Watched this as a refresher, started incubating my first eggs 3 months ago. Hatched out 14 quail, 10 roo’s 4 hens. Just put 20 eggs in the incubator 3 days ago. Oh, I keep 9 roosters in a different cage, only 1 rooster with my 4 hens. Been eating eggs since they were about 7 weeks old. The 9 extra roosters will be headed to the dining table next week. Waiting to see how many fertile before eating all my back up roosters. You have taught me a great deal about both rabbits and quail. I appreciate the time you spend on your videos. Thank You!
I don't know if it will work for you but somewhere I read that if you increase the incubation temperature by 1 to 2° you end up with almost all females... So far it's worked twice... 🎉🎉🎉🎉
just getting into quail keeping. i'll admit that i'm one that doesn't typically interact with videos, but this is such great content. thank you very much for posting this. liked and subscribed, sir.
The dirt pan was a hit with my Quail. I just got 10 5 week olds from a breeder to try this out. Watched your video went out and gave them a pan of some sandy dirt and they instantly went to town. Thanks for the information
I just ate my first two quails this morning, and this video helped get my confidence up to make the plunge, so to speak. It's kinda hard for me to eat something that I raised, but for one, quails (or qualiens, as I call them) are sadly neither smart, nor charismatic enough to provoke affection (though I do like the look and sound of them). The other thing was that I saw one had red on him during my morning check (actually my lowest effort animal chore with a well-designed cage), and so I grabbed him and the other one I found some red on and ate them for breakfast with some caramelized onions and apples, and toast. It was surprisingly delicious and filling. I had to look a couple times because my senses were telling me I was eating something too soft to be meat, but it was the internal breast meat. Just absolutely cream-tender (brushing 6 weeks of age right now, and in the skillet within 15 minutes of dispatch). Not a dry speck in the bird, and they disassemble fast enough with good kitchen scissors and finger strength that my normal breakfast of Egg-in-a-Frame (a chicken egg, fried in a hole that is cut out of a slice of bread using a small cup or can with salted butter as cooking lubricant) is not increased in effort by more than the upgrade value of "plus a little bird meat". They were surprisingly tasty all the way through, and I think this is the motivating factor that will have me sell all my non-breeding chicken roosters and just eat quails and grocery store chicken. I care much more about my chickens, and really struggle to butcher them. Quails have no personality, no memory, no survival instincts, and don't remember me after bonding time. They have no idea what wings are for, but constantly squirm forcefully, so they are at constant risk of either death by plummeting or injuring their appendages from flopping around idiotically. It feels like mercy to convert them to food, and as long as you use the scissors and then drop them into a box to catch the red, you can do the whole conversion in the kitchen with very little mess. I went with " Texas A&M from Katie The Quail Lady" (Myshire was terrible, unprofessional, and I never got my egg shipment from them), and they were meaty enough at 6 weeks that it was worth keeping the wing and leg meat. I'm going to build an outside growout pen like in this video, so I can grow them for meat as well as eggstand eggs.
Very informative and I appreciate your getting to the points and being organized. I am considering raising quail in the event of a SHTF since they are quieter.
Mr. Chris, a fantastic video, as always. Been doing this a while now so this was mostly review for me, but couldn't help thinking how incredibly valuable this video would be for the rank beginner or for those who are just considering whether or not to raise quail. You covered all the bases quickly & concisely. One thing I alway fail to comment on when I leave a response is how clever your door closures are. Most would install them 180° from the way you do it so the bolt would just fall open when disengaged. But a raccoon, if pawing at the closure, would find the door falling open & feast. The way you installed them makes that impossible. So very simple a protection for your your covey. Simple, but it is just one more item that demonstrates how well you have thought this through & why, if we watch & listen to you, we will be successful. You are a prized resource, Sir. And I, as do many others, thank you Chris. We pray God's blessings upon you and your family (incl. Max the wonder dog...)
Awesome Chris, our quails hatched last month 50% hatch rate so we have 12. Your information is fantastic and has helped us on our way throughout the incubation and housing quail. Keep up the very informative videos! Hi from Perth Australia 🇦🇺
One of the best resources for Quail and Rabbit husbandry, but try to make the live broadcasts! Those are the best places to find answers; if Chris doesn't know, someone in chat always does!!
Thank you so much for your video. it has really helped my fiancé and I figure out if raising quail is for us. and because of your video, it is. thank you so much!
A great beginners guide, one of the best I’ve watched so far! Learnt more in this video than many others and recommend you watch the hatching video too if your new to this like me.
