young quail, like 3 1/2 weeks old, crowing

[therandomhatcher]

I was working in my woodshop where I was brooding 3 weeks and 5-day old quail. All a sudden, I heard a quail crowing. I know quail reach maturity 6-7 weeks, but do the crow that early. I have a high male-female ratio of 2 males and 1 female, don't know if that would have anything to do with it. Anyway, he is already trying breed. Don't know if that is healthy for my one female. Or is that normal?

 

[therandomhatcher]

any info is useful

 

[Xouie]

Hi, sorry, I see you didn’t get any responses yet. If he started trying to mate and crow at 3 weeks, he was an early bloomer! By now they’re all grown up so you will be able to get your M:F ratio to 1:4 or 1:5. Otherwise (I hope this hasn’t happened already) the boys will tear the girls up. Do you know how many hens came up in your younger batch?

 

[therandomhatcher]

I had at least 3 jumbo wild females, 2 jumbo males, and I haven't sexed the celadons yet. I would say equal. What do you do with celadons you don't want

 

[Xouie]

I had at least 3 jumbo wild females, 2 jumbo males, and I haven't sexed the celadons yet. I would say equal. What do you do with celadons you don't want

Most extra birds here end up on the grill... but Celadons are the exception— you can probably get a pretty good price selling them. I see them sometimes on Craigslist for about 20 minutes, then they’re sold.

 

[therandomhatcher]

how much did they go for... I'll have to see how much l=they do in my area

 

[Xouie]

Chicks $5-10
Sexed adults generally $10-20

I think that’s about double what non-celadon quail go for

 

[therandomhatcher]

wow... sounds like a plan