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4/10/12 at 8:38pm

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I have 60 birds to do, but tonight was a test with only six. It wasn't bad at all. I wrote up a blog entry with pictures.

And I can't get the link to work.

Quail processing

I lost my whole flock due to poor biosecurity. Read about it here: Infectious Laryngotracheitis, and learn from my mistakes so it doesn't happen to you.

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4/11/12 at 5:49am

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Nice pics! Out of curiosity, are they hard to house? A friend of mine has bird dogs and tried to get some quail to have the dogs flush... and she had a big escapee problem (and I know they supposedly recall, but these guys wanted nothing to do with it!).

There's a guy around here that has the jumbo quail for sale at 8 weeks... its been a long time since I've eaten any but maybe I'll go grab a few birds!

Sadly, soon to be chickenless :(

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4/11/12 at 6:40am

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Not too hard, once my husband built a couple of hutches for them. They really do want a whole square foot per bird once they're adults though.

I lost my whole flock due to poor biosecurity. Read about it here: Infectious Laryngotracheitis, and learn from my mistakes so it doesn't happen to you.