Quail keeping (for eggs)

[Pignut]

Does anyone on here keep quail?

I really want some for eggs, just looking for some pointers (I already keep chooks)

 

[TeeDee]

pm Sent chap!!!

 

[Kepis]

We used to have a few Quail in the Aviary, tried the eggs once - bleedin disgusting things, the Quail were much tastier though

 

[Pignut]

We used to have a few Quail in the Aviary, tried the eggs once - bleedin disgusting things, the Quail were much tastier though

Easy to look after?

Where would I find them?

 

[Kepis]

Very easy to look after, all we used to do was place a tray of water and feed on the aviary floor and they more or less looked after themselves, we got ours from a local bird fancier (Budgies) who bred the Quail for Budgie keepers to keep in the aviary to help keep the floor clean, we had a few Japanese Quail as well - funny things they are.

You might want to try a big pet supply place, we have a couple in some of the larger Garden Centres and ive seen Quail for sale in there.

 

[Pignut]

Cheers. Will keep an eye out

 

[Kepis]

No prob, you sometimes see them advertised in the free ad papers and the like as well

 

[Buckshot]

We have some Quail too
A rat got in the pen and killed 2 of them - it's now completely rat proof (famous last words...)
Soft boiled scotch eggs are lovely. Real pain to do though

Mark

 

[Hugo]

I have a friend who breeds them plus lots of other fowl, he let some loose on his farm a while back to see what happens.

 

[TeeDee]

I have a friend who breeds them plus lots of other fowl, he let some loose on his farm a while back to see what happens.

Could you get an update on that if you see your friend please?? I'd be interested if they prospered or not.
Cheers

 

[Hugo]

Update is they never came to anything, never saw them again.

 

[Lurch]

I used to have a few, I got fertilized eggs off evilbay and bobbed them in an incubator. Good hatch rate and a fair survival rate too. I culled the cocks when they started calling. The hens would produce an egg a day. Eggs were quite good, marginally better than hens IMHO. The shells were very thick and so cracking was difficult, quite common to get shell in the egg!
Conclusion - not worth the bother.