California - Northern

[ronott1]

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Are they hatching like popcorn?

I do want the Coturnix then.

Ron

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I love a good watch dog cat!

Ron

 

[debs_flock]

Yes they do!

Deb

 

[chiqita]

Ron,
you MUST get cots. I'm relying on you to get the tuxedos going! Though, if we have a fair few quail people around, it might be worth getting ahold of the HUGE tanaka project eggs and sharing them around. only worth it if you eat quail. DH has been debating them, but hasn't pulled the trigger yet.

If a few people want to try those quail id buy the eggs and see what hatches. I have ONE pen left!!
(I'm also almost out of quail ready to go outside, people have gone quailsane this week! madness! quail! sparta!)
Also, to report on the Black Solider flys, they are going gangbusters here and we have had enough for treats for all chickens and the turkeys now for about a week. It is having a small impact ( good impact) on the feed bill because they are such a good protien resource. And my friend who is staying with us has been commenting on how much better the fly situation is. Except for looking at them when they are little (EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW) they are FANTASTIC!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Monday night - raccoon
Tuesday night - raccoon
Wednesday night - oppossum

Thursday - go to Walmart and buy more cheap canned cat food, apparently it works!

Deb

What do you use to "take care" of them? PM me if you don't want to post it publicly. I'm debating whether or not to trap the skunk - see below.

Your cooking! I haven't seen "Skunk" on there yet...

No, that would be me. My dog trapped one last week and got sprayed to holy heck - right upside the eyes and nose too. Just what I wanted to do at 10PM with a headlamp and a hose. (my eyes were burning within 5 feet of her, there was NO WAY she was coming in my house!)

 

[ronott1]

Quote: I watched an episode of Dirty Jobs where the pest guy was trapping a bunch of critters including skunks. They caught a family of them...even though they covered them to keep it dark, the skunk still sprayed in the trap. I would be careful with skunks--they often have Rabies.

Ron

 

[ronott1]

Ron,
you MUST get cots. I'm relying on you to get the tuxedos going! Though, if we have a fair few quail people around, it might be worth getting ahold of the HUGE tanaka project eggs and sharing them around. only worth it if you eat quail. DH has been debating them, but hasn't pulled the trigger yet.

If a few people want to try those quail id buy the eggs and see what hatches. I have ONE pen left!!
(I'm also almost out of quail ready to go outside, people have gone quailsane this week! madness! quail! sparta!)
Also, to report on the Black Solider flys, they are going gangbusters here and we have had enough for treats for all chickens and the turkeys now for about a week. It is having a small impact ( good impact) on the feed bill because they are such a good protien resource. And my friend who is staying with us has been commenting on how much better the fly situation is. Except for looking at them when they are little (EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW) they are FANTASTIC!

I saw pictures of the tuxedos

I will check into the Tanaka project. It is on BYC?

I talked to one of our Graduate students and you should have seen her eyes light up when I told her people were raising quail in apartments...

Ron

 

[cherylcohen]

SKUNK! LOL actually not too funny, but last week we were out of town and we had a malfunction with our auto closing door and a skunk crept in at night while door was open. Luckily my coop cleaner came the next day and scurried him off (without getting sprayed) but nevertheless still left a scent.

We use skunk-off and while not the best smell, I find, it is better than skunk!

 

[chiqita]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...t-with-history-discussion-pictures-and-videos
It is a LONG thread. DH said the eggs run about a buck a piece on the low side, and they are not easy to find. The thread got a little complex for me, but they had me at HUGEE.

 

[zooweemama]

Ron,
you MUST get cots. I'm relying on you to get the tuxedos going! Though, if we have a fair few quail people around, it might be worth getting ahold of the HUGE tanaka project eggs and sharing them around. only worth it if you eat quail. DH has been debating them, but hasn't pulled the trigger yet.

If a few people want to try those quail id buy the eggs and see what hatches. I have ONE pen left!!
(I'm also almost out of quail ready to go outside, people have gone quailsane this week! madness! quail! sparta!)
Also, to report on the Black Solider flys, they are going gangbusters here and we have had enough for treats for all chickens and the turkeys now for about a week. It is having a small impact ( good impact) on the feed bill because they are such a good protien resource. And my friend who is staying with us has been commenting on how much better the fly situation is. Except for looking at them when they are little (EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW) they are FANTASTIC!

How much work is it to process a quail? They are personal sized meat servings since so tiny right? How long until they are ready to eat?

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Processing is a breeze(compared to chickens or turkeys. When I was in High School I would go hunting for them in the afternoon and get two or three. I would take them home and process them and pop them into the freezer. When I had 8 or so I would make stew out of them. Those were Valley Quail and not as big as the domestic ones.

The website on the Tatanka says they are processing them between 42 and 56 Days. They lay eggs in 6 or so weeks.

Well work kept interrupting so Chiquita probably posted more and better information...

ron