BOBWHITE QUAIL

We currently have Wisconsin Jumbo Bobwhite Quail, Butler Giant Bobwhite Quail and Georgia Jumbo Bobwhite Quail. Any of the Northern Jumbo Bobwhites will be very similar to one another, as far as I know. I think there is a slight color variation between the two varieties, but you have to pay very close attention to notice it.


Pictures: Day-old Bobwhite chick; young fledgling; adult female and adult male (look at his beautiful coloring!)
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Scientific name: Colinus virginianus

Incubation period: 23-24 days

Humidity for incubator: 50-60%

Move to hatcher/stop turning: 20 days

Matures at: 16 weeks

Benefits of raising: Meat production, egg production, flight-conditioned birds for hunting or just to watch and enjoy! Classic game birds to raise and nice call to hear in the flight pens.

Size/Weight: Common Bobwhite, 6-8 ounces; Jumbo Bobwhite (ours), 10-12 ounces.

Sexing: At maturity, the eye patch for males is lighter, a cream or white and only males do the bobwhite call. The eye patch on a female is darker tan or brown.

Space/pen requirements: Breeding pens indoors or under shelter 10”x24” per section with external feeders. Outdoor flight pens with 1” or smaller netting all around. Indoors we prefer wire cages and wire floors for cleanliness. Chicks seem to be overly susceptible to bacterial infections and problems - disinfecting of all equipment in between use such as incubator, brooders, feeder/waterers, etc. is highly recommended as is daily disinfecting the feeder/waterers. Use a good product like TekTrol. Cedar shavings are poisonous to birds and should never be used. Newspapers, especially on young chicks, can cause leg and foot problems and the ink will kill bobwhites chicks. For secure footing for young chicks, I recommend rubbery shelf-liner. Chicks can flutter out of a brooder at less than a week, brooder must be covered.

Breeding ratio: One male to three females is acceptable.

Special Needs: Bobwhites are especially flighty birds and are easily upset. Avoid loud or unusual noises, the same caregiver and schedule is best. My husband has found a difference in wearing the same colors or like colors when caring for the birds - a drastic change in the color you’re wearing, especially if it is bright, can be troublesome to them. Frank says that they like dark colors (he wears the same pattern camo shirt caring for birds) or something like heather grey. I think in the birds care, the more you can do without disturbing the birds in their pens, the happier the birds will be. Example: automatic watering system and external feeding troughs can make life easier for you and healthier for your Bobwhites! You can also fashion pens so that the eggs roll to the front of the cage, or even out a small shoot at the front of the cages so you don’t have to reach in to gather. Remember that it is recommended with automatic watering systems that the drinking cup be cleaned and replaced once a week. You can minimize trauma to  Bobwhites and flighty birds by having some cups clean or spares, and quickly exchange them all at once, instead of going through the pens once to take cups out and again to replace them after washing them.


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