Raising Bob White Quail and Ways to Profit

Bob white Quail are generally seen in the wild in the Midwest and Southern United States as well as parts of Mexico. Bob white quail are small, chunky birds and usually travel on foot and stay in a limited area. Bobwhite quail are primarily seed eaters, although they do eat some insects. The bobwhites probably have the largest number of calls with at least 19 distinct calls.

Breeding of Northern Bobwhites is now a profitable business. Bobwhite Quail, noted for its flavorful fat free meat, has become a high-end alternative to chicken for many connoisseurs.

Most successful quail farmers typically raise breeders with the intent to market the resultant quail chicks at one day of age to grow out producers, or they specialize in the grow out of day-old chicks until approximately 17 weeks of age to sell as flight-ready birds to game preserve owners.

Bobwhite Quail chicks are tiny- about the size of bumblebees. Bobwhite quail, especially the young chicks, are sensitive to poor feed quality. Never feed moldy food because some molds produce micro toxins that can cause serious health problems or poor growth. There is a multitude of diseases that affect quail raised in captivity that can be prevented with proper management. Coccidiosis normally attacks birds at the age of 2-6 weeks and birds that are on litter or ground environment. Wet litter and buildup of droppings around waterer's and feeders is a common source of overwhelming infections.

Nipple waterer's significantly reduce the occurrence of wet litter and are simpler to clean than trough waterer's. Prevention must start with good management practices (eg, avoiding the introduction of new birds into existing flocks). Often, because of their individual attention to management, smaller quail breeding farms surpass achievements of larger quail breeders. Due to different conditions and different management on each quail farm, what works well for one quail breeder does not necessarily work well for another. Never attempt to substitute drugs for good management.

Two of the more basic production facilities used for raising Bobwhite quail are referred to as flight pens and quail barns. Breeders are typically housed in one of three ways: in large community floor pens with 1 square foot of floor space per bird, in smaller communal cages designed for 10 to 20 birds each, or caged as pairs or trios. With small quail breeding farms it is often advisable to introduce unrelated breeder stock at least every third year to prevent inbreeding problems.

Bobwhite quail are definitely a declining species that is not debatable.

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