What Type Of Quail Should You Raise?
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- If you are thinking about raising quail, you may be asking what type of quail you should raise. That really depends on what your goals are with raising them. In this video I cover several different species of quail and why you may or may not want to raise them.
Check out some great information on Mountain quail and Mearns Quail at Keith's Quail - / keithsquail
0:59 - King Quail AKA Button Quail AKA Chinese Painted Quail etc
02:39 - Bob White
04:55 - Gambles Quail
05:47 - Mountain Quail
07:02 - Blue Scale Quail
07:44 - Coturnix Quail
Thanks.
I don't get why native birds require permits and nonnative don't. You'd think bringing a potentially invasive species into the country and raising one would be more of a risk.
I think the thought is to stop people from catching wild birds and trying to raise them. On another note, there really is very little threat of Coturnix becoming invasive. if one gets loose it is lucky to live more than a day or two before it is killed by some other native wild animal. But I get your point.
If native animals were allowed to pets it would mean more of them...great example is the sugar glider.. it's rare in it's natural habitat..Australia.. but in the USA there are heaps of them as pets...
@@simontheyers801 I agree, this is where I morally stand.
Just because some things need to be uprooted, prevented from fruiting, not allowed to escape its terrarium, or not be near children - doesnt mean nobody should be allowed to have them.
So catching a local bird that's "of least concern" in population numbers and are a harmless food source... should be... Fine....
@@EchoLog not talking about eating... more saving rare animals.. but yes as far as Australia is concerned..kangaroo is a much better protein than beef for our environment.. they are drought resistant and breed faster than cows.. meat is leaner..but good as beef
@@simontheyers801 and native turkeys or hogs or deer are adapted to the regional environment better than something not native.
Always do research on what you can and can't do legally where you are, but what's more important is knowing how nature works and listening to the land. Too much of agriculture these days is cought up in red tape and politics. Lemme keep a goat! Screw your HOA!
Anyway.. you from Australia? Seen a monotreme before? Little egg laying bastards so cute
1:05 Button Quail (Chinese Painted Quail)
2:04 Bobwhite Quail
4:55 Gambel's Quail
5:50 Mountain Quail
7:00 Blue Scale Quail
7:46 Coturnix Quail (Japanese Quail)
Was mentioned but didn't go into detail: Montezuma Quail
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I love how nicely you tel them to move, “come on guys, let’s get out there.” Very informative thanks!
Yes, I agree.
Me, who's just trying to make a quail army. 👁👄👁
Thought I knew alot about Quail, but I was wrong.
I learned so much, so fast.
Presentation....PERFECT!
Makes w me want to raise birds again. Thank you so much, I learned so so much.
Martin and Lucy from Texas
You forgot to mention one of the most important things why homesteaders raise quail. coturnix quail are a dark meat quail and the others you named are white meat quail. Many people do not like white meat or do not like dark meat. I personally like both. I have raise coturnix quail along with Bobwhites, California Valleys, blue Scales, and Coturnix. If I were starting out, I would start with Coturnix Quail. I quit raising coturnix due to my wife not liking dark meat birds. I also raised dove but like I said she never like dark meat birds. God bless you and Yes I love your videos.
Is dove white meat? What is a good bird to raise for white meat?
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Dark Meat Birds:
1. Coturnix Quails
2. All Doves
3. Chicken Legs and Hind Quarters
White Meat Birds:
1. All Quail except coturnix quails
2. Chicken Breast and wings.
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I personally love Quail (not coturnix) because of the tenderness of the meat.
I raise Bob Whites, Blues, California quails.
I used to raise Coturnix quail but stopped because the meat is dark and
nowhere close to the flavor of the other quails.
If you want white meat birds in bulk then I would advise raising
a breed of Cornish hens.
Go to a site like "Meyer Hatchery" and choose the birds you want to raise.
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@@jesuschristismylordandsavi6108 Thanks! And God bless you too!
I just found out in GA here we don't need a permit to have the for personal consumption. Just need to have proof of perching! 😍 your videos
Glad you brought up the permit issue for some breeds of quail. The same thing applies to releasing them. If you pen raise a number of quail and release them your results for increasing the population can be poor at best. As pen raised birds are not as wary of predators and acclimatized to surviving without provided shelter, cover, food and water they generally do not live long enough to repopulate an area.
