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I'm a breeder of exotic quail and am located in the midcoast Maine area.

Breeder of exotic quail,including Elegant (Benson) Quail, Mearns (Montezuma) Quail, and Mountain Quail.

10/09/2025

This s no fun but it’ll be another nice growout Mearns pen where their heads will be safe from being scalped to the bone.

10/08/2025

Shipping is high. Here are some examples: Four different states. The most expensive one was because of the size and weight. I had to use a double box because even though it was only three birds, there were two different species.
And these prices don’t even include the box charge. I’ve got to make sure that I charge a bit more so I don’t screw myself. I can always refund the difference.
It goes up every year and as of last year, they charge a $7.50 “handling fee” for animals!😂🙄 Ridiculous.

10/07/2025

Leaves are changing. My ash trees lost all of their leaves by a few days ago.

10/07/2025

Just getting warmed up here. Hopefully a lot more will be leaving in the next couple of weeks.

10/05/2025

I’ll be shipping out all of these Scaleds in a couple weeks. Almost everything else is ready to go anytime now.🎉
I’d like to get as many as I can out this month or next. Anyone who’s thinking about getting any oughtta contact me now because what I hold over until spring goes fast in March. Then I have a lot of people who call me a month before or even during the start of the breeding season for them, and I have to tell them everything is gone. They’re disappointed.
Adult breeders aren’t readily available year round. I get some people asking me for birds in May, June, and July. It doesn’t quite work that way.
I’ve mentioned recently that I have a good supply of Valleys, various colors of Bobwhites, now just a few Gambel’s (but a lot of extra males), and am getting out of the Gray and Mahogany Barred Bobs. Doing away with the Harlequins also.
Help empty my pens so I can raise everyone more of the “Big 3” next year. (Mearns, Mountain, and Elegant)😃 This will free me up a lot of pen space! I’m building at least 6 more Mearns breeder and growout pens on top of that. I’ve had to refuse so many egg and bird orders every year that it’s foolish for me to not have more.

10/04/2025

I’m just here, wanting to give a heads up on my bird inventory.

Mearns, Mountain, Elegant and Scaled- all booked up.

Plenty available of Valley, Gambel’s, and colored Bobwhites in Snowflake, Mexican Speckled, and Silver.

I’m thinking about getting out of the African Harlequins because the fertility just isn’t there like it used to be when I had them back in the mid 2000s.
Also thinking about eliminating the Mahogany Barred for the same reason, and the Gray Barred because they don’t all breed true, I found. Some throw what they’re now calling a Charcoal. I like the colors to all come out to what they’re supposed to be.
Anyway, that will free me up a lot of pen space for the other stuff. I’ll be building more Mearns breeding and grow out pens too. Looking forward to next season already! Big things to come from Spud and her kids.😃 Hopefully Mearns for everyone.

10/02/2025

Check out this beast!😲😬😩

09/28/2025

Remember my attack quail?

09/28/2025

I finally unplugged my big incubator this afternoon. My electric bill should go down a lot. Now all that’s left are a few Dutch Bantam eggs in the hatcher. Hopefully I’ll get a few hens out of it for setters next season.
This season went by unusually fast for me. It seems like I just got the plastic off the pens and did my spring cleaning, beak and toenail trim on the Mearns. Now the last two batches of them are in the brooders. Half of my brooders are put away.
It’s a good feeling to get this stuff wrapped up for the year but I’m already anxious for next. We’ll see what I can do with Spud 🥔 and all her kids. Mearns have always been where it’s at and it’s important for me to have more than ever. I’ve had to refuse probably a hundred pairs so far! I hate to do it but I couldn’t raise that many after all the eggs I sent out. I don’t know how many egg orders I’ve also had to turn down.😫
With the number of Mearns I’ll be sending out, it won’t leave me with quite the number of breeders for next season as I had hoped, but still a decent number.
It really wasn’t a great season for them here where I had six hens that never laid and others who started late and quit early. At least the fertility and hatch rate were good. My mortality rate wasn’t bad compared to some other people’s. I see quite a few have theirs drop like flies. I lose a couple chicks here and there but nothing like that.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that next year will be back to normal and I hope to put out at least a hundred pairs.🤞🤞

09/27/2025

I got 1,431 reactions and 66 replies on my recent top post! Thank you all for your continued support. I could not have done it without you. 🙏🤗🎉 Amazing. Over 70,000 views 😲 and picked up 500 new followers from a post of a few Snowflake Bobs!🤷‍♂️😃

09/27/2025

Mountain Quail are a favorite of a lot of people who are into keeping quail.

09/26/2025

Gambel’s are ready to go. I have a few more pens full other than this one. I’m really male-heavy, so pairs and extra males only.

Address

P. O. Box 243
Jefferson, ME
04348

Telephone

+12075495473

Website

http://maineexoticquail.com/

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