FOR SALE

WHAT WE SELL

Back Yard Farmer specialises in Coturnix coturnix quails, breeding stock, fertilised eggs, eating eggs, specialist quail feeds, poultry premixes and related services

ALL OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE FULLY GUARANTEED

1 BREEDING QUAILS

We supply selected Coturnix coturnix breeding groups, normally consisting of four point-of-lay females and one young, unrelated male

Birds are normally around 6–7 weeks old when sold

Our breeding stock comes from our own breeding programme, with selection based on productivity, longevity, body development, robustness and temperament

Breeding group — $140

Availability varies according to our breeding programme

2 FERTILISED EGGS

Fertilised Coturnix coturnix eggs are available for customers wishing to hatch their own birds

Fertilised eggs — $16 per dozen

Parent breeding stock eggs — $30 per dozen

Parent-stock eggs are collected specifically from selected breeding groups

Hatching instructions and advice are provided with our eggs

3 EATING EGGS

Fresh Coturnix coturnix eating eggs

$9 per dozen

4 QUAIL FEEDS

We produce complete balanced feeds formulated specifically for the different stages of the Coturnix coturnix life cycle

28% Protein BYF Quail Starter Feed — $3.95/kg
Hatch to 21 days

26% Protein BYF Quail Grower Feed — $3.30/kg
22 to approximately 50 days

24% Protein BYF Quail Mature / Maintenance / Molting Feed — $3.30/kg
For mature non-laying and moulting birds

22% Protein BYF Quail Layer Feed — $2.90/kg
For mature laying birds

Quail Layer Feed Concentrate — 55% protein — $13.00 per 900g

The 55% protein concentrate contains protein, minerals, vitamins, amino acids, enzymes and other nutritional components required in a complete quail layer diet

Mix 900g of Quail Layer Feed Concentrate with 10kg of locally available chicken layer feed

The resulting mixture is designed to provide a feed as close as possible to a balanced and complete Coturnix coturnix layer feed, while allowing customers in areas where freight costs are high to source the bulk of their feed locally

Our feeds are formulated with the nutritional requirements of quails in mind rather than treating quails simply as small pheasants or other game birds

5 DAY-OLD TO MATURE QUAILS

For customers who prefer to raise their own birds, we can supply Coturnix coturnix quails from day old through to maturity

Day-old quail — $9.00 each

The price increases by $0.50 per day for each additional day of age

Day 2 — $9.50
Day 3 — $10.00
and so on

The price reaches $30.00 per bird at 43 days of age

Because these young birds are sold before they can be reliably sexed, all birds are sold unsexed

DAY-OLD QUAILS ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM BACK YARD FARMER IN DUNEDIN ONLY

There are currently no suitable courier services available that can provide the warmth required to transport day-old quails safely

6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, AMINO ACID AND ENZYME PREMIXES

Specialist premixes for poultry and other birds

Mature Bird PreMix — $19.00 per 250g

Young Bird PreMix — $22.00 per 250g

These products provide a convenient way of supplementing locally available feeds where required

7 SERVICES

Incubation Services for Chicken and Quail Eggs

$3.50 per egg placed

Faecal Egg Count Services for all Poultry

$25.00 per sample

8 MANURE AND OTHER PRODUCTS

Quail manure

A useful organic fertiliser for gardens

10 kg — $4
3 × 10 kg — $10

Other quail products may become available from time to time and will be listed here

9 HOW TO PURCHASE

1 Send an email to byf@backyardfarmer.co.nz stating what you require, the quantity required, your shipping address and phone number

2 Back Yard Farmer will respond with the final delivered price and provide bank details

3 Once payment has been made, please let us know

4 Back Yard Farmer will arrange shipment as soon as practical and provide tracking details where available

FREIGHT

Back Yard Farmer does not add any margin to freight

Customers are charged the actual freight cost

Customers living close to Dunedin, or passing through the area, are welcome to arrange collection from Back Yard Farmer by prior arrangement

10 BACK YARD FARMER LOYALTY PROGRAM

We like to reward customers who continue to purchase from Back Yard Farmer

5% DISCOUNT

Customers who have purchased from us once during the previous six months receive 5% off their next purchase of feed, eggs, animals or equipment

10% DISCOUNT

Customers who have purchased from us three times during the previous six months receive 10% off future purchases of feed, eggs, animals or equipment

