I'm really lovin' my Jumbo Pharaoh/Jumbo Meat Makers. Such giving and friendly ladies and laying better then a chicken in my opinion. I've been getting double yoke eggs too. Thank you for the egg comparison, I appreciate it. Blessings :)
Thanks Chris! Have you considered putting elbow shaped pipes in the feeder holes your birds stick their heads into to feed? I hot glued one in place and that allowed me to fill the Rubbermaid feed container to the max and the quail have to stick their heads down further to get to the feed so they don't waste as much as before I put the pipe in.
Love your channel! It is amazing I was just about to put in an order to Kansas City Quail Farm and was trying to decide between the two. So thanks for doing these two videos on size and eggs. Would love a follow up when when the birds are 10 or 12 weeks old and see egg size. I would be interested to know if you can see a difference in weights of birds or eggs.
How long does it take for the hens to lay full size eggs. Mine just started laying and are supposed to be jumbos I bought as teenagers. The eggs im getting are half size of true jumbos.
Howdy Chris. I'm designing a horizontal egg roller and need to know the average size (width/length) of jumbo eggs so I can set my rails at the ideal height off the rack floor. Thanks Tully River Quail
Can you do comparison between standard vs jumbo quails and eggs. I have standard quails but I will order jumbo eggs from Myshire farm because they ship to Europe.
Kind of small eggs. My Jumbos (weigh about 12 oz) lay 0.45-0.55 oz eggs and for hatching I'm choosing 0.50-0.55 oz. Have even bigger ones (0.70 oz), but they're double-yolkers (good for eating, but not for hatching). Thank you for your videos anyway.
I suppose... one must consider the thickness of the shells. Weigh them after they're cracked open. Also, how much feed is used to produce eggs. QUESTION! What are meat makers? Is that different from Jumbo Wild?
seems like the Meat Makers lay larger eggs...weight was similar but number was less, given the same quantity the results would have been different. Now for my question....What do you do with all those eggs? You might get a max of say 10 per day right? How long are they viable before they can't be hatched? Are you mostly eating the eggs? Seems like a big pain to try to eat such a small egg...having said that I've never had one in my hand or on my plate so that's a total newbie opinion!
If you don’t want to eat your quails for meat - don’t raise jumbos. The eggs might be bigger, but the smaller the quail is, the bigger the egg is in comparison to body weight - which means they eat less for one egg. Much more efficient. 100 gram quails are the best for eggs :)
Deecy P In my experience this year, raising a batch of meat makers and a batch of smaller quail, the smaller ones have laid eggs much more reliably. My meat makers lay jelly eggs occasionally and skip days. Both groups are fed the same and have oyster shell, greens and mealworms daily. My little gals lay every single day!
Bigger eggs are more preferable, then the tiny ones. 0.45-0.55 oz from 12 oz quails are fine for me, anything less are ridiculously small and not worth the effort of cooking them.
How about cross breeding them? Meat maker males to Pharoah females, whichever was bigger, might have that backwards. Also like your 4 legged hedge trimmer, lol
@@Slightlyrednecked they are ( Blue quail ). I found them today, native to Southwest USA all the way to Central Mexico. Let me know what you think about raising these quail for meat.
2 oz = 56/7g/4 eggs = 14.18g Avg Jumbo Pharaoh 1.2oz = 34.0g/3 eggs = 11.3g Avg Jumbo Meat Makers There is a difference in egg size - results are standard for each strain. Also Jumbo Pharaoh will lay a greater number of eggs because Meat Maker breeders are selected for body weight rather than egg production. If you want eggs - go Pharaoh or any other standard size. If you want meat go Meat Makers or Jumbo Recessive Whites and if you want a compromise go Jumbo Pharaoh.
I'm really lovin' my Jumbo Pharaoh/Jumbo Meat Makers. Such giving and friendly ladies and laying better then a chicken in my opinion. I've been getting double yoke eggs too. Thank you for the egg comparison, I appreciate it. Blessings :)
Love your videos and the info you share. Looking forward to getting started with quail soon. 👍
thanks for comparison test.
Thanks for uploading all your videos very helpful and informative. do you ever give your Quail any Greenery?
Thanks Chris! Have you considered putting elbow shaped pipes in the feeder holes your birds stick their heads into to feed? I hot glued one in place and that allowed me to fill the Rubbermaid feed container to the max and the quail have to stick their heads down further to get to the feed so they don't waste as much as before I put the pipe in.
Love your channel! It is amazing I was just about to put in an order to Kansas City Quail Farm and was trying to decide between the two. So thanks for doing these two videos on size and eggs. Would love a follow up when when the birds are 10 or 12 weeks old and see egg size. I would be interested to know if you can see a difference in weights of birds or eggs.
Nice video on the egg info. Do the eggshell colors the same too? Just wondering bc we get eggs with spots and some eggs are solid colors.....
Great info. We got Pharoah's recently and they are doing really well for us. Trent
Love that shirt !!
