japanese quail for sale

[CarraghsGem 92]

japanese quail for sale, young, nearly fully grown, dark brown in colour 3euro each or 4 for 10euro

22 in total i think, hard to count them when they're running around so much lol

id do all of them for 50euro

roscommon area

[bert the fert 28]

Gem, i've been fancying a go at keeping quail for a wee while now. Are they easy birds to rear ? Do they mix ok with chickens ?

 

 

P.S. hope you get a quick sale for them

[CarraghsGem 92]

Gem, i've been fancying a go at keeping quail for a wee while now. Are they easy birds to rear ? Do they mix ok with chickens ?

 

 

P.S. hope you get a quick sale for them

 

not easy to rear, they are suicidal as chicks, heard many a lad telling me how his drowned in a shallow water bowl. i never had that problem with mine but have had poor fertility rates when ive bought eggs in.

cant keep them with chickens as chickens will kill them, recommend you keep them in either an aviary or guineapig hutch and run depending on quantity, very flighty even when handled a lot from hatching,

cant have them free-ranging as like pheasant you'll never see them again. they are very stupid, some will fly at roof of their pen till their heads bleed and you can see bone, many survive this injury though it just looks ugly for a while. also known them to stick their head in chickn pen through the wire and just let chicken peck them to death.

 

ON THE UPSIDE.

they lay loads of eggs, brilliant for pickling + useing in summer salads

easy to fatten + taste nice, need at least 2 for a main course, nice to have if you've guests at christmas

cheap to feed as well. and very very hardy, survive many injurys that would kill a chicken.

[bert the fert 28]

Gem, i've been fancying a go at keeping quail for a wee while now. Are they easy birds to rear ? Do they mix ok with chickens ?

 

 

P.S. hope you get a quick sale for them

 

not easy to rear, they are suicidal as chicks, heard many a lad telling me how his drowned in a shallow water bowl. i never had that problem with mine but have had poor fertility rates when ive bought eggs in.

cant keep them with chickens as chickens will kill them, recommend you keep them in either an aviary or guineapig hutch and run depending on quantity, very flighty even when handled a lot from hatching,

cant have them free-ranging as like pheasant you'll never see them again. they are very stupid, some will fly at roof of their pen till their heads bleed and you can see bone, many survive this injury though it just looks ugly for a while. also known them to stick their head in chickn pen through the wire and just let chicken peck them to death.

 

ON THE UPSIDE.

they lay loads of eggs, brilliant for pickling + useing in summer salads

easy to fatten + taste nice, need at least 2 for a main course, nice to have if you've guests at christmas

cheap to feed as well. and very very hardy, survive many injurys that would kill a chicken.

 

 

They sound horrendous !! I think i'll stick with Jersey Giants... docile, contented, great layers and never wander.

[Guest Lambert&Butler]

And they fight like buggary with each other, can cause some serious damage, even heard of males attacking females.

 

I've one male and four females and luckily they are a nice quiet group, one of the females will even run up to me to eat out of my hand..... have a bit of a soft spot for her.

[CarraghsGem 92]

 

 

They sound horrendous !! I think i'll stick with Jersey Giants... docile, contented, great layers and never wander.

 

think ive just talked myself into keeping them

i'll get a mate of mine to sex them for me + i'll fatten + eat a few of the males,

and keep the rest for eggs. i just need to buy a new hutch + run for them now... lol

[artic 595]

I keep a few Bob whites and Golden Italian. The japanese coturnix are not as flighty as the chinese painted. I have them in a low ceiling run, that way they dont have the speed to fly up and break their necks. It's called "Boinking". You will hear loads of horror stories but if you listen to them all then no one will ever have them.

 

Just try not to spook then, slowly drag your feet or something to make them aware your coming. They live up to about 2 years, however I've got a jap here thats nearly 3! Eat them after 2 years. Lay loads of eggs on the floor, and the will not go in coops like chickens as they prefer to lay on the ground as they would do in the wild.

