quail breeding

[the Pollo Loco]

how long do you keep your breeding birds for? how often do you rotate?

 

[rittert3]

I don't have any right now but if I did they would be in service from maturity to 9mos, a year at most. They can still breed after that but production drops more and more after that point.

 

[joe125]

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What species?

 

[the Pollo Loco]

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What species?

coturnix...

 

[NorthestGeorgia14]

It getting closer to Winter i would wait til spring only 5 months away.

 

[the Pollo Loco]

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what I mean is, for how long do you use them before you change out to newer birds?

 

[NorthestGeorgia14]

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what I mean is, for how long do you use them before you change out to newer birds?

Oh i feel stupid ..LOL.. All up top the female and male ...

 

[TedJan92_in_Idaho]

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How I wish.. We still have snow from last year

 

[bfrancis]

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Not exactly sure what you're asking...but hope this helps,

As long as they are healthy, I normally keep mine 24 months unless their egg production goes down. I do not wear my girls out and put a light on them during the shorter days. If you do put a light on them, I'd probably change out every 12-18 months. But set up a rotation schedule so that you are not replacing ALL of your breeders at the same time.

Don't know if this will work for you, but it works for my breeding system.

Good luck

 

[the Pollo Loco]

thank you francis, that's what I wanted to know... Oh, are they still ok for eating after 24 months or are they tough, and not good eating?