➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Sara L]

They are. I want to make sure that everything is as quick as possible. The roommate was surprised at how quick I was. I've been psyching myself up to this since they hatched, knowing it was coming, so there was no hesitation once the shears were applied. Then I grabbed the next one, repeated, then the last one. I did the cleaning after all of the beheading was done.

I admit that I was skimming some of the posts, so I didn't catch the whole conversation, but are you supposed to wait a couple of days after butchering to eat or freeze them? If so, I've made a mistake since two are already in the freezer. I haven't eaten the first one yet.

You can rest them in the fridge before or after freezing, I've done both with no noticable change in taste. You could also crock pot them to make shredded quail, and use the broth to make soup or rice.

 

[mixedUPturk]

been discussing with DH....he recommends pressure cooking halfway and breaking down the meat to use in a heavily spiced or sauced recipe....like and indian or thai dish. he said brining may be beneficial as well.....

Thanks! I donthave a pressure cooker but i could crock pot ot all day and the shread it yes ma'am that sounds like a good plan!

When i was a kid we would make "meat paste" by grinding the leftover meat after the holidays, mixing it with mayo and then eating it on sandwiches. Ima have to try doing that for these kids

 

[mixedUPturk]

I'm so glad I'm not hatching anything like you guys keep doing...I've had enough for one season.

Almost everything ive hatched has been sold or 'helped.' Staying on top of it like-- that ima tryn go all thru winter. Thru fall for sure.

 

[muddy75]

Here it is!!!! All opinions welcome!!!!

 

[Kiki]

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I read that your cage will need to be 10 feet away from property line and be predator proof.
8 birds max.

 

[RUNuts]

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Can I correct the spelling errors?
Who keeps crap in a can? I mean, besides humans. That is what compost and dung heaps were made for. Can it and it will stink. Like that letter.

6 months after giving birth. That is plenty of time to start your own fowl farm. I mean, each quail can give birth to at least 100 chicks, right?

The 10 square feet per bird may be an issue. Quail don't need that much.

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[ShrekDawg]

That stinks but at least 10 feet from the line isn’t as bad as 35 like was previously thought? 8 animals though sucks. that’s so freaking few and it’s ridiculous that it includes rabbits and chickens too. Should be separate.

And I agree, having to cover the compost is stupid as is having to take feathers, poop, and food and stuff out of the run? What? It all breaks down. I guess unless you had like huge piles of it or something but if you have enough space for your birds, they spread it out and break it down. At least mine do.

I kind of like that they mention the 10 sq ft outside though because chickens should have that much room and too many people try to cram them into tiny things. Wish they listed a coop size too ha

As for it being a problem for quail, that’s true, but it doesn’t mention for quail, it says specifically for chickens, so hopefully it’s only for chickens.

That said, I do think they shouldn’t control everything and it’s a little ridiculous that they do, but I could kind of see how in a small neighborhood with houses right on top of each other it could get loud or smelly or something ha although it shouldn’t if you’re taking proper care of your animals and even here, in our somewhat rich people town, it’s right to farm and they specifically mention that noise and odors come along with that and basically too bad lol pisses some of the rich people off but makes me and lots of others happy.

 

[CindyinSD]

I’m no lawyer, but...

The 10 sq ft per bird appears to apply only to chickens. The limitations on population appears to apply to your breeding stock only since their offspring (or introduced offspring—but I wouldn’t mention my auction habit if it were me!) will be sold or harvested at or around 8 wks of age.

I interpret the waste disposal bit to apply to all appropriate storage/disposal methods that don’t result in objectionable odors. That would definitely apply to well-maintained compost bins and/or deep litter. In fact I’m not sure anything else would even suffice. Just throw a nice-looking canvas tarp over the top of the bin(s) if anyone comes to call. You need tarps for rain anyway. Make sure there’s not a lot of nasty wasted food lying about—rodents and all... I’m not saying you’re not already doing that... pretty sure you are.

I’m really surprised they don’t explicitly exclude roosters. The only potential problem I’m seeing here is if they interpret the run to be a structure, and it buts up against your fence—or if you have other “structures” within the 10’ setback. You could argue that as they have no foundations, they’re just semi-mobile pieces of furniture that might be anywhere in the yard & that your wooden fence (you have one if I’m remembering correctly?) serves the same purpose (of not violating your neighbor’s unimpeded use of their property) as the 10 ft setbacks are intended to serve.

