Californian Quail Pairs - PRE-ORDERS 2024
 
I've had an infatuation with birds for 20 plus years and I'm so pleased that the kids wanted to get some soon after hatching our first few batches of coturnix!   With the addition of some new birds this winter we now have a group of around 20 hens and 5 cocks. so we should have plenty of lovely hatching eggs and birds this season, we expect the first eggs to be posted after fertility testing around the first or second of April. and birds available September onwards.
 
The Californian Quail is a handsome, round football of a bird with a rich gray breast, intricately scaled underparts, and a curious, forward-drooping, comma-shaped head plume.  This bird was often mistaken for the Gambels due to its teardrop-shaped plumes protruding from the forehead, white and brown marks, and feather patches.
 
These are easy birds to keep and are ideally suited to aviaries and large pens, they do well in pairs or small groups and breed freely, like the CPQ often hatching their own eggs and raising a brood without trouble.
 
We'll be pre-selling a limited amount of sexed and full colour Californian Quail Pairs this year until the end of March, and then we won't have any more until the orders have been filled.  Orders will be filled in the order they are placed.  We'll make contact once the birds start laying to advise on a rough availability date and follow this up a few weeks before they are ready for collection or shipping.  If for any reason the orders can't be fulfilled a full refund will be given.  Based on recent years it's safe to assume the birds will be ready around the second week in September onwards.
 
ABOUT US
 
Im sure you've read about us and this already but here it is again.
 
Here’s our background story! You know how it goes, you buy some eggs to hatch to show the children, and they get bored after a while… well that’s what I thought would happen!! Turns out it’s quite the opposite. THEY LOVE THEM!
 
So we hatch a few more and a few more and now we have loads of eggs. And all although we pickle some and give some to the neighbors it’s more than we can eat (and hatch) the children are just old enough to learn and have an interest in money and pocket money and we thought what better way to teach them about it and give them a bit more responsibility than to let them sell some eggs properly. We really enjoy having the quail and it gets the kids outside doing things whatever the weather.
 
The quail themselves are a beautiful mix of colors and are ultra-friendly, they are kept very clean, and they get a diet of mixed seeds, chick crumb, layers mash, fresh homegrown salad, and kale every day 🥒🥬.