Thanks, it is one of my favorites as well.
Great video as usual, thanks for sharing. Any news on the solar lights as yet, dying to get one or two?God bless!
How long does it take for the hens to lay full size eggs. Mine just started laying and are supposed to be jumbos I bought as teenagers. The eggs im getting are half size of true jumbos.
I’m going to start with these birds. Thank you! Do you have a place you order your eggs from?
Howdy Chris. I'm designing a horizontal egg roller and need to know the average size (width/length) of jumbo eggs so I can set my rails at the ideal height off the rack floor.
Thanks
Tully River Quail
Can you do comparison between standard vs jumbo quails and eggs. I have standard quails but I will order jumbo eggs from Myshire farm because they ship to Europe.
I got my eggs from MyShire farm. Very friendly and great customer service. I had issue with hatch but, that was my own fault.
I love your comparisons. Is there any difference in the nutritional differences between the birds or eggs.
No they are all same （coturnix japonica）
where is your farm chris? wondering if my clime is similar
SW Missouri
Kind of small eggs. My Jumbos (weigh about 12 oz) lay 0.45-0.55 oz eggs and for hatching I'm choosing 0.50-0.55 oz. Have even bigger ones (0.70 oz), but they're double-yolkers (good for eating, but not for hatching). Thank you for your videos anyway.
I suppose... one must consider the thickness of the shells. Weigh them after they're cracked open. Also, how much feed is used to produce eggs. QUESTION! What are meat makers? Is that different from Jumbo Wild?
seems like the Meat Makers lay larger eggs...weight was similar but number was less, given the same quantity the results would have been different. Now for my question....What do you do with all those eggs? You might get a max of say 10 per day right? How long are they viable before they can't be hatched? Are you mostly eating the eggs? Seems like a big pain to try to eat such a small egg...having said that I've never had one in my hand or on my plate so that's a total newbie opinion!
What do you do to maintain the sand portion of your cages? -Sifting our poop?
If you don’t want to eat your quails for meat - don’t raise jumbos. The eggs might be bigger, but the smaller the quail is, the bigger the egg is in comparison to body weight - which means they eat less for one egg. Much more efficient. 100 gram quails are the best for eggs :)
Deecy P In my experience this year, raising a batch of meat makers and a batch of smaller quail, the smaller ones have laid eggs much more reliably. My meat makers lay jelly eggs occasionally and skip days. Both groups are fed the same and have oyster shell, greens and mealworms daily. My little gals lay every single day!
Bigger eggs are more preferable, then the tiny ones. 0.45-0.55 oz from 12 oz quails are fine for me, anything less are ridiculously small and not worth the effort of cooking them.
@@naturewatcher7596 Can you sex the Jumbo egg the same way as common quail egg? Or you need them to grow and feather sex?
At 5:20, Max is at the salad bar... :D
How about cross breeding them? Meat maker males to Pharoah females, whichever was bigger, might have that backwards. Also like your 4 legged hedge trimmer, lol
Chris I think you need a better quail line. Why my jumbo pharo wheight 15oz on average and 14-16grams eggs. Look for myshire farms birds
I will order jumbo pharoh eggs from Myshire farm ,so you recommend them.
Karlo Petera yeah they even give you guarantee that if less than 50% hatch they will sand you another egg order for free
What do you feed them? My regular eggs are this size
Regular chicken or quail eggs? His quail are only 7 weeks old. The eggs should get larger. At 10 weeks old and more
@@CrackerFL regular quail lol
Does your kitchen scales not weigh in grams, the ones I have you can change the mode from pounds, grams and fl. Oz.
I am not sure if it does or not to be honest. I have a different scale now that does for sure though.
Hi, do you need rosters if you dont want to breed? I mean, do the hens lay anyway just like chickens do?
No. The hens will lay eggs with or without a rooster.
So are these meat birds or egg laying birds? Or Utility?
Quail from West Texas, what are they called. I know they can run a bird dog to death they don't stop and hold like regular quail.
I am not sure what the native quail are in West Texas. Could they be Gamble Quail maybe?
@@Slightlyrednecked they are
( Blue quail ). I found them today, native to Southwest USA all the way to Central Mexico.
Let me know what you think about raising these quail for meat.
2 oz = 56/7g/4 eggs = 14.18g Avg Jumbo Pharaoh 1.2oz = 34.0g/3 eggs = 11.3g Avg Jumbo Meat Makers There is a difference in egg size - results are standard for each strain. Also Jumbo Pharaoh will lay a greater number of eggs because Meat Maker breeders are selected for body weight rather than egg production. If you want eggs - go Pharaoh or any other standard size. If you want meat go Meat Makers or Jumbo Recessive Whites and if you want a compromise go Jumbo Pharaoh.
He had 5 eggs for the Jumbo Pharaohs and 2oz = 56.7g so that comes out to 11.3g per egg.
So it takes 5 quail eggs to match in weight 1 large chicken egg.
learned absolutely Nothing, get a gram scale DAAAA