Great video. I watched all your videos and actually copied your quail cage layout about a year ago. Live here in South Florida and live on a lake by a passing bridge between 2 lakes and I get people stopping by all the time on there golf carts complementing the build. They can hear the males crow and always are curious. Thanks for the videos and guidance. 🙏
Fun fact if you hang your poultry water containers at the quails head height it eliminates the mess. I hang mine with paracord and have never had to change the water except when it's empty 😊
Incredible amount of knowledge. Thank you. Getting ready to start out by using an old rabbit hutch. Purchasing quail from a local farm store. Thank you!
I just started incubating quail again after a 10year break from poultry got chickens then ducks and couldn't resist going back to quail. Very good refresher just got to patch up old Avery for them
You were just about to tell us what kind of sand to use when that little gal jumped out. LOL, So my question is, what kind of sand? Great video, just getting started so I'm excited.
Awesome video! I’m thinking of starting up with Quail this year or next. I’d like to do the incubation process in my Kindergarten classroom. Do you have suggestions on an incubator? There’s plenty to choose from on Amazon.
I was thinking about chickens but you may have convinced me to start with quail. Thank you for your great quail introduction video, it really has helped me. What kind of disease problems have you had to contend with with quail, and how did you deal with them? Thank you so much, Tom 27:47
Thank you for this video. My kids and I are planning to start a quail flock in the spring. We are the PNW so I'm planning to privide light and heat. We've had chickens and look forward to keep quail :) May we ask how many coops you keep and what you do with them? We plan to butcher the males and keep on rooster per five females. Then enjoy and possibly sell the eggs locally if we get enough. We're following for more advice!
Fantastic video, channel and info. Thanks mate, but get some handles on your hutch doors and you'll have that 'free hand' to catch that escaping rouge raptor :)
Thank you for another very informative video as always, Chris ✊🏾 Question: If there isn’t an option to place a quail under tress, what to you think about setting up a shade cloth in front of the hutch during the hours that the sun is hitting the front side?
Hey Chris, great video! We are trying quail for the first time and your videos are super helpful. We copied your quail hutch and it came out great. We just moved our quail to the hutch and they seem to spend all of their time in the open side of the hutch. They even sleep in the open side. It’s summer so nights get down to about 50 degrees. Should I be worried that they are staying in the open air side at night? I guess I’m used to our chickens that all head inside as soon as it gets dark.
Lol, my English shepard love to kill but I was able to break him from killing my chickens/quail. He’ll still run in the middle of a bunch of chickens and make them scatter, just for fun, fun for him anyway, I don’t think the chickens appreciate it😂. Now, one of my rabbits getting loose, not so much luck..lol. Have a great day!
This was a great video. I am thinking of keeping quail but the only place i have to put a hutch is about 10 ft from my neighbors fence and they have dogs that bark loudly every time I come out the side door. Would that freak the quail out too much? They wouldn’t be able to see the dogs, just hear them through the fence.
My quail are 7 weeks old today,what feed should I get? I WAS using the starter,! I got them at 2wks old,There 7 weeks old,and was loosing there feathers. But now they looking good.Thank you for helping me raise my quail thru your videos.TY
You can continue to use game bird starter. That is what I feed all of my birds. Some people will switch to a game bird feed with a lower protein at about 8 weeks old (around 20 to 22%) and you can do that if you want to.
I will be building a coop similar to yours I have been taking many notes listening to all your measurements. I just have a question I was wondering if you had jumbo or regular size quail?
I've got my first quail eggs in the incubator. Due to hatch in 4 days. 🙏 though I've had a bunch of children and ducks... this is the first time I've incubated eggs of any kind. I know the quail grow very fast but how long before they're ready for the table?
Hi I might be being stupid here, but if you have girls and boys together, can you still eat the eggs or are they ruined now that they're fertilised and you need to incubate?
How do you do to protect them from rats. A rat had managed to chew the wood of my cage and kill one of my quails so I was planning to re-build it with metal stand to hold the frame . Any advice please
Watched this as a refresher, started incubating my first eggs 3 months ago. Hatched out 14 quail, 10 roo’s 4 hens. Just put 20 eggs in the incubator 3 days ago. Oh, I keep 9 roosters in a different cage, only 1 rooster with my 4 hens. Been eating eggs since they were about 7 weeks old. The 9 extra roosters will be headed to the dining table next week. Waiting to see how many fertile before eating all my back up roosters.
You have taught me a great deal about both rabbits and quail. I appreciate the time you spend on your videos. Thank You!
It's tough being male... We're so disposable 😭
Are male quail’s meat less tender than hens? I know that can be a thing with chickens
@@mrjon75 lol. Welllllll. Start earning your keep. Many blessings everyone.
