that claims to have large birds, but realize that there are many factors in producing a nice size bird for the table. I will start with jumbos, keep a few of my larger birds along for breeders and from reading some of your posts, not wonder what went wrong when I sometimes get a few smaller birds in a hatch. Any other help will be appreciated.

 

[pringle]

Hey not trying to take over the thread but how do you weigh quail.

 

[Wifezilla]

get a little pet carrier (like the ones for hermit crabs - $6 walmart). Put that on the scale and then zero it out. Then put the quail in the container and weigh again.

 

[Rozzie]

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There is nothing like a chart. You just have to wing it in this department. Unfortunately, you will have to live with the sins of others, that claim 16 oz. coturnix (Which do not exist). Welcome to my world my friend!

You are way to honest to make it in the coturnix world, and it's a gosh darn shame! Sorry for swearing!

We need to start up a chart.
Like Serama's size standards...
1) MATURE CATEGORY:

Cocks
A - up to 13 oz
B - up to 16 oz
C - up to 19 oz

Hens
A - up to 11 oz
B - up to 14 oz
C - up to 17 oz

So Coturnix sizes would be something like
A - over 10 oz (Jumbo)
B - over 5 oz (Regular)
C - up to 5 oz (Small)

HA & with that chart, I'd be hunting down the birds that fit into the C category. I would like to see the little ones running around here. (Remember, they aren't food here...though they are food producers)

 

[shelleyd2008]

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You know I disagree, there is no way I wait 10 weeks for a 10 oz bird. Don't need to.

You can process coturnix from egg to infinity. It depends on your production model.

If you are suggesting that you have any strain/color or what ever coturnix that reaches 8+ oz at less than 10 weeks, then please sell me some eggs! I'll give you a fair shake, and even send you more money should my incubation technique fail.

What exactly do you disagree with me about?
I'm all ears...I mean eyes

I assume that she's disagreeing on the jumbos being 8-10 ounces. Jumbos should be, at a minimum, 10 ounces in weight at adult size, if all you have are 8-10 ounce birds you're wasting your time