Thanks so much. I am glad you find my videos helpful.

Thanks so much. So glad that you find the videos helpful.

what does the small print say?

nice. I have had some decent success with introducing younger quail as well. Seems like they accept them much easier.

Thanks so much.

Thank you so much.

I am getting lots of requests for cooking videos so I will probably do some. Just remember that they need to be cooked hot and fast. I like to flatten them out and cook under the broiler in the oven. About 450 for 4 minutes on each side. Season how ever you like or baste with BBQ sauce. Hope that helps

Thanks so much.

I wish I had that problem.

Thanks, it is one of my favorites too.

awesome. So glad that you are finding them helpful.

That shouldn't prevent them from laying. It really has more to do with the amount of light that they have. Bob White's can be a little more difficult than Coturnix but they should start laying soon.

I had to laugh a little at this one...had one bird jump out at me when I went to feed this morning. I am not sure what kind of set up you have but the door opening from the top down helps me to keep them in the cage. You might have just make a series of smaller doors instead of one large door so you can block the entire opening when you do open it. Just a thought.

I do. It is marked as "adult content" so it may be hard to find. Here is a link if you need it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZaDitKrx-C9pY0.html

Well I think I might go with quail. I can get a meat and egg yield and they can be kept in relatively small spaces.

Roosters usually don't fight much with each other. That isn't a guarantee but if you do have a rooster that is overly aggressive it is probably just a genetic trait of his and it won't matter what the ratio is.

No problem. Glad to help.

I am not real familiar with valley quail but I believe that they can be sexed just by looking at them. I am pretty sure the roosters look considerably different than the hens.

@SlightlyRednecked Thanks!

Thanks, it is one of my favorites.

Thanks so much.

Thanks for watching and I am glad you liked it.

Thanks

Thank you so much. It is one of my favorites too.

@@Slightlyrednecked I despise it, but I enjoy your videos about quail. And you seem like a nice guy regardless.

Well, we can have different opinions but still be friends.

@@Slightlyrednecked thank you for the content , but for the t-shirt i disagree people don't break into schools with pencils or spoons to shoot kids

I think I got this answered on the live broadcast last night. But unless there are open wounds on the face, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Slightly Rednecked yes thanks again!

I guess that depends on what you consider expensive. Around here you can generally buy them for about $2 or $3 each for birds a few weeks old. They aren't nearly as noisy as chickens, most people think they are just wild birds singing so neighbors are pretty tolerant of them. And they are very easy to raise.

I keep all my breeders in one cage together. I don't see any reason to separate them out into their own cages.

Was wondering that to as i have a couple males that make alot of nosie in the morning

I am not sure that is the case but it does seem to calm them down when you have the male to female ratio correct. They don't crow as much anyway.

Thanks, it is one of my favourites too.

Thanks for watching. I am glad you liked it.

Thanks so much. Unfortunately I don't know a supplier in Miami but if I come across one I will let you know. I am sure there is one in that area. I do live broadcasts on Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. (Central Time).

That can be difficult to deal with. The trick is to treat it as quickly as you can. You need something that will force the bird to keep its legs under it. That could be a brace of some kind or something like a large pill bottle. You can put the bird in the bottle to keep its legs under it (I hope that makes sense). I use a very short piece of PVC (I think 3/4 inch). Place the bird in there for about 8 hours or so and see if that does the trick. Sometimes it will and sometimes it won't. If it doesn't work the chick generally dies so I tend to cull them out.

Please if you can make a video it would be really appreciated.

Thanks for watching. I am glad you found it helpful....and it is one of my favorite shirts. :)

Thank you for watching. It is one of my favorite shirts as well.

I am envious of your high hen hatches. I always seem to get mostly males. Any idea why you get mostly or all hens in your hatches?

I have no idea why it worked out this way. I even had more hens in my Texas A&M quail. I am just finishing hatch some celadon eggs and will see how they turn out. Right now I have about 100 birds and I have only seen three crowing. I was really wanting more roosters but I don't think that happened. I usually run my incubator at 100.5.

crazy. I never get that many hens in my hatches.

I am not saying I am 100% correct, but after they feathered out they are all speckled on the breast, no orange or reddish color.

