Quail

[Irving]

Are you eating the eggs?

[buffalobo]

Are you eating the eggs?

Busted. Read the post before yours.

Edit -
Wait, do you mean "Are you going to eat the eggs?"?

If so then never mind. My own assumption was they planned to eat the eggs all along. Grew up raising chickens for eggs and meat.

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[Irving]

Yeah, I want to know if they plan on eating the eggs. I was under the impression that he got them for meat more than anything else; plus I thought the eggs are tiny.

[jdranchman]

I've had several friends that raised quail and all of them ate the extra birds and pickled the eggs - both are quite tasty.

[rbeau30]

Pickled eggs... *drool*

[Bailey Guns]

The quail are as thick as fleas up here where we're staying. In town, of course, so dinner via the .410 is a no go. Too bad...they're tasty.

Keeping an eye on this to see how the egg gathering turns out.

[GilpinGuy]

We plan on eating the eggs for now, then hatch a bunch of birds and cull old, small, and extra male birds for meat.

From what I know, 4 or 5 quail eggs equal one chicken egg. And they are supposed to taste the same. What's awesome is the volume of eggs. 1 egg per bird per day on average. I have 17 hens, so figure 15 eggs a day. That's 450 eggs a month! Or 90 to 112 chicken eggs. And the feed to egg/meat ratio is smaller for quail.

The real reason I looked into quail is the small startup cost and minimal effort needed to raise them compared to chickens and ducks. Chickens and ducks make noise too. Quail are almost silent. You could raise them in the city in your garage and your neighbor would never know.

[Irving]

I've re-doubled my interest in this thread with the idea of using rabbits for the same purpose.

[HoneyBadger]

I've re-doubled my interest in this thread with the idea of using rabbits for the same purpose.

For laying eggs? Good luck.

[Irving]

There are two issues with rabbits. First they don't lay eggs. Second, I have a wife and daughter. Rabbits are too cute.