I'm just spitballing here but couldn't you create artificial predation to teach survival instincts? Use like a puppet or remote controlled thing, or maybe one of those rolling balls with the weasel tails at first.
@@SageofCancer that's an interesting idea... maybe have a large quail pen, release a couple cats in it when they reach maturity, whatever's left at the end of 1 week earns its freedom? Cats get fed, quails repopulate, I eat a few eggs, everybody's happy
Thanks a million dude
One of the best videos I've seen.Very informative.
Thank you so much. I am glad you found it helpful.
I love my bob white quails. I let some loose in hopes to bring back the wild population. Have one in my flower bed right now
About two weeks ago a bobwhite took up residence on my property in north central Arizona. They aren't supposed to live anywhere near here. He's been trying to make friends with the resident gambel quail. I find the whole thing a bit odd but he's a cute little bugger and I kinda like him.
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Great presentation I just subscribed I love how you explain thanks so much.
Great video man. I have been watching a ton of your videos lately, your doing all the stuff I want to be doing.
Thank you so much for watching. I am glad you are finding my videos enjoyable.
i have no care for quails, nor have nothing to do with quials but yet video was very intresting, very simple yet derect to the point. good vid.
Have you tried cross-breeding any quail types? I'm curious what impact that might have on size and egg production. Would love to see a video on that. Thanks for all of the free advice! I go back and watch these videos whenever I have questions.
Outstanding presentation of just what I was looking for. Thank you.
Awesome. Thanks so much for watching.
Your videos are awesome, fast talker and I like that. So knowledgeable:)
Thank you so much for the kind comments.
Great educational video. Thanks for sharing
As a kid I loved watching the valley quail. They are so stinking cute
We had lots of bobwhite in my area as a kid. Sadly I rarely see or hear them anymore.
very educational, thank you
Really great video, thanks for the information!
Thank you so much. I am so glad to hear that you found it helpful.
Thanks for sharing - been thinking about branching out to there species so this was really useful!
Thanks for watching. I am glad you liked the video.
Very informative, thank you.
I bought a "barnyard mix" of eggs on ebay and got a few Quail eggs with the order and I've never raised quail before so I was hooked fast on the 2 guys I got from that batch so I ordered 60 more eggs from another Seller and they are supposed to be a "mixed multi-color" variety of quails so it's hard to tell what I'll end up with but they are due to hatch in 3 days. I never realized there were so many varieties until now.
Thanks Chris. I got my rabbits going (thanks for your help on that) and I am hoping to start quail sometime in the spring. I appreciate the information! 👍
Awesome. Congrats on your rabbits and good luck with your upcoming quail endeavour.
You video was amazing thanks for you sharing
Very good video, thanks for sharing
Wow! Lots of info! Thanks
Great video Chris thanks for all the info. I raise both Coturnix and bobwhite quail. The coturnix like you said has a much faster turn around time, plus their eggs are bigger and prettier,but that’s about all I like about them. The bobwhite on the other hand does take a lot longer to grow but I think it’s worth it. The meat is more white and taste better in my opinion. The birds are way more vocal and their dropping’s are smaller which makes a little less of a mess. As far as aggression it’s been about the same with the coturnix and bobwhites for me. I had over 250 bobwhites in my ground pen last summer and they all got along pretty well. Thanks again for the video, I started watching your channel before I got my first quail so it has been a big help.
Thanks so much for your input. I haven't raised bobwhites myself (hunted plenty of them when i was younger and they were more plentiful). It is good to hear from an experienced raiser. Sounds like, in actuality, they are pretty much the same as the coturnix on housing requirements after all.
Hi Chris how are you? Your video and information is very good.
Thanks for another informative video!!
Thanks for watching.
Thanks. Lot of info, but not a lot of photos. I'm a visual learner and need to see what you're talking about or it's not making an impact in my little ol' brain.
So happy to find your channel
You are way too awesome you made it all makes sense
Great job, enjoyed this and learned something too. Thanks
Thanks for watching. I am glad you liked it.
