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!

 

[The Knap Family MiniRanch]

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

https://myshirefarm.com/canada/
Myshire Farm is in Ohio and has partnered with our farm in Ontario, The Knap Family Mini Ranch. You can check out the website and click on the Canada Tab and see what we have to offer. We can usually ship to Alberta in one day.