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Bobwhite

Bobwhites provided food for settlers. They were also used for meat, eggs, and hunting. Bobwhite...

General Information

Breed Colors/Varieties
*Snowflake
*Orange
*Mexican Speckled
*White
*Silver
*Smokey/Gray
*Tennessee Red
Breed Size
Large Fowl
Bobwhites provided food for settlers. They were also used for meat, eggs, and hunting. Bobwhite quail are and were famous for their flight action for hunting! The settlers used them for that
reason, and the meat.

Latest reviews

Pros: Perky and beautiful, also you don't need too much room to own them
Cons: Not much info on them, I commonly have aggression issues with hens and they are flighty and when you try to change feed they get freaked out
Overall, bobwhites are great, I just would prefer more info on them (on the internet or books). I still would give them 5 stars, since in my opinion they are great.
Purchase Price
$75 for 13 birds
Pros: Very Beautiful feathering. Sweet and easy to tame from chick. Not too much work. Make me happy!!
Cons: I need to learn more about certain quirky behavior that has arrison and is stressing me!
I've only had my Bobwhites for a total of 27 weeks now. I am down to one male, one female. The female was hand raised by me, so she seems to really depend on me, and I sometimes think she is confused about the fact that I am human, and not her mate. She absolutely loves me and is so adorable!! The remaining male is sweet as can be and is learning from her to trust me as well, although he doesn't want to be held, he does come out to me to be pet. They are so cute and do the funniest things sometimes. I love my Bobwhites!!!
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Purchase Price
$5 each for younger 2 and $80 for 25 eggs with only 1 survivor-1st try Plus housing, feed, worms, water, vitamins,medicine, toys, etc.
Purchase Date
July 22 2018 for the two little ones at 2 weeks old and Mar 8th for Egg girl came from
Pros: Hardy, beautiful, great egg layers
Cons: None
We raised Bobwhites for 2 years. We would get 500 day old chicks at a time. The chicks can be fragile just like anything, but once they are fully feathered they can be placed into a flight pen.

They are very flighty, which they are suppose to be. The eggs are absolutely adorable and make great boiled eggs for snacks. And the best part is the males call. I truly miss having them around. Maybe one day we'll get more, but it wont be 500 (that's a lot of work).

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Purchase Price
$2 per chick
Purchase Date
2015

Comments

Yeah, thats the first thing I thought of when she said they were not hard to catch....

Mtgrl, I think I would edit my post....
 
Well me and some of my neighbors wanted to get them started around here but they all died we think I mean its been 2+ years and we haven't seen or heard them...
 
You have to keep some penned up on your place and the ones you release will stay around, I have 100 acres and have it stocked with Cunningham and Georgia giant bobwhite, they come to the deerfeeders and eat.
 
Keep some call birds in your pens and the parolees will keep returning to feed. You can even fashion a recapture cage and rotate the birds being released.
 
Wow I'll try this! !! I'm getting some coutrix this summer!! But the hunters are everywhere and I'm afraid they shoot all my babies ( noone except for us obay to the laws and ordinances here
 
You do kept Bobwhite quail, right? I ask because Coutrix quail are migratory.

Bobwhites like to roost in coveys so they call quietly to each other through the day then at dusk they roundavue and roost on the ground. The calling of the "lost" call or Judas bird lures the other Bobwhites into the cage and a funnel shaped opening makes it difficult for them to find their way out. However the Bobs inside of hawks and other predators never come home.
 
I think my quail got ate because we have LOTS of hunters, ciotties, bears, hawks, cougars, opossums, raccons, skunks, and some foxes.
 
This isn't really an accurate review. Bobwhites are not that hard to raise if you have experience dealing with gamebirds. Did you brood them under red lights? How much brooder space did you give them? How much feed space did you have and how many chicks had to use it?
 
you obviously raised them WRONG,
they are VERY hardy and nice birds. If your gonna post a bad and incorrect review that discourges new quail owners,
kindly delete your review.
 
I just recently got 2 pairs of Bobwhite and they've started to lay eggs. They seem to lay randomly and do not attempt to build any sort of nest. Would it be better to take the eggs and incubate them or simply just leave them and let the birds take care of them? Any help would be much appreciated.
 
Well me and some of my neighbors wanted to get them started around here but they all died we think I mean its been 2+ years and we haven't seen or heard them...
You have to keep the predators under control...
 

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