@@mrjon75no your not! We could not survive without you. In every aspect of life.
I don't know if it will work for you but somewhere I read that if you increase the incubation temperature by 1 to 2° you end up with almost all females... So far it's worked twice... 🎉🎉🎉🎉
just getting into quail keeping. i'll admit that i'm one that doesn't typically interact with videos, but this is such great content. thank you very much for posting this. liked and subscribed, sir.
"sir" lmfao
The dirt pan was a hit with my Quail. I just got 10 5 week olds from a breeder to try this out. Watched your video went out and gave them a pan of some sandy dirt and they instantly went to town.
Thanks for the information
Oh yeah, the do love the sand box. Glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching.
Lol. They were deprived. Same thing happened to me with pet birds and grit. Many blessings everyone.
I just ate my first two quails this morning, and this video helped get my confidence up to make the plunge, so to speak. It's kinda hard for me to eat something that I raised, but for one, quails (or qualiens, as I call them) are sadly neither smart, nor charismatic enough to provoke affection (though I do like the look and sound of them). The other thing was that I saw one had red on him during my morning check (actually my lowest effort animal chore with a well-designed cage), and so I grabbed him and the other one I found some red on and ate them for breakfast with some caramelized onions and apples, and toast. It was surprisingly delicious and filling. I had to look a couple times because my senses were telling me I was eating something too soft to be meat, but it was the internal breast meat. Just absolutely cream-tender (brushing 6 weeks of age right now, and in the skillet within 15 minutes of dispatch). Not a dry speck in the bird, and they disassemble fast enough with good kitchen scissors and finger strength that my normal breakfast of Egg-in-a-Frame (a chicken egg, fried in a hole that is cut out of a slice of bread using a small cup or can with salted butter as cooking lubricant) is not increased in effort by more than the upgrade value of "plus a little bird meat".
They were surprisingly tasty all the way through, and I think this is the motivating factor that will have me sell all my non-breeding chicken roosters and just eat quails and grocery store chicken. I care much more about my chickens, and really struggle to butcher them. Quails have no personality, no memory, no survival instincts, and don't remember me after bonding time. They have no idea what wings are for, but constantly squirm forcefully, so they are at constant risk of either death by plummeting or injuring their appendages from flopping around idiotically. It feels like mercy to convert them to food, and as long as you use the scissors and then drop them into a box to catch the red, you can do the whole conversion in the kitchen with very little mess. I went with " Texas A&M from Katie The Quail Lady" (Myshire was terrible, unprofessional, and I never got my egg shipment from them), and they were meaty enough at 6 weeks that it was worth keeping the wing and leg meat.
I'm going to build an outside growout pen like in this video, so I can grow them for meat as well as eggstand eggs.
Very informative and I appreciate your getting to the points and being organized. I am considering raising quail in the event of a SHTF since they are quieter.
Mr. Chris, a fantastic video, as always. Been doing this a while now so this was mostly review for me, but couldn't help thinking how incredibly valuable this video would be for the rank beginner or for those who are just considering whether or not to raise quail.
You covered all the bases quickly & concisely.
One thing I alway fail to comment on when I leave a response is how clever your door closures are. Most would install them 180° from the way you do it so the bolt would just fall open when disengaged. But a raccoon, if pawing at the closure, would find the door falling open & feast. The way you installed them makes that impossible.
So very simple a protection for your your covey. Simple, but it is just one more item that demonstrates how well you have thought this through & why, if we watch & listen to you, we will be successful.
You are a prized resource, Sir. And I, as do many others, thank you Chris. We pray God's blessings upon you and your family (incl. Max the wonder dog...)
So glad I watched this video. Some people talkabout how hard their cages are to keep clean but your set up is petty perfect. Cant wait to build my own
The shirt is inspirational!
Doing my research this winter to prepare for getting into quail in the spring. Super helpful, thanks!
Awesome Chris, our quails hatched last month 50% hatch rate so we have 12. Your information is fantastic and has helped us on our way throughout the incubation and housing quail. Keep up the very informative videos!
Hi from Perth Australia 🇦🇺
Great video! Thanks so much !
One of the best resources for Quail and Rabbit husbandry, but try to make the live broadcasts! Those are the best places to find answers; if Chris doesn't know, someone in chat always does!!
Thank you so much for given out tons of information, very thorough and very easy to understand for beginners. 👍🏻
Exactly what I needed! I just finish building my quail cage.
Thank you so much for your video. it has really helped my fiancé and I figure out if raising quail is for us. and because of your video, it is. thank you so much!
