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[22chuckie]

I am considering hatching my on quail eggs. is it really worth the trouble of raising these quails for personal meat ? I raise hens now for eggs.

 

[GitaBooks]

If its all about economics, it may not be worth it. They are easy to house and feed, but they are more delicate then chickens. However, working with them is a ton of fun (I hope to get some eventually myself) and if you enjoy that part of it the extra work for the meat is, even if more expensive, is completely worth it.

Best of luck!

 

[kingmt]

I've never done the math but I'd say quail are much cheaper then chicken. The turn around is 10 weeks from egg laid till your getting their eggs.

I think of read one time somewhere that quail was the poor man's chicken. People that couldn't afford chicken raised quail. Moms family wasn't poor but they didn't have money ether. They raised chicken. Dad's family didn't have much but could raise chicken also. So if they were to poor to raise chicken they had to really be poor. Even Mom & Dad starting off had chickens & they were poor.

Anyhow... I past about $2-$3 more per 50lbs of feed & I can feed 10 quail for what a standard chicken eats. Chickens take several months to start laying & are usually a waste to eat the meat. If you raise rosters for meat it takes several months & you don't even get a egg. Where with quail you have eggs & meat in 8 weeks. Ether the roster or hen are good for meat. They clean faster & you have less waste as well. You also need less room to house them.

So to me it is worth it.

 

[22chuckie]

Thanks, that is good to know.

 

[22chuckie]

Thanks, that was a lot of good info. And a very good way to look at it. I can buy quail eggs for .33 ea. and a good incubator for 99.00. so I think that I am going to give it a shot. Thanks again !

 

[kingmt]

Glad it was useful.

What incubator are you looking at. Even the cheaper ones are better then they were a few years ago. I'd highly suggest considering a turner if you can swing one.

 

[22chuckie]

100 Plus Pharoah Xld1 Coturnix Quail hatching eggs. It has a self turning unit. It holds 144 Quail eggs. it was 99.00 on e-bay.

 

[22chuckie]

holds 144 quail eggs.

 

[oreonsam]

How about one of those 7 chicken egg incubators for 30-40$ are they any good? I personally used a fish tank, a lamp, and a thermometer to hatch a pigeon once. My point is I need a cheap effective incubator

 

[kingmt]

100 Plus Pharoah Xld1 Coturnix Quail hatching eggs. It has a self turning unit.  It holds 144 Quail eggs. it was 99.00 on e-bay.

It looks like your talking about eggs instead of an incubator.