Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

[GBov]

How long do I have to rest the quail meat between killing and eating?
Processing them trying to figure out if we can eat for dinner.
I'm assuming rigormortis will set in like in chickens?

They ae the only critters I don't bother to rest, they always seem to be tender, no mater if they are fresh or have set awhile in the fridge or I have frozen and thawed them.

Always good!

Was KICKING myself yesterday when I processed 8 of them here. I agreed to sell two packs of four quail to a friend of my ex-husband and my quail were HUGE! Extra jumbo size, four of them packaged up at a pound and a half. So, even at $20 a pack it wasn't worth it to sell them but it was too late to back out. Ah well, never mind, at least they will be enjoyed as much there as here.

Found something odd though, at almost 4 MONTHS of age, there were no sex organs visible at all.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

That is very strange!
I don't rest ours, unless I marinade to BBQ them.

 

[teradragon]

Mine were in the fridge for 24 hours and that was fine.

 

[TherryChicken]

Ok out of all the eggs, this batch turned out to hage no baby growth in it at all

and this batch has babies

why is this?

 

[teradragon]

It must be difficult to turn them frequently when they are all piled up like that...

 

[TherryChicken]

It must be difficult to turn them frequently when they are all piled up like that...

that was after I candled them...

 

[teradragon]

Ah ok. Where did you buy them from? Were they shipped?

 

[TherryChicken]

No eggs from my girls

 

[teradragon]

Maybe your male has a preference for one or two of them.... and he hasn't fertilized the others. What is the hen to roo ratio?

 

[TherryChicken]

1 roo to 5 hens