I have been raising Bobwhite quail for bird dog training the last year or so. I also raise Cornish cross chickens for meat, several turkeys for Thanksgiving for us and for friends and neighbors, and keep a sizable laying flock (20-40 hens). I've been thinking of switching to the A&M quail and...
My gun club has a very large flight pen for raising pheasants that has been idle for many years. I would like to resurrect it and raise a couple hundred birds for release. I would like to put together a proposal with feed costs figured into the total cost of raising birds to adulthood. Does...
I'm looking for somewhere between 50 and 100 Jumbo Coturnix quail hatching eggs in the Rochester area. South of the city would be better, but if you have some you might want o part with let me know.
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I have always been interested in free range feeding a larger flock of birds on cropland. Do any of you do it, and if so can you please give me some background on your practices?
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I saw a few mink tracks on our creek bank a couple days ago. Knowing how fond they are of chicken dinner, almost as fond as I am, I set a couple traps. I caught this nice big male this morning.
I am an avid trapper and love to catch these beauties. I think I'll make a set of mittens for ice...
I've never done bobwhite quail and have decided to hatch some eggs. This will be their third day in the incubator. When should I be able to candle them?
Hello All,
My wife and I live in a very small, rural, Western new York town. We have raised chickens for both meat and eggs for over 20 years and have developed a fairly good following from the locals for the limited amount of eggs and meat birds that we can comfortably produce. Selling our...