I’ve kept chickens over 40 years and quail for 25+.. quail are definitely cheaper, kept in a much smaller footprint and easier to keep. The trade off is in the amount of meat per bird and size of eggs you get for eatin.. currently I have 53 chickens, 46 layers and 7 roosters plus a trio of...
I keep 4-6-8 extra roosters together from each hatch and have for many years. I cull the majority for the freezer, put 2 jumbo males in with my hens for 8-10 days for hatching eggs and then band them and add them back to the boys club. Next month I’ll pick a couple new roosters for breeding and...
I’ve only been here a few months but somewhere along the way I have ignored a few people.. I don’t remember why but obviously we have bumped heads or someone was bent out of shape by a comment of mine or was a bit pushy so I just hit ignore.. because I know how I am and I can get rude so I chose...
3rd hatch this spring/summer is about over, there’s 8 eggs in the incubator still out of 40. I added some jumbo eggs on second day so they will be late. Have 1 straggler, not doing good. But 31 healthy and thriving chicks in the box now.. carry on..
Many people are doing this and we have for decades.. the white plumage is just a color, like the many color of Jumbo Coturnix.. I prefer the Jumbo Wilds/Browns, but I raise many colors of Standard and Jumbo Coturnix and eat them all. Keep us updated on your project.. carry on
Added 17 dry ones to brooder box.. 6 more in incubator and other 18 eggs are rockin and rollin.. I’ll post in the mornin anymore happenins tonight.. y’all stay cool out there..
It’s hottern a road lizard up here in NE Texas.. been 105 or better for a solid week now and maxed out at 109.. and expectin another week above 103 then next Monday we finally get a break it’s only gonna be 99°.. dry as a cracker.. y’all stay cool and take care..