And if you’re raising a heritage breed chicken like I do then you know that egg-laying starts at closer to a year old. This is far quicker than the average egg-laying chicken who starts laying between 6 to 8 months. Whether you’re just starting out raising livestock and you would like to have meat and eggs very quickly or you’re like me and have had some major losses with your chickens and need to replace egg production quickly, Coturnix quail are the perfect bird to raise for a quick turnaround of eggs and meat.Ĭoturnix quail can start laying eggs at 8 to 10 weeks of age. If you have children, they will also more than likely enjoy the beauty of Coturnix quail eggs and love helping collect them and eat them. It’s always a lot of fun to have a variety of different eggs for cooking. I personally also love the patterns of Coturnix quail eggs. About 3 to 4 Coturnix quail eggs equals a chicken egg and to raise enough quail who will lay enough eggs to produce the equivalent of one dozen chicken eggs per week, you need far less space than chickens would require. To revisit what I said above about quail being small and requiring rather small spaces to live, if you’re raising Coturnix quail outside and one or two roosters is too loud for your neighbors you can always bring the rooster inside and raise them indoors, separate from the females until breeding time.Ĭoturnix quail lay lots of beautiful eggs.Ĭoturnix quail are very prolific egg layers. You also don’t need to keep very many roosters which helps reduce noise even further. A lot of areas also consider quail pets as well as livestock which is another workaround to raising Coturnix quail in an urban setting. In fact, I can’t tell you the last time I heard my males crowing.īecause of how quiet they are, if you live close to neighbors or you live in an area where raising livestock is prohibited then raising Coturnix quail can be an easy workaround to raising your own eggs and meat at home. Female quail are as quiet as church mice and males only crow every once in a while. I’ve raised ducks (key word is “raised”) and I’ve learned the hard way that I don’t tolerate loud animals very well. I can’t stress enough how important this is to me. If you’re looking to raise birds for eggs and/or meat, Coturnix quail are a great place to start. In addition to their size making them easy to care for, Coturnix quail are also very easy to handle, dispatch and process. That goes to show just how much they love dust bathing. Every time I clean my quails’ dust box and give them new dusting materials I see an increase in egg production. Dust bathing keeps quail busy and is very edifying for them. If you want to make your quail really happy then give them a dust box. As long as quail have enough room to flap their wings, and run around for exercise and fulfillment, they’re perfectly happy. On the other hand, if you would like to raise Coturnix quail by the hundreds or the thousands you don’t need a space any bigger than a 1-2 car garage. If you want to raise just a few quail indoors in your apartment, convenient housing like a fish tank or wire cage will be sufficient. Coturnix quail don’t need very much space to live happily. Whether you live on a large farm, a homestead or you live in the city in an apartment building, you can raise Coturnix quail. You can raise Coturnix quail just about anywhere.
The quail I’ve raised on the ground would crawl all over my shoes and the caged quail hop all over my hands.Īside from their happy-go-lucky nature, there are many other reasons why I like raising Coturnix quail and I’ll share them below along with must-know tips for raising healthy quail.įirst, let me tell you why I like raising Coturnix quail so much. Their little mousy chatter of excitement over breakfast is pretty darn cute.Īnd they have no fear. Of all the animals I raise, Coturnix quail have got to be the friendliest creatures on the farm.Įvery morning at feeding time, they all jump for joy. Though, I think you’ll find that the pros outweigh the cons. Raising Coturnix quail can be a lot of fun and be very effective for egg and meat production but it also comes with a few downsides that you should be aware of.
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