 

I have lots of cover for them to hide and feel safe. Good little hobby.

 

[CarraghsGem 92]

i used to call the batch i reared in the incubator last year kamikazi quail, mental little things but characters to, in their own way, 3 were nearly tame, they would let you know it was feeding time in the morning, they would pace up and down the wire until you fed them.

[Millet 4,497]

They are evil little buggers but the damage can be minimised if you give them plenty of room with conifer branches laid about for cover..when they get to about 5 weeks old the males will start bickering with each other so they are best kept with 3 or more females to a male..if you keep it to 3 females the fertility rate is better im getting on average 75% hatch rates this way..

When they hatch it is best to put a shallow water bowl in full of pebbles this should be left in there for upto 4 days after that you can put a normal low drinker in there..

Cheap as chips to feed up i use the normal chick crumbs which they thrive on with additional lettuce leaves for there greens..

If you intend on using them for egg production like me you might be better of buying some quail micro layers pellets.

Well woth the effort in my eyes so give them a go you wont be dissapointed.

[DUCKWING 302]

GOOD ADVICE LR ,

 

THE WATERERS OF ANY DAY OLDS UP TO A FOURNIGHT ARE BETTER WITH WASHED PEEBLES IN THEM TO STOP DROWNING

 

QUAIL ARE IDEAL FOR ANY AVIARYS AS THE PICK UP THE FALLEN GRAINS , I HAD THE LAST OF MINE OVER 30 YRS AGO THOUGH I KNOW A FEW BUDGIE BREEDERS WITH BIRDS DESCENDED FROM MY ORIGINALS , WHICH WILL SIT AND RAISE THEIR OWN YOUNG

 

ALL THE BEST

 

 

DUCKWING

[Guest Lambert&Butler]

Is there any hints as to how to get them to go broody Duckwing? One of mine will move the eggs into position under her, then buggar off and do something else instead I do think the poults upset any idea they might have of sitting though.

I keep mine in an aviary with canaries and poults, a couple of my females will climb up the ladder into the hens coop and lay eggs in the nesting box, they also have their own on the ground they use, i have noticed of late though they have been dropping them out anywhere on the aviary floor.

[DUCKWING 302]

LB ,

 

IT WAS A VERY LONG PROCESS , I FOUND TWO OUT OF A HELL OF A LOT THAT WOULD SIT .. THESE WERE BRED OFF , THEN THE PROCESSES STARTED AGAIN ........ AFTER A FEW GENERATIONS I WAS DOWN TO 1 IN 5 WOULD SIT , THE LADS I GAVE THEM TO CARRIED IT ON

MY AVIARYS WERE PLANTED UP AND REGULARY HAD TURF SQUARES DROPPED INTO THEM , IAM A BIG BELIVER IN NATURAL FOOD

 

ALL THE BEST

 

 

DUCKWING

["Earth!" 503]

ive had loads,litterally ate eggs every day for weeks :sick: ..

going to get some more but the price people sell them,i think i will incubate a load of eggs again.

[CarraghsGem 92]

round here they charge on average 4.50-5.00euro at poultry sales, seen people charging 15euro for a pair at an agri show last year nothing special neither, californians are hard got round here as well, folk charge on average 1euro each for hatching eggs too

 

what prices are they round your way earth,duckwing???????

Edited August 18, 2010 by CarraghsGem

["Earth!" 503]

round here they charge on average 4.50-5.00euro at poultry sales, seen people charging 15euro for a pair at an agri show last year nothing special neither, californians are hard got round here as well, folk charge on average 1euro each for hatching eggs too

 

what prices are they round your way earth,duckwing???????

thhey range from £10-£15 a trio..used to buy my eggs from waitrose and hatch them.no way will i pay that price for quail considering i gave mine away and if anyone EVER wanted any and i had surplus,i gave them to them..

hows the poitin??