➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[BullChick]

I’m not crazy about dark meat, but I think I’ll like quail bbq’ed.

 

[RUNuts]

Mushroom gravy is always good.
Pheasant is on the list, not this year, but definitely on the list to try. Please say similar to quail to hatch and raise.

 

[R2elk]

Speckledbellied geese are delicious, if cooked properly.
I'm partial to pheasant, fried, baked, dumplings, smothered in mushroom gravy, or with rice and marinara sauce.

I prefer my pheasant stuffed and roasted with mashed potatoes , gravy and all the other trimmings.

If you like eating pheasant, you will also like eating guineas. Raising them is a different story.

 

[RUNuts]

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I’m not crazy about dark meat, but I think I’ll like quail bbq’ed.

Only thing, they are much like crabs. A whole lotta work for a few bites of meat. If you like it enough, it is well worth the time. I'll pick blue crabs for an hour and leave hungry. Crazy Lady will sit there until her fingers are bleeding AND the crabs are gone. Obsessive, probably.

<Need to go crabbing soon.>

 

[007Sean]

Mushroom gravy is always good.
Pheasant is on the list, not this year, but definitely on the list to try. Please say similar to quail to hatch and raise.

A little more demanding. Need more room. I incubate mine at 100°F and 43 to 45% humidity and don't go above 60% during lockdown. Shipped eggs don't hatch as well as shipped quail eggs.

 

[007Sean]

I prefer my pheasant stuffed and roasted with mashed potatoes , gravy and all the other trimmings.

If you like eating pheasant, you will also like eating guineas. Raising them is a different story.

Yeah, I raised guineas along time ago. Didn't really care for them as table fair. Maybe because they 'free ranged'?
You have to be absolutely as batty as they are to raise them, too!

 

[BantyChooks]

Yeah, I raised guineas along time ago. Didn't really care for them as table fair. Maybe because they 'free ranged'?
You have to be absolutely as batty as they are to raise them, too!

x2! I ended up driving 20 minutes to give them away for free. That's how much I hated them. (I was nervous about processing at the time, or they would have been DEAD.)

 

[igorsMistress]

Speckledbellied geese are delicious, if cooked properly.
I'm partial to pheasant, fried, baked, dumplings, smothered in mushroom gravy, or with rice and marinara sauce.
As far as quail are concerned, Bobwhites or Blues fried, stuffed with jalapeno and wrapped in bacon cooked on a grill. Quail with an orange marmalade glaze. YUM!

Pheasant basted with oyster sauce on the BBQ. That's what my taste buds remember Pheasant is our favorite here too, and bbq'd bacon wrapped quail breast is on my list.

Do you just baste the quail with straight marmalade or add other stuff?

 

[007Sean]

Pheasant basted with oyster sauce on the BBQ. That's what my taste buds remember Pheasant is our favorite here too, and bbq'd bacon wrapped quail breast is on my list.

Do you just baste the quail with straight marmalade or add other stuff?

Sometimes I put a dash of cayenne pepper in the marmalade, gives it a little kick and a lot of flavor. Fresh thyme or rosemary. I also let mine rest in a brine solution for 2 to 4 hours before preparing.

 

[igorsMistress]

Sometimes I put a dash of cayenne pepper in the marmalade, gives it a little kick and a lot of flavor. Fresh thyme or rosemary. I also let mine rest in a brine solution for 2 to 4 hours before preparing.

Good to know, thank you Sean.