15% DISCOUNT

Customers who have purchased from us at least three times during the previous six months, with combined purchases exceeding $2,000, receive 15% off future purchases of feed, eggs, animals or equipment

FREE ORDER

Every three months we randomly select one customer from the previous three months’ transactions and repeat that customer’s order free of charge, excluding freight

LOYALTY PROGRAM CONDITIONS

  • Freight charges are not discounted
  • Discounts apply only to repeat purchases made under the same name and address
  • Customers must advise Back Yard Farmer of their applicable discount when ordering, as discounts are not applied automatically
  • Purchases must be of more or less the same magnitude to qualify for the applicable discount
  • The base price is the price shown on the Back Yard Farmer FOR SALE page at the time of purchase
  • The loyalty programme does not apply to products already offered at a special or discounted price
  • Discount eligibility is determined by the customer’s ongoing rolling purchase history
  • Trade Me purchases are excluded
  • Back Yard Farmer reserves the right to withdraw or modify the loyalty programme at any time without prior notice

11 CONTACT

Back Yard Farmer
Dunedin, New Zealand

Tel — 0211 34 14 52
Email — byf@backyardfarmer.co.nz

For detailed information about our breeding methods, feeding, housing, incubation, lighting and quail management, please visit the QUAILS section as well as the HOME page, where posts can be searched by topic

112 thoughts on “FOR SALE”

  2. Hi, sorry for the delay in responding. I’ve been humm-ing and ha-ing about whether we could cope with a rooster in the fold, but no, I don’t think we’re ready to take one on. Will wait for just girls… thanks anyway. Best wishes for xmas and the new year. – Louise

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  3. Hi there,
    I’ve been thinking about keeping quail and perhaps adding some of your Ancona’s to my flock of brown shaver hens (do you think mixing the two breeds would be problematic?). I would like to raise them from as close to day old as possible but don’t want any roosters as my neighbours wouldn’t be very happy. Is there a possibility of me returning roosters to you and leaving their fate to my imagination?
    Thanks

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    • Amelia – Thanks for the enquiry. Firstly – no I am sure mixing the two chicken breeds is not a problem. Yes I do take back roosters from a number of clients taking day old chickens. Where do you live? Quails I always have as I hatch a batch almost weekly, but most are pre sold. If you want a few only, short notice may be OK, but should you want more, you need to let me know exactly what you are after so I could reserve some specifically for you.

      Thanking you

      Back Yard Farmer
      Tel – 0211 34 14 52 / 03 473 0521
      byf@backyardfarmer.co.nz
      http://www.facebook.com/backyardfarmernz
      http://www.backyardfarmer.co.nz
      9 Lucan Street
      North East Valley
      Dunedin 9010
      Otago
      New Zealand

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  6. i am after a breeding group of quail can you send up to Rakaia i have brought from you before different colours in the group would be good

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    • Gerard – Thanks you for the inquiry. That is all good. Petbus is running in about three weeks time and I could send them then. Just let me know and I can reserve a group for you. What would you like – 7 Females and two unrelated males? Please advise. Kind regards Domenico Cortesi

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  11. Triston – No unfortunately the Vitamin Mineral Pre-Mix does not contain protein. I do have another product that contains the vitamins, minerals, enzymes, protein, diatomaceous earth and oyster shell (for layers) that you mix with any poultry starter mash at a rate of 200 gram plus 800 gram of starter mash which will give you a 100 % balanced ration for quails. This product sells at $4 per Kg. Freight again will be $9 per 10 Kg. This is a much cheaper option if you are prepared to blend the two products. The starter premix and layers premix are two different products, but the same mixing ratio – both commencing with chicken starter mash. I hope this will help.

    Thanking you

    Back Yard Farmer
    Tel – 0211 34 14 52 / 03 473 0521
    byf@backyardfarmer.co.nz
    http://www.facebook.com/backyardfarmernz
    http://www.backyardfarmer.co.nz
    9 Lucan Street
    North East Valley
    Dunedin 9010
    Otago
    New Zealand

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  21. Thanks for the reply. I take it you are talking about Coturnix coturnix. The day old chicks are $5 each (un sexed) and increase by $ 4 per week of age until the males reach $10 and the females $20 maximum. So I sell point of lay pullets for $20 and breeding males for $10 each. Should you take a group then discounts apply.

