buttons quail babies as food

[Neeko]

Anyone ever do this? I might be getting 2 and breeding them and then use using the off spring for food. They take a couple of weeks to hatch but it be a nice way of getting variety and not having more then 2 quail.

 

[james.w]

I have used quail eggs, but never quail. It will work fine for a staple part of the diet.

 

[jumper123]

Hey james, What about pigeons?

 

[Neeko]

Is be breeding my guys, jumper I wouldn't ever use an out side source where variables can't be controlled. Parasites can cause health issues. If your breeding your own birds that be a different issue.

 

[james.w]

Is be breeding my guys, jumper I wouldn't ever use an out side source where variables can't be controlled. Parasites can cause health issues. If your breeding your own birds that be a different issue.

This would be the only way it could be done. I'm not 100% sure about pigeons though.

 

[Neeko]

The quail have quick birth, not sure about pigeons. Hamsters jk sorta. They are evil

 

[jumper123]

Ya they are captive pets .. I was going to feed the eggs.

 

[Rhetoric]

Hamsters can be fed to tegus

 

[Kebechet]

Pigeons carry Chlamydia, and it can be present in even captive populations. I'm no vet, but if Chlamydia can make the jump from birds to humans, reptiles might be able to become carriers.