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[CatKai]

I sure will We are just getting started, have 4 out so far!

 

[MapleLeaf86]

Anyone in the DFW area have any quail hatching soon or young quail? I'd love to get some little guys as pets. I have a hutch ready to go for them.

 

[TherryChicken]

Anyone in the DFW area have any quail hatching soon or young quail? I'd love to get some little guys as pets. I have a hutch ready to go for them.

becaureful quail have VERY sensitive systems.. i was wanting to hatch them before, but after all the stuff i heard, they will die instantly here because of how sinsitvive they are to things..

 

[sourland]

MapleLeaf, kept under proper husbandry methods, quail are not particularly difficult to maintain. Study all that you can prior to getting your birds.

 

[yinepu]

I think quail are easy.. a few years ago i was hatching bunches of them out.. they hatch like popcorn popping (much faster getting out of their shells than chickens).. in a few weeks time they were little egg laying machines.
They are pretty tasty on the grill too

 

[sourland]

Tasty however you choose to prepare them.

 

[TherryChicken]

I think quail are easy.. a few years ago i was hatching bunches of them out.. they hatch like popcorn popping (much faster getting out of their shells than chickens).. in a few weeks time they were little egg laying machines.
They are pretty tasty on the grill too

well i mean sensitive to products.. Like non stick baking spray ect..

 

[sourland]

Non stick baking spray works great on them?

 

[MapleLeaf86]

That is good advice, I have been reading about them for awhile now and I have a couple of small hutches that were used for rabbits. I have some lights set up in them as I was originally going to use them as brooders for chicken chicks once they got big. There's several feedstores near me that sell suitable food for them.

I was only planning on getting a few (4-6) to start out. I see lots of people selling adults on craigslist for 4-5 dollars, but I'm always wary of getting adult animals as pets. I never know how they were treated and I don't want them to be unfriendly. Plus, who can resist a baby bird that still has fluffy cuteness

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[vebyrd36]

That is good advice, I have been reading about them for awhile now and I have a couple of small hutches that were used for rabbits. I have some lights set up in them as I was originally going to use them as brooders for chicken chicks once they got big. There's several feedstores near me that sell suitable food for them.

I was only planning on getting a few (4-6) to start out. I see lots of people selling adults on craigslist for 4-5 dollars, but I'm always wary of getting adult animals as pets. I never know how they were treated and I don't want them to be unfriendly. Plus, who can resist a baby bird that still has fluffy cuteness ?

 

Honeestly the freindlest quail I have seen has to be the A & M quail. Mine are ao tame they are solid white with a black spot on their head.