Quail for egg production???

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You'd think so, wouldn't you? But I eat the stuff all the time. I think salmonella is one of those things that if you have a decent immune system your body can handle it but if your immune system is low you'll get very ill. Then again, I'm no doctor, this is just from years of eating raw quail egg :)

kina like eating oysters you got from too close to the shipyards LOL ya pays ya money and takes ya chances
 
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I boiled some last night They are good to eat
 
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UMM NO, NOT REALLY...

ITS NOT SO MUCH A CASE OF IF?........ ITS MORE A CASE OF WHEN?
UNFORTUNATELY YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEN REALLY NEVER BUILDS A DEFENSE FOR SALMONELLA--- SHORT OF CONDITIONING YOUR YOURSELF WHICH WOULD REQUIRE REGULAR INNOCULATION.... THE REAL ONLY VARIABLES WITH ILLNESS FROM IT ARE WHICH STRAIN AND HOW HIGH A DOSE OF THE BACTERIA YOU GET OR INGEST
 
I've seen it mentioned on a couple websites (no idea how reputable) that quail eggs are much less likely to harbor salmonella than chicken eggs. Something about their internal body temp. ??
 
I'm not sure about the salmonella bit, but I hatched out my 1st 4 quail last summer. I had 3 males to 1 female. The poor girl wasn't happy, so we had quail appatizers one night. Now she is happy with her one male.
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Since it was my 1st year with quail outside, I felt badly for them through the winter. I put a low watt blue light in their house, and my girl layed for me all winter. Now that I have taken the light out, she has stopped for a bit. I think having them lay all year will shorten their life, but if you want to supply restaurants, that could be an answer.
 
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Yup. I think it's more of an issue that a homegrower can't really afford insurance for something like this. If something happens (disease, predator, theft, whatever) then you're pretty well screwed.
 
This is getting slightly off topic, but since somebody brought it up.....

Salmonella is not nearly as much of a risk as most people think. Statistically, you have somewhere between a 1 in 30,000 to 1 in 40,000 chance of getting salmonella from raw chicken eggs, and that's assuming they are store bought, which carry a much greater risk than the ones from your backyard, assuming you keep a healthy flock. I don't know this for a fact, but I have to assume the risks are no greater with quail eggs.

If you consume 2 eggs per day every day of your life, it would take 41 years to consume 30,000 eggs. Pretty small odds.

You also have to consider that most of us don't eat our eggs fully cooked every time we eat them. That means, we are all probably consuming a fair amount of undercooked eggs.

UGCM
 
Hi,

I am new and as the person that started this forum I have never had quails and I would have to start my own production of quail's eggs for my own consumption. My aunt had them and as a little girl I remember enjoying taking care of them when I went visiting. I would appreciate advise from you Quails experts. I live in a small city 20 min from San Francisco. Where should I go to buy them? What should I have the keep them happy and laying eggs.

All advises are welcome!

Rigel
 

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