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I don't cull for that reason specifically. I don't really find it to be a big issue though. I would assume that it is a genetic trait as well.

Well, the best way I have found is to remove the breast (you can leave the bone in or remove it) and then just put them on the grill. They don't take long to cook, about 5 to 7 minutes per side. I might do some video on that at some point.

@@Slightlyrednecked thanks for the answer,a Barbecue Video would be great,

New to quail but I would check to make sure your starter was fine enough for quail chicks. My adult cortunix eat a crumble fairly easily but I imagine for the babies I would put it through a coffee grinder. As for laying,light is super important. Good luck.

If you're starting out, I would maybe start with fewer eggs so you can pay careful attention and gain more experience.

just wait. It can take a long time (over a month) for the birds to start laying again after going through something stressful. If you have enough light they should start laying again soon. Good luck.

Sounds like things are working well. No reason to change it if it isn't broken.

He usually has a sand bath in that side and it's the area where they can get in out of the wind, from the screened area. Hope that helps explain it.

I have never bred any quail except coturnix but it is very rare for a coturnix to go broody and hatch their own eggs. I am not sure how button or king quail would do with that though.

Thank you so much. Lineage can be important if you are looking to breed bigger birds. If you are asking about things like inbreeding, it isn't really a big concern with quail.

Slightly Rednecked Thank you sir for the informative videos and our Fathers blessings. Very much appreciate your feedback and knowledge on Gods amazing little feathered friends He blessed us with. Hatched my first ten eggs a couple days ago and your videos helped a bunch!

Thanks for watching. Glad you liked it.

If he is smaller than the others I would switch him out with a bigger one myself.

All of mine are if that is what you are asking. There are lots of different kinds of quail out there but i only raise coturnix.

thanks, it is one of my favorites.

Pebbles it should be 1 bird per sq ft. So 3x4=12 birds. I would not put more than 15. The birds will fight , pluck each others feathers, stress out , thus will slow egg production.

fzkanj, I KNEW IT! I knew that it wasn't right! how many quail do you think I can keep in a 2 foot cage?

Actually, if it is a meat run of birds and you are going to butcher at 8 weeks old you could get away with 30 birds in a cage that size. it will be very crowded for the last 2 weeks but it could be done. As far as permanent housing I wouldn't go over 20 and 15 is probably a better number. and it is true that if they were hatched together they have a much lower chance of fighting.

Thanks, it is one of my favorites too.

I don't know why you couldn't feed egg layer to the males. I don't raise bobwhites myself so I can't say for sure but I feed all of my birds a gamebird starter and they do fine.

I feed a gamebird feed.

Thanks so much. I am glad you liked it (both the shirt and the video).

So sorry to hear about your loss there. My dog would do the same thing if he could. He loves to play with the birds.

Thank you so much.

Thanks. it is one of my favorites too.

that sounds about right on the ratios. Generally aggression will work itself out and culling is not necessary. If it comes to hat i would suggest culling 4 or 5 birds and replacing them in groups to keep the one new bird from being picked on too much.

Slightly Rednecked Okay, Thanks :)

I have never had one that went broody on me. It does happen but it is pretty rare and they don't usually do a good job of hatching the eggs.

Oh no. I am sorry to hear about your problems. I don't know how long the light has been on them but it generally takes a few weeks before they start laying. I know it is hard to be patient but they should start at any time.

Mine took 5-6 weeks after I hatched them to start laying eggs. I do not leave a light on in summer. Heat lamp in winter ( red). Daylight bulb in dark area's. Plant bulb for lighting.

As long as you have enough light (14 hours a day) he will start breeding again. Assuming that there aren't any stress factors like moving cages or predators.

probably a lack of light. They need about 14 hours of light a day to lay consistently and the days are very short right now so unless you add some kind of external light they won't lay until the days get longer.

It sounds like you are doing everything right. Just be patient and they should start laying at any time.

They don't fly very well. Only for short distances.

Thanks. it is one of my favorites too.

BBQ Park Farming yes that means there is a male

yup. More than likely.

Yeah, that happens a lot. :) I kind of forget where the camera is sometimes. Sorry about that.

