what age/ weight do you cull jumbo quail?

[laseterlass]

OK. By Tatanka standards. If your Jumbo is not 280 gr by 42 days of age. Cull it. Search Tatanka on BYC and you will get all kinds of good information.

 

[yallapilko]

Hi Laseterlass. Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, Tatanka are not the standard Jumbo, so not the average dudes bird.

 

[yallapilko]

Meant to add - there are no exact rules or standards about what consitutes a jumbo bird. Tatanka are trying to extend the weight of the jumbo.
What I need to know is the average persons experience with culling and when exactly they do it Thanks.

 

[laseterlass]

My birds are not Tatanka either. But my egg supplier did share in the forum. I go by those rules of thumb to get them larger. But any bird over 10 oz is considered Jumbo. And all of mine are, except a little tux invader. As far as A&M and Jumbo brown I have a male of each and 5 jb hens. The rest are all over 12 oz but gold italian and manchurian. Those are the standards I go by and they work. I would rather feed birds that meet my specs than waste it on ines that do not.

 

[yallapilko]

It's also good to consider that the males can be considerably lighter than the females. So I still don't have the answer to my question. Anyone out there care to share?