Quail egg production
- Thread starter Pilatus
- Start date
- Location
- Lincolnshire
We ran a dozen or so in a hut years ago. If I remember correctly we had to pick the eggs up off the floor from amongst the bedding as they didn't seem to like laying in nest boxes. Otherwise easy to keep.
There was quite a good demand for the eggs at that time.
There was quite a good demand for the eggs at that time.
Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
I saw an article on it in a smallholder mag a couple of years back. Sounded like it might be a goer but you might need to be in striking distance of 'that London' or maybe Gloucestershire i.e. where there are plenty of fancy restaurants and money, to make it really pay.
borderterribles
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- Location
- South Shropshire
A mate of mine had a Quail egg unit up until fairly recently, producing fresh and hard boiled eggs. I was asking him about it just last week. He had over a thousand layers at one point, but has gone out of it altogether now.He said when the eggs date stamp, ( thirty days,I think) was nearly up, then customers were reluctant to buy them, and as most traders had relatively small orders at a time, it was too much running about.
Steel
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- Location
- Finley, Riverina, Australia
If you got a good price for the eggs it would be worth it. Jap Quail lay 300 eggs a year and when I had them they started laying at 30 days old.