Surprisingly little info on these. Looking them up because I'm seeing wild invasive Chukars outside Vegas. It's hilarious seeing them puff up like turkers and try to fight the Squirrels and scrub jays.
awesome video. thanks for sharing
I went to the Atlanta botanical garden once and they had a clutch of rare quail hatch in the conservatory. I don't remember the species, but the babies looked like cotton balls on toothpicks. I believe they still maintain the population as part of a breeding program.
Interesting. I wonder what kind they are.
I became curious enough to send an email just now asking about them. Obviously I don't know if or when ill get a response, but I'll try to let you know if I find out.
The was the reply I received. Not what I thought, but still interesting.
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Thank you for reaching out! The Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory used to house both Gambel's Quail and California Quail. Both species had some breeding success in there, although neither is endangered. I'm sorry to say your tour guide may have been misinformed about the purpose of the birds, which were primarily there as "integrated pest management", working alongside the frogs and geckos as a natural way to control insect populations and keep the plants healthy. Unfortunately, while the adults did fine, the conservatory didn't prove to be an entirely safe environment for the chicks, so we stopped encouraging them to reproduce. The adults lived out their full lifespans, but we have not introduced more as we hope to eventually introduce a more rainforest-appropriate bird in the future.
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Thank you, I’m a newbie to raising quail.
Thanks for watching. I am glad you found the video helpful.
I’ll stay with coturnix but intrigued to learn more about the jumbo coturnix any videos on these Chris ???????
I just got my first order of jumbo Coturnix. :) Ten chicks, some variation in size, so there maybe different types of coturnix in there. I'm super excited! Thank you for the inspiration!
Thank you for all the information you've shared with us.
Awesome. Congratulations on your new birds. Thank you so much for watching my channel. I am glad that it has been helpful for you.
@@Slightlyrednecked thanks :)
I really like watching your channel. I also live in south MIssouri. We are just getting going on our little farm and learn alot from your channel.
Same here
Thanks for sharing!
I started bringing home native plants around Christmas time. By gumby, if it didn't happen the morning after I brought home ONE quail bush, I walked outside and nearly stepped on the first California quail I ever saw in person, a male. I was Impressed! Hey, these native plants are great! That picture right @ 5:00 looks a lot like a California quail, btw.
Interesting. Glad to hear that you are seeing some wild birds now. How cool.
I'm in southwest Missouri also
Great video. Thanks for the info!
Thanks for watching. I am glad you liked it.
Subscribed and the video is really so excellent and inspiring. Recently we got some quails and hatching eggs at home too, and we made a video of it, but far from good compared to yours and we are still learning. Thank you so much.
THanks, figuring out which quail to get, just in time.
Awesome. I am so glad to help.
Great ! I've just baught my first 24 30 days old Jumbo Browns
awesome. Congrats on your new birds.
Great video ،thank you for the information
Thank you so much for watching. I am glad you found it helpful.
Thanks for all your help
Thanks for watching. I am glad you like the videos.
Chris, love your videos, they have taught me a lot and have inspired me to learn more. One quail you missed was the California or Valley quail....it looks almost exactly like a Gambel's but the breast feathers are penciled (like some chickens) and it has dark brown on the head instead of a more orange color of the Gambels.....but they are easy to confuse. I saw what I thought were Gambels quail when we were around White Bird, ID (dry area that funnels you through a river valley). The clutch was running on the road, about 10 of them, and they wouldn't get over so I could pass!! It was around sunrise....eventually I had to pass them (we were the only ones on the road) and that's when they took to the air for a short distance....was neat to see though. So, California quail, they are nice and pretty too.
Oops. you are correct, I forgot about those. I am sure that there are a few others I missed too.
Thank You this helps with my farm
Thank you for watching. I am glad you found it helpful.
I love your hutch. I bought a chicken coop for mine but I most definitely will need to modify it to make it more quail friendly.
Thanks. These hutches have served me very well. You could easily modify a chicken coop to work well too though.
Great info love and support from Pakistan 👍
Terimakasih informasinya
I'm here from living traditions Homestead and you got a sub love the vids gonna go watch some more lol
Thank you so much. I am a big fan of Living Traditions Homestead too.
very informative. would love to start keeping quails again.
Thanks for watching. I am glad you liked it.
Great vid Chris, 👍
Thanks so much. I am glad you liked it.