My family and I are just a starting out with quale we just ordered our incubator and eggs! I'm so glad I found you on here lots of good info! Ty!
Great information! I have my first batch of 2 weeks olds and we are building cages now. Thank you!
A great beginners guide, one of the best I’ve watched so far! Learnt more in this video than many others and recommend you watch the hatching video too if your new to this like me.
Thinking about investing in some quail for our mini homestead and this video was excellent! A wealth of knowledge and easy to understand.
Thank you so much. I am glad you liked it.
@@Slightlyrednecked did you check these comments lately????? Many blessings everyone.
Great video. I watched all your videos and actually copied your quail cage layout about a year ago. Live here in South Florida and live on a lake by a passing bridge between 2 lakes and I get people stopping by all the time on there golf carts complementing the build. They can hear the males crow and always are curious. Thanks for the videos and guidance. 🙏
Fun fact if you hang your poultry water containers at the quails head height it eliminates the mess. I hang mine with paracord and have never had to change the water except when it's empty 😊
Great tip. Thanks. Many blessings everyone.
Thanks for the tips ,loved all your rabbit keeping videos ,now we're trying,quail keeping thanks for the information...
Love to see you back from Australia missed you
Great video! I've watched several of your past videos and they're very helpful! I'm hatching quail for the first time soon! Lock down is tomorrow!
Incredible amount of knowledge. Thank you.
Getting ready to start out by using an old rabbit hutch. Purchasing quail from a local farm store. Thank you!
I just started incubating quail again after a 10year break from poultry got chickens then ducks and couldn't resist going back to quail. Very good refresher just got to patch up old Avery for them
Thanks Chris. Very good video and you teach quite well.
I am very impressed with his instruction style. Makes this a very assessable skill for the masses.
Thanks you. Sooo super informative. I'm new at THIS vs chickens.
We have been raising chickens for a few years but are considering quail for meat. Thanks for video
You were just about to tell us what kind of sand to use when that little gal jumped out. LOL, So my question is, what kind of sand? Great video, just getting started so I'm excited.
Same question
Great work. Looks like a super set up. Look forward to the next vid.
Love you channel! Thank you so much for teaching in such a complete way.
Great video. Informative, professional yet light, thank you for sharing.
Amazing video! Thank you. I think I'm going to get some.
What a great drill Rob! Thank you!!
Very good information. Thanks.
Thank you for watching. I am glad you found it helpful.
Great detailed video with solid advice! Thank you!
Thanks, hope to need this knowledge soon. Also, absolutely ❤ that shirt. 😂
Thank you for watching. Glad you found it helpful (or soon will anyway). :)
Omg One of the 4 quails I have started crowing, He is the runt,chasing my creme color quail. So cute.No eggs yet.😯
hang in there. The roosters usually start crowing a little before the hens start laying eggs.
Love the video. Very helpful. Side note- love the shirt
Alot of good info! Thanks
This video was extremely helpful 😊
Thank you
Great info! Thanks for sharing. I need to get into this.
Great information 👍
I literally just found these quail eggs like 3 minutes ago so I want to raise them im so excited 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😊😊❤😊❤
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, it’s much appreciated.
Great video, good information. I would like to try the watering system you have. Love the shirt.
Thank you so much for the kind comments. I am glad you liked the video and thanks for watching.
Thank you! I was lookin g to do chickens but they are so high maintenace. quail seems the way to go.
Excellent work
solid video, excellent info for a newbie looking to begin a homestead lite type situation like me. cheers!
subscribed
What a lot of information in a fairly short video! What do you believe are good ratios for birds per water cup and birds per feeder opening?
New subscriber watching from Sacramento Ca
Awesome video! I’m thinking of starting up with Quail this year or next. I’d like to do the incubation process in my Kindergarten classroom. Do you have suggestions on an incubator? There’s plenty to choose from on Amazon.
I was thinking about chickens but you may have convinced me to start with quail. Thank you for your great quail introduction video, it really has helped me. What kind of disease problems have you had to contend with with quail, and how did you deal with them? Thank you so much, Tom 27:47
Yes i would like to get quail soon
I add some gravel or marbles in the small waterers. I've had baby quail get wet and die even with those small water rounds.
Not a bad practice at all. I haven't had that issue but better safe than sorry.
Very good information thank you for sharing
Your video is very helpful! Thank you!
Thank you for this video. My kids and I are planning to start a quail flock in the spring. We are the PNW so I'm planning to privide light and heat. We've had chickens and look forward to keep quail :) May we ask how many coops you keep and what you do with them? We plan to butcher the males and keep on rooster per five females. Then enjoy and possibly sell the eggs locally if we get enough. We're following for more advice!
