Another fun & productive CT chicken gathering! NO processing pics!

[PurpleChicken]

Careful with the quail. They can fly. Drum found out yesterday. We now have wild
quail in our woods.

 

[SandraMort]

What do you do with quail?

 

[moodusnewchick]

Will they come back for food? Should I call the authorities on you?

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Quail make great pets and they are an absolute delicacy. Think of a tastier and smaller
cornish hen. A processed Cortunix quail is maybe 8 oz but it by far the best bird meat
I have eaten.

Plus they only take 8 weeks to get to full size, don't eat much, don't really smell, don't
make noise, & don't take much space.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Drum tells me it was a male but he may just be covering himself. They should survive
in the wild, especially here where bird seed and chicken feed is plentiful all year long.
I tried to find it but it's long gone. You can call the authorities but I'll just claim insanity
and they won't argue that.

 

[SandraMort]

is it hard to process a bird that small? delicacy aside, that sounds like the ideal single serving portion. i'm the only meat eater in my family. are they hard to raise? wheels spinning...

 

[perfectly_polish]

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Actually no, when we processed the quail on Sunday it was much easier then a chicken. Just snip the head off, pluck and PC literally pulled all the guts out with one finger.