Really interesting video. I’m pretty sure I want to get some quail this spring/summer and I really appreciate your sharing your knowledge and experience.
Just a quick suggestion... something to think about. If you were to add some windbreaks I’ll bet you could fit a couple of rabbit hutches under the quail cages. It looks like the maintenance might be a lot nicer to deal with in that location.
Good thought. I don't want to add them under the quail cages but back behind them is a thought. If I can find enough people to come over and help me move them then I think I might do that.
thankyou
Great and interesting your video .
Thank you. I am glad you liked it.
where to get the good quail/eggs to start? Also the cages for a smaller backyard in a city?
so cool we are getting courtnix jumbo quail!!
thank u for info
The free ones I have in my incubator! I am trying to find what they are.
what breed of quail is the least finicky eater and will eat alot of scraps, like chickens do ? Ty
Hi Chris, great information. I was wondering if you would know - if a pair of Californian quail would live happily in a pen with Japenese quail? The info I have seen is they will attack other quail - does this just mean quail of their own type?
I'm in St Charles County area of MO....thinking about getting some quail since i cannot have chickens per my HOA. Thank you for the video!
Thank you so much for watching. I am glad you found the video helpful. Hopefully your HOA doesn't keep you from having some quail. .
great info!
Thank you. I am glad you liked it.
Do you need a permit for Tibetan coturnix , or for celadon blue coturnix ??
Nice birds, and I like the hutch they live in.
Just wonderful, I been tryin to find out about "raising quail for eggs and meat" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a good one of a kind product for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the headache. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my partner got excellent results with it.
10 thumbs up. I appreciate all the info you posted here.
Thank you so much.
Because of watching your videos, my lowes card is up 500. I build 16 ft x 36" 3 level cages. Have 50 eggs in the incubator, and a 5 week old in the brooder box. Need to finish the cages. Will upload to utube and recognize you for prompting this. I really appreciate your videos. Cant make it to your Thursday live mtg. Best wishes to you and the family in the New Year!
I live in south east Kansas what would be the best for food production
You don't need a permit to raise Bobwhite quail in Florida. Maybe one is needed to release them into the wild but to raise them for eggs and or meat is your business. Florida is a free state! No sales tax on animal feeds for any animals you raise to eat or for milk or egg production. Dog food, horse food, are taxed, but no sales tax on farm animal food stuffs.
Thats where I'm at so thanks for the advice. I'm in jacksonville
@@flipnamazing I am in the north west corner of Nassau County, near Boulogne. I found out DeSantis got taxes on pet food eliminated recently, even dogs or parrots of what ever you have. Not sure it is permanent, but it is no more for now anyway.
@@CraneofBoulogne awesome. I'm in st johns County and have been thinking about raising quail and other animals that I need less than an acre to raise.
The example you used for “Gambles Quail” was actually a California Valley Quail.. they’re very similar but not the same thing.
Thanks for sharing Chris. I’m in Florida for about 4-5 weeks, so will try tuning in on Thursday. What time is it coming on in the USA? God bless and hope your wife is great now. Bless up!
Awesome. Hope to see you there. The live broadcast is Thursday at 7:00 central (that would be 8:00 Florida time).
How do the Coturnix care when the summer temperatures are 105- 108 for days on end?? We are in Texas.
As long as they have shade and plenty of fresh water they seem to do just fine. They are pretty weather hardy little birds.
Can I use my coturnix rooster and mix with a Bob white hen? No one in my area raises coturnix and there's only one person who raises bob whites. All I have left is the rooster due to predators and then when I upgraded my cage my last hen got away from me and I could not catch her. So my rooster is hollering constantly and this woman is offering to give me a couple of bobwhite hens? I've heard how aggressive Bob whites are and I didn't know if you can mix the breeds.
Unfortunately they are different species and won't be able to produce offspring. I am sorry to hear that you are having problems finding a replacement hens. You might look into ordering some eggs and hatching them out.
i’m getting coturnix quails. i’ve set up the brooder and i have got the incubator. any tips i may not know? thx
I have a ton of videos on raising coturnix quail. Just look through my home page under the "coturnix quail" heading. Good luck with your new birds.
What is expensive? speaking of mountain quail, thanks boss.
