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Production and Business => Gamebird Business Aspects => Topic started by: backyardquail on July 16, 2012, 10:36:38 AM

Title: Trade value?? Looking to trade quail for rabbits
Post by: backyardquail on July 16, 2012, 10:36:38 AM

I am looking to trade some jumbo brown coturnix quail for a breeding pair of rabbits.  Any ideas on the trade value?  i.e. how many quail per bunny is reasonable?

Title: Re: Trade value?? Looking to trade quail for rabbits
Post by: slider on July 20, 2012, 03:12:46 PM

Your quail are worth about 4$ ea. grown and a breeder New Zeland White meat rabbit is worth around 20$ ea. Young NZ weaning age are going for around 10$.. Now this is in my area of Louisiana..

Title: Re: Trade value?? Looking to trade quail for rabbits
Post by: backyardquail on July 23, 2012, 10:35:41 AM

The trade is complete.  I got a doe/buck both Giant Flemish/New Zealand mixes.  The doe is already breed (2nd litter) and due next week.  I traded 15 birds (50/50 male/female) so I think I did okay.  Birds go for around $2 and rabbits for around $8-10 here, so I trade $30 worth of birds for about $20 worth of rabbits, but I will count in the litter and call it a good deal.   dh1  Funny how we can rationalize in our own mind, aint it?

Title: Re: Trade value?? Looking to trade quail for rabbits
Post by: Pheasant Hollow Farm on July 24, 2012, 02:13:29 PM

Quote from: backyardquail on July 23, 2012, 10:35:41 AM

The trade is complete.  I got a doe/buck both Giant Flemish/New Zealand mixes.  The doe is already breed (2nd litter) and due next week.  I traded 15 birds (50/50 male/female) so I think I did okay.  Birds go for around $2 and rabbits for around $8-10 here, so I trade $30 worth of birds for about $20 worth of rabbits, but I will count in the litter and call it a good deal.   dh1  Funny how we can rationalize in our own mind, aint it?

Well that's pretty good. I guess you had one bird that went both ways  ck1

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm