More likely to get males or females ??

[lydiagirl99]

My family is thinking about getting some California Valley Quail, but they would be chicks. Older chicks but still to young to sex. I know with chickens you're more likely to get a male in the bunch but with our Peasants it's the complete opposite. I was wondering if you guys could tell me in a batch of 6 quail, how likely we'd be to get a male.
If you don't mind I'd like to know if we got a good deal on them. It was $10 each or 6 for $50. We are getting 6 for $50.
Also, any information on how to better care for quail would be wonderful !

 

[lomine]

Can't say on price. I paid $2 each for day old coturnix chicks.

I picked 20 chicks, one died next day. Out of the remaining 19 I got 7 females. Normally I think it is supposed to be about 50/50 males and females in a hatch but of coarse picking random quail from a group doesn't guarantee anything. You could get all males.

You may want to consider starting out with a breed that is a little easier to care for. But here's a good post you can check out. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/751562/california-valley-quail-help

 

[eHuman]

$1 each for day old coturnix in San Diego.

 

[lydiagirl99]

$1 each for day old coturnix in San Diego.

Well these are different kinds of Quail. They can be hard to find. Hoopefully we didn't get screwed out of money that bad, haha.