Be kind & diplomatic if you end up having to talk with anyone, but I’d avoid being too deferential. Otherwise it seems that bureaucratic types tend to serve the most insistent at the expense of the common good.

This doesn’t look as bad as I expected. I’m thinking it’s not actually going to be a big problem for you. Hope not!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I’m no lawyer, but...

The 10 sq ft per bird appears to apply only to chickens. The limitations on population appears to apply to your breeding stock only since their offspring (or introduced offspring—but I wouldn’t mention my auction habit if it were me!) will be sold or harvested at or around 8 wks of age.

I interpret the waste disposal bit to apply to all appropriate storage/disposal methods that don’t result in objectionable odors. That would definitely apply to well-maintained compost bins and/or deep litter. In fact I’m not sure anything else would even suffice. Just throw a nice-looking canvas tarp over the top of the bin(s) if anyone comes to call. You need tarps for rain anyway. Make sure there’s not a lot of nasty wasted food lying about—rodents and all... I’m not saying you’re not already doing that... pretty sure you are.

I’m really surprised they don’t explicitly exclude roosters. The only potential problem I’m seeing here is if they interpret the run to be a structure, and it buts up against your fence—or if you have other “structures” within the 10’ setback. You could argue that as they have no foundations, they’re just semi-mobile pieces of furniture that might be anywhere in the yard & that your wooden fence (you have one if I’m remembering correctly?) serves the same purpose (of not violating your neighbor’s unimpeded use of their property) as the 10 ft setbacks are intended to serve.

Be kind & diplomatic if you end up having to talk with anyone, but I’d avoid being too deferential. Otherwise it seems that bureaucratic types tend to serve the most insistent at the expense of the common good.

This doesn’t look as bad as I expected. I’m thinking it’s not actually going to be a big problem for you. Hope not!

X2!

They don’t specifically mention a limit to the number of babies you can have and 6 months is a long time for quail and a lot of breeding stock so it might not be so bad. Although of course quail look like adults very early on so they may not believe they are babies but you could always start keeping records to prove it if necessary. But this really doesn’t look too bad.

And yes it is very odd they don’t specifically ban roosters!! Those are usually the biggest noise makers and result in the most complaints haha

Oh and yes, in cages, or even in aviaries I suppose, old food would need to be picked up, and I did pick up spilled feed when I had the feeder in my chicken run before it could get wet or moldy (had that happen one time when I missed a few pieces and it spread so was diligent about it after) but now my feeder is inside the coop and also for stuff like veggies and scraps I leave it and let it break down in the run. But the chickens empty it to the skin/peel/rind anyway haha and I’m trying to do kind of compost/deep litter somewhat.

 

[muddy75]

I’m no lawyer, but...

The 10 sq ft per bird appears to apply only to chickens. The limitations on population appears to apply to your breeding stock only since their offspring (or introduced offspring—but I wouldn’t mention my auction habit if it were me!) will be sold or harvested at or around 8 wks of age.

I interpret the waste disposal bit to apply to all appropriate storage/disposal methods that don’t result in objectionable odors. That would definitely apply to well-maintained compost bins and/or deep litter. In fact I’m not sure anything else would even suffice. Just throw a nice-looking canvas tarp over the top of the bin(s) if anyone comes to call. You need tarps for rain anyway. Make sure there’s not a lot of nasty wasted food lying about—rodents and all... I’m not saying you’re not already doing that... pretty sure you are.

I’m really surprised they don’t explicitly exclude roosters. The only potential problem I’m seeing here is if they interpret the run to be a structure, and it buts up against your fence—or if you have other “structures” within the 10’ setback. You could argue that as they have no foundations, they’re just semi-mobile pieces of furniture that might be anywhere in the yard & that your wooden fence (you have one if I’m remembering correctly?) serves the same purpose (of not violating your neighbor’s unimpeded use of their property) as the 10 ft setbacks are intended to serve.

Be kind & diplomatic if you end up having to talk with anyone, but I’d avoid being too deferential. Otherwise it seems that bureaucratic types tend to serve the most insistent at the expense of the common good.

This doesn’t look as bad as I expected. I’m thinking it’s not actually going to be a big problem for you. Hope not!

main problem is the lack of clarification.....does this include indoor and/or outdoor pets??? since they include all birds and small animals of similar size and character.....does that 8 include my buttons, the guinea pigs that DS keeps in his room??? or just 8 outdoors?