Tatanka Breeders Club: Meat Quail project with history, discussion, pictures and videos

[yallapilko]

I'm interested to know, if during this going for growth and big size, if anyone has measure in any way the tastiness of the meat and eggs.
Of course this would be subjective but I'm just curious.

 

[MobyQuail]

I'm interested to know, if during this going for growth and big size, if anyone has measure in any way the tastiness of the meat and eggs.
Of course this would be subjective but I'm just curious.

good question, I havent noticed any change in taste, I do know I like peeling the bigger eggs more than what I started with a while ago. I do have 2 standard scarlett hens and all the eggs taste the same as the 'tanks.

she is already a keeper at 29 days, probably wont be eating her, unless her eggs dont measure up... its like the Quail Hunger Games here...

 

[MobyQuail]

version 11.15 @ 55 days @ 13.75 oz.

 

[yallapilko]

Thanks Mobyquail.... It would be such a shame to sacrifice size for flavour. By the way, I've just tried to weigh one of my 25 day old quail, and lets just say, yours are a lot more calm!

 

[dt1958]

Getting geared up to set my first batch of Tatanka's for 2013. Looking for great things out of the Tatanka in 2013

 

[laseterlass]

Wanting to start a thread where breeders and owners of the little brown Quail we like to call "Tatanka" can post pics and videos of their birds and projects.

Comments are welcome however "bashing" will not be tolerated.

I will document my project crossing white coturnix with brown coturnix. These birds are the F2 crosses.

The P1 birds were brown and white.

The F1 birds were brown

The F2 birds are white and brown.

The F2 white and brown coturnix have the same genetics (parents), will be weighing and taking pics of them here as they grow to see if feather coloring really makes a difference, between the white and the brown japanese meat quail.

Along the way, I will document breeding, incubating, hatching, brooding, feeding and the processing of Japanese Quail for meat.

stating the goal.

"Tatanka" raising the Standard...Jumbo Coturnix (Japanese Quail)

BEAK: slightly curved not flat.
EYES: expressive, green.
HEAD: large, wide. square when viewed from top.
NECK: thick, slight arch.
WINGS: fairly small
BREAST: prominent, full, well defined.
BODY: similar to other poultry meat birds, "like a brick" a fuller and longer fowl to increase egg-laying capacity and to produce a frame with more meat for commercial purposes.
BACK: breadth across the back is a desirable trait.
LEGS: well muscled thigh. strong to support weight.
FEET AND TOES: (4) evenly spaced, long toes
FEATHERING: rough feathering is common in larger specimens.

EGGS: greater than > 14 grams.


WEIGHTS: All birds male and female must weigh 280 grams by 42 days.

looks like these are the numbers we are shooting for:

Daddy, Digger & Moby Standards of Quailism

14 days ~80g
21 days ~130g
28 days ~200g
42 days = 280g+


Fat Daddy Clause
56 days ~350+

current colors:
Brown (Wild Type)

color projects:
Splits (brown with recessive white)
White Wings
Whites

will continue to edit this as general guidelines.

HAHA! I just weighed my little 14 day old Italian Golds. Cheap scale BUT. These are younguns from some James Marie Birds. I have an 85 gram 14 day old! I must be learning something from reading all of this

 

[MobyQuail]

getting there... largest uniform eggs so far. yes, just coming online, double-yolkers, from pullets but happy with the shape. hens on 18 hr light daily.

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

my second largest egg... the biggest one was 29g... i new it was to good to be true so cracked it open to see and sure enough double yolks... most of my eggs are in the 17 to 20 gram range...

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

these are some amazing birds!!!

getting there... largest uniform eggs so far. yes, just coming online, double-yolkers, from pullets but happy with the shape. hens on 18 hr light daily.

 

[laseterlass]

Moby is there a reason you went with the pharoah marked birds?