A fair price for adult coturnix quail

[bullrider]

I am lookin for a fair price on coturnix quail, about how much do they sell for, and are female more than males. Thanks

 

[shelleyd2008]

Coturnix are like antiques: they are only worth as much as someone else is willing to pay.

I have sold breeder groups (3 females and 1 male) for $15, then I have sold individual males for as little as $2.

Females are worth more than males, simply because of the egg factor, just like with chickens. You only need 1 male for up to 5 hens, so the males aren't worth as much. But it depends on what the buyer's intended use is. If he or she is wanting birds to breed, then they will pay more for females. If they are wanting bait birds for their dogs, then they don't care what sex they are.

It's really a toss up on them.

 

[macnugget]

I ve been selling 3 females and 1 male for $20.00 no complaints at $5.00 a bird or $3.00 for birds under 4 weeks. I have had some that wanted 1 female to one male ratio and once I explain that they don't need as many males they usally go for my 3 to 1 deal.

 

[bullrider]

Great thanks for the help

 

[amazingfalconer]

I need quail by fall, but I don't know how to raise them. I just have some questions: If I have 20 females, how many males do I need? And also, how much do they cost to raise? I REALLY need the help guys... Thanks

 

[Niquolette]

1 male to 4 females is usually the best ratio (when you have fewer hens they get "over-bred" by the male and can lose a lot of feathers from the constant mounting. At least when theres more hens, each hen gets a break). So around 5 males?
I've been researching it a lot and, though i could be wrong, i've estimated that one adult quail eats about/around 1lb of feed a week (maybe a little more, maybe a little less. depends on size and if they get other treats/food in their diet). If I am way off, please say so in a nice way ^.^ I am only going off of information/advice that i've found around this site and the internet. Don't have any quails of my own to test if my estimates were correct (will be able to soon though, I am hatching quail eggs right now to raise).
Anyways(if my estimates/math are correct), if theres around 52 weeks in a year, and one quail eats around 1lb of feed a week, then it would eat a 50lb bag of feed in about 11 months (thats if you have good feeders that dont let them spill and waste a lot of feed, which they like to do). A 50lb bag of feed costs different in different areas though, so can't give you an exact number of how much money you'd spend. Around here, theyre usually like $15. I definately think that quails pay for themselves though (and a little extra). If a hen lays around 210 (around 17 dozen) eggs a year without artificial lighting and you sold a dozen eggs (for eating) for around $2 per dozen, you would make around $19 from each hen (17 dozens x $2 per dozen= $34 - $15 feed=$19 profit). If the you gave them artificial lighting and they laid around 300+ eggs per year (around 25 dozen), then you'd make around $35 from each hen. (25 dozen eggs x $2 per dozen= $50 - $15 feed= $35 profit). Not to mention all the meat you'd get from extra roosters/culls that you'd have and maybe make even more money selling chicks or fertile hatching eggs.
If my math is way off or I got mixed up I apologize. I'm young and still figuring things out and sometimes get confused, especially with numbers Lol