The goal of the Urban Egger Co-Operative is to establish leaders that will advance sustainable quail husbandry in urban and suburban communities.
I am a Pitzer College student studying Environmental Analysis in Claremont, California and I am working on an Urban Community Development Project.
"If you give a man a quail you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to raise quail, compost, and grow a food garden than you feed him and his community for a lifetime." -Edward Mac
The meaning of the quotation is to teach someone to be independent rather than to give them temporary support. It is better to teach them how to raise quail, compost, and grow a food garden so that in the long term they can take care of themselves.
We are starting with 100 eggs from James Marie Farms
"Urban Egger" Selective Breeding Project:
We are selectively breeding the fastest growing and heaviest roosters with hens laying the largest eggs
WEIGHTS:
14 days about 0.19 lbs
21 days about 0.38 lbs
28 days about 0.63 lbs
42 days must be 0.69 lbs+
Color is irrelevant.
ROOSTER SELECTION: Males that bully, roll or bloody the hens are out
HENS LAYING EGGS: greater than > 16 grams.
For hatching eggs to make the next generation of jumbos I take my biggest males by weight, put them with my females laying the biggest eggs.
SET EGGS: greater than > 15 grams.
Genetic Diversity:
Once a year we will purchase 100 eggs from a NPIP provider to provide genetic diversity for the breeding flock.
Will Update This Standard as Needed...
-Edward
I am a Pitzer College student studying Environmental Analysis in Claremont, California and I am working on an Urban Community Development Project.
"If you give a man a quail you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to raise quail, compost, and grow a food garden than you feed him and his community for a lifetime." -Edward Mac
The meaning of the quotation is to teach someone to be independent rather than to give them temporary support. It is better to teach them how to raise quail, compost, and grow a food garden so that in the long term they can take care of themselves.
This is the new Standard of Jumbo Coturnix Quail (Coturnix japonica) aka "Urban Egger" updated (06/20/14)
We are starting with 100 eggs from James Marie Farms
- 50 eggs from the XL Meat Class, James Marie Pharaoh D-line (Desired Genetic Traits: Large Eggs)
- 50 eggs from the XL Meat Class, Texas A&M D-line (Desired Genetic Traits: Fast Growing and Heavy)
"Urban Egger" Selective Breeding Project:
We are selectively breeding the fastest growing and heaviest roosters with hens laying the largest eggs
- All chicks male and female must weigh 0.19 lbs by 14 days.
- All birds male and female must weigh 0.69 lbs by 42 days.
WEIGHTS:
14 days about 0.19 lbs
21 days about 0.38 lbs
28 days about 0.63 lbs
42 days must be 0.69 lbs+
Color is irrelevant.
ROOSTER SELECTION: Males that bully, roll or bloody the hens are out
HENS LAYING EGGS: greater than > 16 grams.
For hatching eggs to make the next generation of jumbos I take my biggest males by weight, put them with my females laying the biggest eggs.
SET EGGS: greater than > 15 grams.
Genetic Diversity:
Once a year we will purchase 100 eggs from a NPIP provider to provide genetic diversity for the breeding flock.
Will Update This Standard as Needed...
-Edward
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