I just add some new blood every 2 or 3 years. It doesn't take much.

@@Slightlyrednecked ok thanks!

lol. Good luck and I hope it works out without you getting seriously injured. :)

I suppose it is. I don't think you will ever find one that doesn't call but you might be able to select some with quieter calls.

If you are asking if you can house them together, then yes you can. If you want to cross breed them, that won't work. You may get a few cross bred birds but they won't be sterile and able to produce young themselves because Coturnix and Bob Whites are different species.

@@Slightlyrednecked thank you that helped and yes I was asking both ?

Thanks, it is one of my favorites too.

A mix of the birds you already have and probably a few odd balls that don't match any of the parents. I know that isn't a real clear answer but honestly you never know for sure until you try.

Before I put the younger quail with the older ones my daily egg count was way down...and still is...the roosters don't crow anymore...the normal in the fall. My daughter in ava MO has similar situation...

If you aren't using artificial lights it is very normal. They need about 14 hours a day of light in order to continue laying.

Thanks, it is one of my favorites too.

lol. Sugar makes me fat.

If you get a male and female you will have problems. You really need to have at least 3 or 4 females to every 1 male.

Slightly Rednecked I see, good point. Thanks SR.

It depends on your area but I usually ask 8-10$ for a hen with a good laying record and 5$ for meat roosters live or 6$ prepared and frozen...

Like chickenlips said, it depends on your area. Around here, adult birds go for about $5 each.

$20 in NZ and $5 a rooster

Thanks, It is one of my favorites.

Thanks, it is one of my favorites too.

Sorry to hear about that. Hope things are better now.

They are but i,m still with out my chickens they we're family i might get more chickens again if i move to some place bigger the place i live in now is not a good place to raise chickens.

yes.

Thanks, one of my favorite shirts.

It is playing on the fact that everyone blames the gun when there is violence. it isn't the gun that causes the violence but the person behind it. Just like pencils don't misspell words but the person using the pencil does.

No problems with that. I raise mine for food but I understand how that might not be an option for everyone.

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@@scantrahan Don't be grim or disrespectful. This guy is teaching me and others how to be self sufficient and is on a digital platform. Ergo, will live forever. WANKER.

Wow. I think you missed the point of my shirt. You obviously feel very passionately about this topic. And I think it is clear that we have very different opinions on the topic. I think it is probably safe to say that neither of us will convince the other to change their mind in the youtube comments. But since this video is about quail and not about gun rights, if you can look past that difference in opinion I am sure you will find some very helpful information that will help you. If you can't accept the fact that we see differently on this one topic (honestly we probably see differently on lots of topics) and you have to focus on that one thing then maybe it is best for you to find another channel to follow. Just a fair warning, most of the channels that discuss information about raising quail are homesteading type channels and will probably have similar views to mine on this topic. They may not wear a shirt displaying it but you should know they probably feel the same way. I am sorry you were offended and I hope you get the information you were looking for.

Have you ever tried with an "ASSAULT PENCIL"???????? Or a pencil with a bump grip??????? Highly deadly in the wrong hands.. BAN PENCILS!!!

If you exclude black and Hispanic gang shootings we have nearly zero gun crimes or mass shootings. Guns aren't the problem, black people are

wow. I am not sure how you made the leap to me being a monster in some way. Like I said if you can't look back a simple difference in opinion and focus on the things we agree on instead, maybe it is best to follow some other channel. As long as they keep their other opinions quiet you should be ok with focusing on the content of the video and not feel the need to call them names and sling hate at them. If you really feel the need to do that there are probably lots of channels that actually talk about these topics. I am sure you can find one pretty easily and find lots of other people like you that will all group together and call those people names too. It would probably be more fun for you if you had friends that would join in and support you.

You might need to cull some comments...

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@@Slightlyrednecked - "Funny game, the only winning move is not to play" I feel sad that you so thoughtfully responded to Robin Lillian (who likely ate meat today). I'm about to begin my own channel and really dread that kind of feedback. I suspect, the only response that could work with that mentality would be just 😊 and not one word more. It's like tennis, If you don't hit the ball back - the game just dies. Love your informative videos!