This was an awesome story, as I am reading it years after the fact...have to show my wife! I have learned a lot about the incubators as well. I will probably try the hova bator as my wife is not convince yet and the lower price will make it more palatable.
Hmm, I live in Miami, FL and those ducks are everywhere. There is a new brood of 11 at the end of my street, next to the canal. The county dredged the canal which was beneficial to the ducks as it scared off most of the peacock bass and other water borne predators. Normally they have a high...
Wow, that is a nice quail hutch. You can stick the excess males in one side, for meat, and the proper ratio of males to females in the other side for eggs.
I also see in your tag you have extensive gamebird experience, hopefully we can learn from you!
lol, I have been greatly inspired by Slightly Rednecked as well and plan on making cages like his as well. We do have rats but I have two dogs (large and medium) that will run them off or worse. I also plan on keeping mine in our screened in backyard porch. My only issue now is my wife, she...
Thanks. I have seen where people farm and eat quail as well as pigeons, I am guessing those pigeons are the utility pigeons? Do people raise doves to eat as well? I would think their smaller size makes it pointless, but I know hunters do hunt for dove.
This is all so interesting! I have been reading and watching videos on most of my spare time to learn about various birds. Pigeons and doves are the newest that I have stumbled upon. I have hunted morning dove once while in high school and see them all over the place. I have also seen pigeons...