Quail in Canada 🇨🇦

[Fancy-Pants]

Hi All,

I’ve had backyard chickens for more than 10 years (this site really helped me when I was starting out ) and would like to branch out to raising quail. I don’t want to buy from Kijiji or other online market places as I’m concerned about inbreeding/genetics etc. so I’m looking for reputable hatchery that ships eggs. I would prefer a jumbo breed.

I live in Alberta, Canada.

Any suggestions?

Thanks so much!
FP

 

[Evadig]

I have read that people order from hatcheries in the States and pick them up at a post office on the border.

 

[Fancy-Pants]

Interesting … they would have to be pretty flexible to be able to drop everything and go for a drive. How long would you be able to leave eggs at the post office do you think?

Are there any customs issues coming back over the border?

 

[Nabiki]

I'm sure there would be customs issues. I think the people who pick them up in the US are sneaking them across, but I think the fines would be pretty bad if you got caught and the eggs would be confiscated.

You don't want the eggs to be more than 7 days old when you put them in the incubator. Shipped eggs usually get about a 50% hatch rate to begin with, and for every day past 7 days the viability of the eggs drops a bit more.

 

[CliftonQuail]

Hi All,

I’ve had backyard chickens for more than 10 years (this site really helped me when I was starting out ) and would like to branch out to raising quail. I don’t want to buy from Kijiji or other online market places as I’m concerned about inbreeding/genetics etc. so I’m looking for reputable hatchery that ships eggs. I would prefer a jumbo breed.

I live in Alberta, Canada.

Any suggestions?

Thanks so much!
FP

I found this as a place that sells jumbo coturnix hatching eggs in Manitoba: https://breezybirdfarms.com/online-...s-available-now/p/294781500/category=27871661
The same source listed beaupeepfarms.com in B.C. as another source, but they don't appear to have quail available currently.

 

[Fancy-Pants]

I found this as a place that sells jumbo coturnix hatching eggs in Manitoba: https://breezybirdfarms.com/online-...s-available-now/p/294781500/category=27871661
The same source listed beaupeepfarms.com in B.C. as another source, but they don't appear to have quail available currently.

OH MY GOODNESS!!! I totally missed this place in my search. Thank you so much!!!!

 

[Wandering_r0gue]

I ordered my first hatching eggs from BreezyBird. Got about 80%hatch rate on shipped eggs (in late winter/early spring).

I didn't buy jumbo, but they DO offer them.

 

[Fancy-Pants]

I ordered my first hatching eggs from BreezyBird. Got about 80%hatch rate on shipped eggs (in late winter/early spring).

I didn't buy jumbo, but they DO offer them.

Great to know … that‘s a great hatch rate!