Things I Wish I Knew Before Raising Coturnix Quails

Quail eggs have a lot more protein than chicken eggs. And quail meat is all dark meat

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Quails lay an egg everyday, they start laying at 6 weeks old!!!, They make no sounds, they need very little space. The perfect poultry for urban gardens. Chicken are illegal to keep in a garden where i live, next to tge fact that they need a huuuuuuuuge super expensive cage idf you do kwep them. Quails on the other hand, just get a semi big rabbit cage for free off the internet and your done. Quails are so much more worth it thn chickens in my opinion, especially in urban areas

if you want, pickle the quail eggs, it's a pain, but worth it.

While it's TRUE that coturnix quail have alot of utility value, alot of other semi domestic quail species suffer because of this fad boom and the generalization of coturnix quail as simply- "Quail".

Crack eggs on a flat surface, never on the edge of a bowl or whatever. This stops the shards getting in the egg

Cant have chickens where i live due to noise but sure are lookin into quails

Food: You say their beaks are only able to manage crumble.....WRONG

They are able to eat sunflower seeds they can eat mealworm. Ive seen them chase and group attack a cockroach
And one very large spider.
They eat leafy greens, you attach the greens to the cage with a rubber band so they can browse.
I've never fed mine strawberries but they can be trained to try new things while they are young.

Something i've found with the hanging water things is that they tend to leak and spill a lot. I've heard it's better to use hamster water feeders with quail.

I think quail is best for those who live in the suburbs, where chickens are either not allowed or not practical with small yards and neighbors so close. For those with more room, chicken sound more practical.

Get the quail scissors! It makes it so easy!

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Up the calcium in your quails diet for the egg problem. Crush up oyster shells and let them get at it as desired

You pronounce the word wrong stupid

Quails are better than chickens

They are very soft and their feet are sharp.. he crows and she makes cricket sounds

They are poisonous ☠️ if you are mean to them

Do you have to deworm or flea stuff? What vet stuff do I need to know so they’re healthy?

You could use a better feeder since they are so messy, it would help tremendously. Try a Tupperware type covered rectangle plastic dish, with holes cut in the side so they must place their heads inside to eat. -Almost no spillage.

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I never put their feed in a container but i also put live meal worms in their pen. Also pinch the top of the egg dont try cracking it

There’s no comparison in taste quail vs chicken. I love chicken but the qual are another level. And you hatch out 50/50 males to females and in 10 weeks they are laying or cooking. It cost at $25 per 50lb bag at those prices it’s about $2 to raise a quail to maturity It seems like the quail sell better. Either hatching eggs or live birds. I hatch 50 in a month all are gone. I hatch 50 chickens and 3 months later I still have a few especially roosters. They aren’t good meat birds unless they are Cornish crosses. They are thin and crazy tuff. Crock pot is the way to go all day soaking.

I’ll probably keep some production reds for eggs but the rest are going elsewhere soon.
Eggs scissor and the proper feeder and life pretty good with quail.

Smoke quail on the grill with garlic and herb and powdered chipotle and the meat will taste identical to steak no joke

Stupidest vid of comparison I’ve ever seen

I just got quail (already have chickens) and love them. I appreciate this video your video is helpful and entertaining.

How can you not mention how delicious the eggs are? They have a 50-50 yolk to egg ratio - unreal for pickling

Chickens free ranged don’t make nearly as much noise

I love Quailz

"an egg is an egg" By 'Wanted' 😎

This video was such a good watch. To the point and very informative. Thank you!

Crack the top of the egg than poor it works much better

Better than ducks

This video took a big twist I was looking for quails as a pet

You start off talking about tips for caring for the animal and harvesting eggs which was fine but then towards the end you talk about how the one of the big advantages is how small they are and easy for meat?

This video took a big turn

Crack eggs on a flat surface or use a knife, tap into egg and twist blade to crack, like you would an oyster.

My quail eggs are definitely not brittle. They love water I'm finding Bay like a little dish to stand in and wash their feet and then they leave their drinking dish alone just to drink perhaps that's where all the water is going they really like to wash their feet and splash water everywhere

one thing you can do to avoid the messy egg is, just grab a small knife from your kitchen. give the egg a little stab and then just cut a bit where you stabbed. It should opened up nice and clean. Is also fast.

, Thank you so much and I love to raise Coturnix Quails

I'm thinking about quail for my scaley babies. Chicken eggs aren't good for my lizards and quail are perfect food size for my burmese python

A lot of the problems youre having are easy to solve. Use the correct food dishes, cut holeas in food grade tupperware and buy a 3 dollar pair of quail scissors... I use mine to eat the eggs raw. It's like opening a small snack.

Get Video and information like this is so beneficial to people just getting into or deciding on. Thanks

The scissors are not that bad 😂😂😂

They need more water because they’re not getting it from their food. The crumble is very dry so it’s going to dehydrate them. Chickens will eat vegetable and fruits and even raw meat that has a higher water content comparatively. So the reason they need more water is purely to compensate for their diet

in terms of meat...culling quails has its own terms...when a quail stop producing eggs...that is the time you need to dispose or cull the quail for meat...usually when quails reaches 1 year and 2 months their egg production decreases so that will be the time for you to decide weather you will cull them for meat consumption or you will sell them for petting use.

actually raising quail doesn't require bigger space not like chickens and at the same time feeding quails are much cheaper than the chickens.. Also, in additional quails can lay eggs 4 to 5 eggs per head in one day, so when it comes to egg production or producing new gens of quail hatchers you don't need to worry coz everyday they lay eggs...when your nails reaches 30 to 45 days that is the time they will produce eggs and you will see that the result will be great.

We found that they are absolute pigs when it comes to feeding and they can be a little vicious to each other.

Quail are really great for keeping in a confined space, like a small aviary or a chicken tractor or a rabbit enclosure. Most chickens don't do well when they are totally confined and I don't like to see these active creatures so restricted in their movement. So quail are awesome for folks with a small yard or city folks with just a balcony. Weight wise they produce a lot of egg for their size and food intake, but require high protein food with a fine structure. If you have the space and are allowed to keep chickens, go with chickens. My bantam wyandottes are practically maintenance free, raise their own offspring, produce lots and lots of eggs and only get a few scoops of wheat and sunflower seeds here and there.

Thanks for your honest viewpoint.