Thanks for sharing this information! I got into quail because of your videos and continue to come back to learn even more. How are you keeping control of vermin? Rats really enjoy spilled feed :3
I don't have a problem with rats really. There may be some that come to the hutches to collect some spilled feed but it hasn't been a big issue. Probably because of all the stray cats running around.
great channel.
Thank you so much.
thanks for the reply and i meant the texas a&m
No problem. I understood what you meant. :)
I'm planning on buying 12 - 20 different types of Coturnix Quail. I have recently watched one of your older videos about how many quail can you keep in your cage. You talk about if you have your quail on the ground it's more likely they can get diseases or parasites. I want to have my quails on a caged open grass land with a hut in my backyard. I'm planning on mixing some chicken sand with some diatomaceous earth and putting that mixture in the hut. I heard that can kill any kind of parasites that go on the quail. So my question is if I mix in diatomaceous earth with chicken sand will that help eliminate the chances of my quail getting any parasites or diseases?
Also keep up the good work. These videos about quail are really helpful.
Honestly, I think the DE is more dangerous than most of the parasites out there. There is a higher possibility of them getting parasites or disease by being in contact with the ground but that is highly dependent on your area. It may not be an issue at all for you. I definitely would not put down DE though. That can do a lot of damage to your birds respiratory system.
Chris, is that a solar panel on the side of the hutch hanging down? Do you use that for heat within the sheltered section of your hutch?
It is. I use it to run lights to keep the quail laying longer in the fall and earlier in the spring.
@@Slightlyrednecked Thanks - Funny I'm watching ANOTHER video of yours right now !
Can you keep quail in the uk? We have the same climate as Seattle. That means miserable but seldom seriously low temps, like less than 25 Fahrenheit. Thanks.
Sure. I have several viewers from the UK that keep quail. They are very hardy birds and do well in much more extreme climates than what you have.
what about California Valley Quail?
I’m not sure if I missed it or not but did the Jumbo Cortiurnix need a permit or were they from another country? I specifically heard you mention that with the other kinds.
Couturnix (jumbo or not) shouldn't need a permit unless it is a city permit or something. They are not regulated though as they are not native to the U.S. Hope that helps.
Got it. Thanks!!
You mentioned about all the other birds that you need permits to have, do you need a permit to raise the Coturnix quail ? And will those birds do well in heat say Florida or Texas or Arizona.
You don't need a permit for button or coturnix quail since they are not native to the states. And they should do just fine in the heat. It gets pretty hot in Southwest Missouri and they handle it well.
Did you build your own pen (the one in the vid)? If so, can you share the specs?
I did build it. I did a video on it. It is 6 foot by 3 foot and 18 inches tall. Here is the video ruclips.net/video/1-FjnYMV1-c/видео.html
Do Tennessee red count as one
Awesome saludos Chris
Thanks so much.
Quail are so cute!!!
In Finland we have mostly grouse. The largest is ofcourse the capercaillie! Some of these grouse are just beautiful. My favorite is the black grouse, because of the shape of the male's tail and their calls and other sounds.
My friend got recently a hunting licence for grouse and got me some capercaillie and black grouse meat and it's simply delicious. Miles better than your typical chicken or turkey.
When I will be an adult I will probably start raising my meat, because I don't really like the meat industry, but I still think meat is a natural part of a human's diet.
I am wondering can a japanese quail take a finnish winter? It often gets over -20°C.
Btw you just earned a subscriber! :)
Thank you so much for subscribing. You should have no problems with Coturnix (Japanese) quail in winter time. As long as they can get out of the wind, they do just fine in much colder temperatures than that.
@@Slightlyrednecked Ok thanks for helping!
Chris .I am newbie to your channel. I was giving some quail eggs from a hunting preserve .the helper didn't tell me the name of the birds but I think they are bobwhite .do they hatch out at 23 days or is that the start of hatching and what day do I stop turning. thanks for your time.
They most likely are bobwhite if from a hunting preserve. I haven't hatched bobwhite myself but I believe that they hatch in 22 to 23 days. I would stop turning and go into Lockdown on day 20. I hope that helps.
What is the difference between Jumbo quail and French quail?
Just a side note, I live in the pacific northwest and we got gambel's and mountain quail all the way up here.
Oops. Guess i need to research their range a little better.
Great they have sharingan
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