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For years I had considered getting quail. I have always wanted
to make pickled quail eggs and the gourmet eggs benedict, not
to mention some of those wonderful Asian soups, made with
hard boiled quail eggs. Also, I think those little speckled quail
eggs are probably the prettiest eggs I have ever seen! I have a
few friends that have butchered the extra males and have
described the meat as fantastic. You can skin them and wrap
them in bacon. If butchering quail isn't your thing, they make
fantastic pets! Even an unhandled quail is easy to handle and
they take up very little space and only eat a small amount of
food. The male quails make a beautiful sound and we love
keeping a couple in the house! We currently raise a few varieties
and we feel the Texas A& M and Couturnix are fantastic for pets.
The Valley quail are beautiful, but fairly high strung and flighty.
They are not as ideal for pets or laying.
The Texas A & M and the Couturix mature very quickly, are
prolific egg layers and start laying very young. I figure you can
have 6 generations of these varieties in just one year. The eggs
are also very easy to incubate! We are hatching about 50 per
week right now. I feel these also make wonderful children's pets
(if the child is old enough and can handle a small animal
properly).