I really like the coop you put together. Do you have a video that shows it more? I want to build one like it for mine
Fantastic video, channel and info.
Thanks mate, but get some handles on your hutch doors and you'll have that 'free hand' to catch that escaping rouge raptor :)
Very good information! Thank you!
Great tips
always excellent info
thank you
How do you manage the water in winter? Thank you for the very informative video!
Thank you for another very informative video as always, Chris ✊🏾 Question: If there isn’t an option to place a quail under tress, what to you think about setting up a shade cloth in front of the hutch during the hours that the sun is hitting the front side?
I'm fairly certain deep shade is needed. Shade cloth doesn't do that. Tarp or roof if high enough. Many blessings everyone.
Thank you.
ive had quail for several years but didnt know about the sand box. Thats awesome. You said any kind of sand? sand box sand ok? thanks
What type of sand did you put in the sand box. This was very informative, thank you.
Very good video brother!
how do you water them in the winter thanks so much ,
Hey Chris, great video! We are trying quail for the first time and your videos are super helpful. We copied your quail hutch and it came out great. We just moved our quail to the hutch and they seem to spend all of their time in the open side of the hutch. They even sleep in the open side. It’s summer so nights get down to about 50 degrees. Should I be worried that they are staying in the open air side at night? I guess I’m used to our chickens that all head inside as soon as it gets dark.
great job on the video
That shirt is epic.
This is fantastic! Thank you so much! Do you happen to have the plans/measurements for your quail hutch?
He said cage part floor is 6*9 ft.. don't know height of pen part. Many blessings everyone.
Oh man, my dog would have murdered that quail, no amount of training has ever dented his prey drive. Good thing your boy is better behaved!
Hire me. If the results aren't real then you get a full refund.
Lol, my English shepard love to kill but I was able to break him from killing my chickens/quail. He’ll still run in the middle of a bunch of chickens and make them scatter, just for fun, fun for him anyway, I don’t think the chickens appreciate it😂. Now, one of my rabbits getting loose, not so much luck..lol. Have a great day!
You never taught your dog who's boss. Plain and simple. Many blessings everyone.
@@dogboxk9 you or me. Dog thinks it's Alpha?????? Great blessings to everyone.
@@DoubleDHomestead see above comment. Blessings everyone.
Great video & info Chris, Thanks!! Don't need to clean egg before put refrigerator?
This was a great video. I am thinking of keeping quail but the only place i have to put a hutch is about 10 ft from my neighbors fence and they have dogs that bark loudly every time I come out the side door. Would that freak the quail out too much? They wouldn’t be able to see the dogs, just hear them through the fence.
Great information thank you
Love the T-shirt. Where did you get it. I'd love to have one.
My quail are 7 weeks old today,what feed should I get? I WAS using the starter,! I got them at 2wks old,There 7 weeks old,and was loosing there feathers. But now they looking good.Thank you for helping me raise my quail thru your videos.TY
You can continue to use game bird starter. That is what I feed all of my birds. Some people will switch to a game bird feed with a lower protein at about 8 weeks old (around 20 to 22%) and you can do that if you want to.
Thanks! Very informative.
Thank you. I am glad you liked it.
Excellent video. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
what is that solar panel thing on the side? is that for the lights? would love to see how you set up the lighting for winter time.
Excellent video.
And God bless you too, sir.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, very informative
Thank you for watching. I am glad you found it useful.
Great video thank you!
Thank you for watching. I am glad you liked it.
Keep it up 👍
I will be building a coop similar to yours I have been taking many notes listening to all your measurements. I just have a question I was wondering if you had jumbo or regular size quail?
Thanks for the great video
I've got my first quail eggs in the incubator. Due to hatch in 4 days. 🙏 though I've had a bunch of children and ducks... this is the first time I've incubated eggs of any kind. I know the quail grow very fast but how long before they're ready for the table?
Hi I might be being stupid here, but if you have girls and boys together, can you still eat the eggs or are they ruined now that they're fertilised and you need to incubate?
hi there. how to keep water from freezing thru winter???
If you are in town what tips can you give to reduce flys and odors?
love your tee-shirt
How do you do to protect them from rats. A rat had managed to chew the wood of my cage and kill one of my quails so I was planning to re-build it with metal stand to hold the frame . Any advice please
What type of hutch are you using/where can i get it? Thank you!
Hi! Thank you for all the information. Where could I find the sand?
I just buy it from the local big box store. Lowes in my area.
Buddy, you gotbme hooked.
How do they survive and reproduce in the wild if they need such expensive feed mixtures?