    Thanking you

    Back Yard Farmer
    Tel – 0211 34 14 52 / 03 473 0521
    byf@backyardfarmer.co.nz
    http://www.facebook.com/backyardfarmernz
    http://www.backyardfarmer.co.nz
    9 Lucan Street
    North East Valley
    Dunedin 9010
    Otago
    New Zealand

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    • Ella – They will most definitely survive and do well. I have been breeding them in Northern Italy for decades and it is much colder there than here. As long as they are dry, out of direct drafts and well fed and watered, they are fine.

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    • The Quails differ in price, depending on age and breed. The day olds start at $5 each (un sexed) and increase in price by $4 per week, until the Females reach $20 and the Males $10 each. Group discounts apply or larger lots. Thanking you Back Yard Farmer

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  36. Hi, I’m interested in the incubator you mentioned. Is it 2nd hand & does it work really well & also does it come with an instruction book because I’ve never used an incubator before? Thanks. Kim

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  40. Thanks for the inquiry.

    The quails start at $5 for day olds (unsexed) and increase by $4 per week until the males reach $10 and the Females $20. Only the Pharoahs and Italians can be color sexed at about three weeks of age – the others have to be vent sexed when mature and six weeks of age.
    Thanking you

    Back Yard Farmer
    Tel – +64 211 34 14 52
    byf@backyardfarmer.co.nz
    http://www.facebook.com/backyardfarmernz
    http://www.backyardfarmer.co.nz
    Dunedin – New Zealand

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  41. Richard. Thanks for the inquiry. I normally sort, sell and cull immediately after five weeks of age So it is fair to say they will be between five and six weeks. Egg production starts at six to seven weeks. Thanking you

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  43. Melanie – In my case the Golden Italians and Pharaohs are the best layers. The birds are of reasonable size and slaughtering at five weeks of age give you about 90 % of mature weight, dressing at more than 150 g . These birds are soft and tender to eat. Egg production for these breads are well in excess of 95 % for at least the first year and slightly less in year two. Where in the worls are you?

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  44. Hi Roz. Thank you for the inquiry. I can most definately deliver to Auckland. The freight would depend on whether you want the Pet House in a flatpack or already assembled. Petbus is doing their rounds at the end of the month and the live birds can be send then. Eggs I ship every day all over New Zealand. So the short answer is yes, I can ship to Auckland and I would love to supply you. What size incubator are you after? Kind regards
    Back Yard Farmer
    Tel – +64 211 34 14 52
    byf@backyardfarmer.co.nz
    http://www.facebook.com/backyardfarmernz
    http://www.backyardfarmer.co.nz

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  45. Hi Roz. Thank you for the inquiry. I can most definately deliver to Auckland. The freight would depend on whether you want the Pet House in a flatpack or already assembled. Petbus is doing their rounds at the end of the month and the live birds can be send then. Eggs I ship every day all over New Zealand. So the short answer is yes, I can ship to Auckland and I would love to supply you. Kind regards
    Back Yard Farmer
    Tel – +64 211 34 14 52
    byf@backyardfarmer.co.nz
    http://www.facebook.com/backyardfarmernz
    http://www.backyardfarmer.co.nz

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  46. How do you send live birds to Northland?

    i may want 2 or 3 breeding lots if you have a succesfull method of freight

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    • Thnaks for the inquiry

      I send by Petbus, which travels once a month. Their fees are about $60 for a large container, that would hold about one group of ten. Please let me know how many you are after, and I can get a definite quote from them. The quote may differ, depending on the crate sizes. If you are taking two to three groups, I would not recommend 3 males per seven females, as you actually only require one male per four females. My breeding groups of 7 + 3, allows for a spare male. So if you want to take 24 females (more than three standard groups), you only would need six males. Please let me know.

      Thanking you

      Back Yard Farmer
      Tel – +64 211 34 14 52
      byf@backyardfarmer.co.nz
      http://www.facebook.com/backyardfarmernz
      http://www.backyardfarmer.co.nz
      Dunedin – New Zealand

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  49. Hi there, im interested in keeping quails and would like to know whether u can send hatching eggs to me in Westport? And also if u have a beginners guide to raising them or any helpful tips

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    • Heather – Yes, I send hatching eggs all over New Zealand very successfully. Please advise where you are and how many eggs you are after and I would be able to give you details on delivery and costs

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