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Yes, I do! Nothing like seeing a dog do what it was bred to do! This past hatch of quail was to supplement my breeders, then the next batch of quail will be for training puppies that are due the middle of March. Pluss I have puppy buyers that want to buy quail and then any extras will go to freezer camp.
I'm thinking about hatching some quail for hunting on the farm . Their tasty as well but I do like dove better . We had native bob whites but not any more. I have a a bator so might as well use it.
I can't say I've tried dove. We do raise the quail and hunt wild pheasants and grouse. The pheasants though have come to the point that we have to do a farm hunt with them.
I was looking at my pens this evening going "Wow, I'm going to be getting 50 eggs a week. What the heck am I going to do with 50 eggs? Oh right, incubate and process. Really the total turnaround is 8-10 weeks from the start of incubation, hatch and grow out to 6-8 weeks of age. We thought of doing bobwhites. My mother in law wants me to incubate some for her dogs but I don't want to wait the extra couple of months before I can process them. Bad enough I have to wait for the chickens to lay eggs!
Yes, I do! Nothing like seeing a dog do what it was bred to do! This past hatch of quail was to supplement my breeders, then the next batch of quail will be for training puppies that are due the middle of March. Pluss I have puppy buyers that want to buy quail and then any extras will go to freezer camp.
I'm thinking about hatching some quail for hunting on the farm . Their tasty as well but I do like dove better . We had native bob whites but not any more. I have a a bator so might as well use it.
I can't say I've tried dove. We do raise the quail and hunt wild pheasants and grouse. The pheasants though have come to the point that we have to do a farm hunt with them.
I was looking at my pens this evening going "Wow, I'm going to be getting 50 eggs a week. What the heck am I going to do with 50 eggs? Oh right, incubate and process. Really the total turnaround is 8-10 weeks from the start of incubation, hatch and grow out to 6-8 weeks of age. We thought of doing bobwhites. My mother in law wants me to incubate some for her dogs but I don't want to wait the extra couple of months before I can process them. Bad enough I have to wait for the chickens to lay eggs!
