➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Nabiki]

Can you recommend a plucker?

I have this one. Scald at 160 degrees for 15 seconds, then 30 seconds in the plucker gives you fully plucked birds.

https://coopsnmore.com/products/rite-farm-products-small-pro-plucker-quail-plucker

Edit: You can pluck 4 or 5 birds at once in 30 seconds.

 

[FloorCandy]

Our pug Meatloaf does this. He’s gotten the chihuahua and kids to join.

My frenchie is named Meatball haha

 

[kurby22]

My frenchie is named Meatball haha

I have a Frenchie too! Meatball is a great name for a Frenchie haha

 

[vall]

I have this one. Scald at 160 degrees for 15 seconds, then 30 seconds in the plucker gives you fully plucked birds.

https://coopsnmore.com/products/rite-farm-products-small-pro-plucker-quail-plucker

Edit: You can pluck 4 or 5 birds at once in 30 seconds.

Thanks. I can pluck about 5 by hand before I get impatient.

 

[FloorCandy]

I have this one. Scald at 160 degrees for 15 seconds, then 30 seconds in the plucker gives you fully plucked birds.

https://coopsnmore.com/products/rite-farm-products-small-pro-plucker-quail-plucker

Edit: You can pluck 4 or 5 birds at once in 30 seconds.

How do you prep them? Cut off the head and legs, then do you spatchcock and remove the guts? Then scald, then put in the plucker?

we remove head, legs, and wings, then remove the skin, spatchcock, remove guts and done.

 

[Nabiki]

How do you prep them? Cut off the head and legs, then do you spatchcock and remove the guts? Then scald, then put in the plucker?

we remove head, legs, and wings, then remove the skin, spatchcock, remove guts and done.

I behead, hold them by the feet to scald, put them in the plucker, then remove feet, spatchcock and remove guts. I remove the ribs too while I'm in there.

 

[FloorCandy]

I behead, hold them by the feet to scald, put them in the plucker, then remove feet, spatchcock and remove guts. I remove the ribs too while I'm in there.

Do you have a special scalder machine or do you just use the stove?

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

I have this one. Scald at 160 degrees for 15 seconds, then 30 seconds in the plucker gives you fully plucked birds.

https://coopsnmore.com/products/rite-farm-products-small-pro-plucker-quail-plucker

Edit: You can pluck 4 or 5 birds at once in 30 seconds.

Thank you! The price is certainly right.

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

Lockdown time for my first big batch o' Coturnix! Of the 119, only two were noticeably "nope". (One leaker, one blown egg with an actual hole that I probably should have caught when I set them.)

It's hard not to squee.

 

[FloorCandy]

Lockdown time for my first big batch o' Coturnix! Of the 119, only two were noticeably "nope". (One leaker, one blown egg with an actual hole that I probably should have caught when I set them.)

It's hard not to squee.

I just wanted to let you know that you don’t need their cardboard mats, I traced the free mat onto shelf liner and cut it out and that’s what I use. I wash and reuse the same one. I’ve also never used that weird paper sponge. I have pretty high humidity where I live, so it rarely even adds a drop, but you can roll up some shelf liner and stuff it in there, or put chunks of cut up dish sponges in there instead of buying their overpriced accessories.