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Button Quail & Eggs - $10 (New York)
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Hatching eggs for $1 each or $20 for 2 dozen
Chicks under 4 weeks for $5 each
Adult males for $10 each
Adult females for $20 each
Shipping is available for both hatching eggs and adult birds but NOT chicks!
**PLEASE NOTE: You must have a brooder set up BEFORE you pick up chicks! This is for their safety and your happiness!**
We currently have fresh chicks available and aren’t planning any more hatches until the spring, so grab them while you can! However, we have hatching eggs and take orders year round.
Please don’t hesitate to inquire!
Quail eggs are naturally delicious and rich in nutrients. We feed our quail a healthy and varied diet to make sure they’re happy and their eggs are even healthier! Six button quail eggs can be substituted for a chicken egg in almost any recipe and there are lots of quail egg specific recipes to try. They also make a great food source for other pets such as dogs, lizards, and snakes.
We also have incubator and brooder rental that will save you a bundle if you want to try raising your own quail! It makes a great alternative to the classic chicken hatching project because it takes up less space, less time, and fewer resources. Plus the tiny quail chicks are just so darn cute! A discount is available for schools. Plus we will take back any extra quail you have if you happen to hatch too many.
Button quail (Synoicus chinensis), also known as king quail, blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, and Chinese painted quail, are the smallest species of true quail and only get to be about the size of a lemon! They are smaller and much harder to find than their relatives who produce the eggs you may be familiar with. But much like chickens and other quail, adult females will lay an egg every 1-2 days when not incubating a clutch. Their eggs are only slightly smaller than the quail eggs you see in stores and are extremely delicious! (The birds themselves aren't much good for meat.) In addition to being very charming and great providers, button quail make excellent pets! They are easy and inexpensive to maintain, and can be hand-tamed. They are better suited to small spaces than other pet birds who are louder and need room to fly. They can be kept outdoors during most of the year, but need to come inside for the winter since they come from a warmer climate than New York. They can also be housed fully indoors without any issues. They make good roommates for songbirds and help keep aviaries tidy by gobbling up food that their flying friends discard and hunting bugs that may come looking for a meal. If keeping them alone, guinea pig cages and rabbit hutches with solid floors make for suitable housing. I also make custom enclosures.
Please contact us if you're interested and we can talk more. We’re happy to help beginners and want to be sure our birds go to a good home and that you know what to expect. Calls, texts, and emails are fine and will be replied to. Please leave your name and what you are contacting me about. If you don’t get a response within 24 hours, it probably didn’t go through. Check your spam box as the CL relay sometimes gets flagged by email servers. Local delivery is available in NYC and the surrounding area for a fee.
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