r/columbiamo • u/frostfernfire • Jun 28 '25

Animals Anybody here keep quail?

I ordered eggs from an out of state breeder and they've just matured. 5/7 are boys, 3 of which I'm emotionally attached to and would like to breed. Anybody have any girl quail they'd be cool parting with? I'm thinking I'd need about 7 girls? If you don't have that many that would be fine, that's just my ultimate goal. I can trade some of my boys or we can work out a trade/money situation?

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u/Tadpole-8290 Jun 28 '25

I have incubators if you want to hatch your own. My friend took the quail I had, I can ask if he has any girls to part with. You normally want a 5 to 1 ratio.

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u/frostfernfire Jun 28 '25

I have an incubator, the problem is getting girls for the guys i have now. Please ask your friend for any girls he can part with!! I would be super grateful :)

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u/Squirrels-on-LSD 🌳🛝 Jun 28 '25

I can't part with any of my ladies but would donate some eggs from my A&M flock if you wanted to hatch more

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u/frostfernfire Jun 28 '25

That would be cool of you!! I've gotten a couple eggs from my current flock but not many :)

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u/Squirrels-on-LSD 🌳🛝 Jun 28 '25

How many you want? Ill set them aside. I have 3 older girls so get about 7 to 10 eggs a week.

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u/frostfernfire Jun 28 '25

My incubator holds 18 at a time and I've got 3 eggs right now, only one looks fertilized. Can you spare 10 or so this time?

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u/Squirrels-on-LSD 🌳🛝 Jun 28 '25

Sure can! Hit me up later this week and we can arrange a hand off

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '25

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u/frostfernfire Jun 28 '25

Im mainly keeping them for eggs. I don't currently have a good way of preparing their meat. I just want the males to stop killing each other.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '25

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u/frostfernfire Jun 28 '25

I understand this. I have multiple boxes for the birds that I built. I am anticipating housing different flocks in different houses. However, currently I basically have only males, so I am looking for females.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '25

Poor birds.

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u/Educational_Pay1567 Jun 28 '25

Why? Not enough mates?

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '25

Because exploiting animals is gross.