For best results, select one male and three females for each breeding colony. Quail chicks are juveniles, close to their adult size, by the time they are 30 days old. The easiest way I find is to grill them. They don’t fly very well, just enough to get out of harms way if a predator is around.Once you’re out of your brooder which you should be doing indoors, it’s time to move them outside during a warmer part of the year.

If you choose to add quail to your farm or homestead, raising your own baby quail is a simple, cost-effective way to sustain your stock.Once you have successfully incubated and hatched quail eggs, the next step is learning how to take care of baby quail.. Baby quail require a few weeks of special care before they can be integrated into the adult quail … If they all pile in the hot corner, they’re not warm enough.

The one thing you need to make sure is that they don’t fall asleep in the water because they can drown in it. On average, quail eggs hatch between day 16 to 18.If you purchase baby chicks, you must raise them in a brooder. When I first heard this I was very skeptical because one of the reasons I raise my own food is to make sure it’s done humanely. Here are a few of the main highlights of why quail are so easy!Quail lay more eggs per bird than chickens do. HOWEVER, when funds are few and you can’t raise all that you need for a vegan lifestyle … you will eat just about anything … according to my father who spent time in a prisoner-of-war-camp. I think I have it down now.

The main producer of this is Purina and is available at any farm supply store. They’re very small and their eggs are about half the size of other quail breeds making them less practical.

You want to get “crumbles” not pellets. During the day I li I e the babies to come …

They still have some filling out to do, but they are self-sufficient by this age and don't need much parental guidance. They are about twice the size of a Coturnix so you get more meat from them if you decide to butcher them.

The wild quail run all over the place as do the rabbits and jack rabbits.

This is a really big deal because you need to feed them during this lead up period and you’re spending money and time with no eggs in return.

You want to raise the domestic Japanese, or coturnix, variety.

Would they need bigger nesting boxes and more straw or hay to keep them warm?I’d have a good cover over them and then consider some sort of wind protection. (4ftx1.5ft) . Only the floor is wire mesh.

They’re good as egg layers and as meat birds, making them super versatile. They barley make any chirping noises and that chirp doesn’t carry far at all.I’m still amazed at how hands-off quail really are, they are super easy to raise. Chicks especially are at risk, which is one reason quail hens lay a large brood of eggs to make sure some survive to adulthood.Quail pairs work together to build ground nests of leaves, grasses and twigs. Once I was done building it, I set it up so a compost pile was underneath the cage, letting the droppings fall into the pile below.There isn’t any real special method to this, I’d just make sure you allow for 1 foot per bird and think about ease of cleaning.

Go figure, since he’s a vegan, lol. Ive got a run of 6.5ftx6.5ft & got a hutch inside the run where of a night I put the babies in the hutch.

You want to raise the domestic Japanese, or coturnix, variety. Quail, especially chicks, have a high mortality rate, with only 5 to 30 percent growing into adults.

Baby quail are ridiculously cute and I remember them falling asleep mid stride only to lay down right where they were, so I did a shallow dish and put some smooth river rocks in it so they couldn’t lay in the water directly, but still access the water.You want to keep your quail at around 95 degrees Fahrenheit. The past two years I have been trying my hand at raising baby quail for eggs. That’s not a good life.I agree with Melissa. My own great-grandparents did it as did most of everyone elses. Quail are common throughout the United States and are popular birds for hunting. There's always tends to be a couple of "not so bright" little ones who will drown themselves if given the chance.

I put straw down then paper towels over that..it works great and is easy to clean, Hope this helps.Don't use 18% chick starter, you want the Gamebird or Turkey Starter. Compart that to chickens which don’t lay their first egg until their 6th month!

So quail are great if you want to get eggs sooner rather than later.One thing that I really love about my quail is how quiet they are. You can either leave whole, removing the innards or you can “spatchcock” them flat.Marinate quail over night in plastic bag. Move the lamp closer or further to adjust heat intensity.You want to keep the baby quail in an indoor brooder for about 5 weeks and I’d time things so when you put them outside it’s during the warm part of the year. I noticed your cage has a wire roof. Many of you know that three years ago, I set a goal for myself to start growing most of my own food. Some will not be able to fly at all or flutter around.Quail will lay eggs most days, roughly 1 per day, around 300 per year.Quail are a great way to have livestock in the city or another way to grown your own food easily.

Can you help? They typically follow in a line behind their parents as they search for a safe place to rest and find food. And if you don't see the parents for about 10 minutes, chances are the babies are abandoned. Just make sure the height of the tractor is only about 2 feet, or they can and will break their necks startle-flying straight up.

It is very young and is walking around/hopping, but it is very wobbly!