Baby quail!

[Jcas]

Just had to share some pictures of my most recent batch of Japanese Quail . I set eighteen eggs in my incubator about seventeen days ago. Six successful hatches so far. Hoping for more!

 

[rheashard2]

How Cute! Thanks for sharing!

 

[LaManuka]

View attachment 78731View attachment 78732View attachment 78733View attachment 78734View attachment 78735View attachment 78736Just had to share some pictures of my most recent batch of Japanese Quail . I set eighteen eggs in my incubator about seventeen days ago. Six successful hatches so far. Hoping for more!

Awwwwwwww they're so sweet, i love little baby quail!!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Such sweet little birds! What are you going to do with them?

 

[Jcas]

Such sweet little birds! What are you going to do with them?

I raise the quail for eggs. Their eggs are small ( about 1/3 to a 1/4 the size of a chicken egg) but they are prolific layers. With the way things are going right now, I’m giving away/ selling eggs from my chickens just as fast as my hens can lay them, so my family is mostly living off quail eggs right now!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

How many quail eggs to make one breakfast? What do they taste like?

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

How many quail eggs to make one breakfast? What do they taste like?

They say it takes 4-6 quail eggs to make something with one chicken egg. To me, they taste like chicken eggs, but with a larger yolk. A very Faint farmyard taste to them, but I've never really noticed or disliked it. Most people wouldn't notice the difference between chicken and quail eggs.

I miss having quail! My last pair passed due to too much nutrients in the layer feed (Suggested by a farm specialty shop to boot) and they both had seizures and died. My three quail before them lasted 4 years!

 

[Jcas]

They say it takes 4-6 quail eggs to make something with one chicken egg. To me, they taste like chicken eggs, but with a larger yolk. A very Faint farmyard taste to them, but I've never really noticed or disliked it. Most people wouldn't notice the difference between chicken and quail eggs.

I miss having quail! My last pair passed due to too much nutrients in the layer feed (Suggested by a farm specialty shop to boot) and they both had seizures and died. My three quail before them lasted 4 years!

Wow! Four years for a quail is great! I don’t think their eggs taste much different than chicken eggs but they do have a higher yolk to white ratio so they almost have a slightly more creamy texture if that makes sense?

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

Wow! Four years for a quail is great! I don’t think their eggs taste much different than chicken eggs but they do have a higher yolk to white ratio so they almost have a slightly more creamy texture if that makes sense?

I had them on some really really expensive egg food for finches that also had insects and berries in it. It was almost $65 CDN for a 1 kg container... (This was about 20 yrs ago) But the birds loved it!

 

[rheashard2]

Quail eggs are delicious. I prefer them over chicken. Didn't like boiled very well. Always felt like a glutton because it takes forever to get enough!