What to to with extra male Coturnix??

[Fat Daddy]

I would say your observations were dead on. I have never knew anyone to eat both new world quail and coturnix side by side and prefer coturnix. We did a side by side with bobs and coturnix. Bobs won, but not by a extreme margin.

 

[AZ Birds]

thats good to know. if they are no different i just might have to do more dove hunting then quail this year. dont get me wrong i love to eat quail but between butchering my own and hunting quail i may have a ton in my freezer before the season is over.

 

[dc3085]

Coturnix are the easiest quail to grow out, but not the tastiest. If you lack the fortitude to butcher a coturnix youre not ready for what the bobs will do to each other, or what you have to do to them to keep them from going homicidal. No one likes to cull a healthy bird, but if your going to, avoid the scissor method you see on youtube and wring the neck its much more humane for a newbie as the scissors can slip out on you leaving the job unfinished. After the first few times it gets easier. with a little practice it's in the freezer or on the grill in five minutes or less.

 

[laseterlass]

I dont know if I have the testicular fortitude to cull a healthy bird.

Once you see what all those boys will do to each other and a hen if you dont seperate her.......You will be more than willing to cull and eat them. I have raised them from eggs and was unsure of doing it. But after coming in one morning and finding one bird beat to heck because they all ganged up on him. I pulled them and that was that. HE by the way is still with me 10 months later and is king of the colony. He is the only white bird in there and the hens love him.

 

[MrNappy]

You can't have 6 hens and 2 roo's they'll kill each other (roo's will). It's best to have 1 roo for 4-7 females. Even then you shouldn't keep em in one pen.