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I am seriously thinking of raising quails and use the eggs as food, the quails are too small, they themselves are ineffective as food, although if they stop laying eggs, they will certainly be eaten.

Edit : Very small space, just a few feet, and that I'm allergic to chicken eggs.

I am seriously thinking of raising quails and use the eggs as food, the quails are too small, they themselves are ineffective as food, although if they stop laying eggs, they will certainly be eaten. Edit : Very small space, just a few feet, and that I'm allergic to chicken eggs.

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When I was young a friend's family had a quail coop. For a family of 5 I think they had somewhere around 20-25 quails. I dont think they used them for meat but I think they did use them for eggs. Im not sure, they never made quail/quail eggs when I would stay over.

However, if you are going for eggs you are better off with chicken/ducks. The quail eggs are just too small.

A former professor of mine raised rabbits for meat but you have to supplement it with other more fatty foods as they cannot provide everything you need. (Lookup Rabbit Starvation).

Depending on where you live you can also have pigs/goat/etc. Its all about the amount of land you have and what the laws are in your area.