French frogs

[WalnutHill]

Walnut....I'm smoking a venison shoulder today but this week I'm going to get the sausage stuff out and crank out some sausage probably kielbasa and pepperoni....

Sounds great. I need to get some pepperoni going. We sampled a couple of links of sausage for lunch.


Fresh outta the smoker



Chilling before packaging



A couple for lunch



Picnic ham in the smoker. I put it in to cure on December 19th. I was going to smoke it when I got home, but it's gonna be cold. Just hope it finishes before I have to leave in the morning.

 

[mixedUPturk]

So i have this quail chick that isnt feathering properly :/ ive been watching it and idk whats wrong with it. Hatched these guys 12 days ago now. I dont *THINK* its a protien defficency because the quail chicks are all on a 27% starter :/ idk wth yall, could it have to do with the parent stock, the poisoning of the eggs or maybe genetics? check it out:

fl) HIS siblings all look normal and slightly larger

But u see how the first chicks feathers are still encased, growing, but twisted?

 

[Ravynscroft]

So i have this quail chick that isnt feathering properly :/ ive been watching it and idk whats wrong with it. Hatched these guys 12 days ago now. I dont *THINK* its a protien defficency because the quail chicks are all on a 27% starter :/ idk wth yall, could it have to do with the parent stock, the poisoning of the eggs or maybe genetics? check it out:

fl) HIS siblings all look normal and slightly larger

But u see how the first chicks feathers are still encased, growing, but twisted?

Is it lighter than the others too? It may be a form of failing to thrive...

 

[mixedUPturk]

Is it lighter than the others too? It may be a form of failing to thrive...

My scale is broken i cant get exacts but hes deff slightly smaller. Your saying like hes not preening? Maybe ill try some enrichment. Should i seperate him and a buddy to give him better access to feed n water, or will that stress him? These quail are very high strung, i look forward to getting back to chicks.

 

[Ravynscroft]

My scale is broken i cant get exacts but hes deff slightly smaller. Your saying like hes not preening? Maybe ill try some enrichment. Should i seperate him and a buddy to give him better access to feed n water, or will that stress him? These quail are very high strung, i look forward to getting back to chicks.

Wasn't specifying preening, but they tend to not do it when not thriving either... weight wise, sounds like that... personally, I would think of culling since those tend to never catch up and end up smaller in the long run... but if you want to try, I wouldn't separate, just give it some straight shots of nutridrench as extra boost...

 

[mixedUPturk]

Wasn't specifying preening, but they tend to not do it when not thriving either... weight wise, sounds like that... personally, I would think of culling since those tend to never catch up and end up smaller in the long run... but if you want to try, I wouldn't separate, just give it some straight shots of nutridrench as extra boost...

Okay, i can do that!

Im thinkn if i jus wait til im proccessing the males, itll go n the pot, a planned cull for sure, even if it turns out the be a She, its obviously not breeding stock.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Okay, i can do that!

Im thinkn if i jus wait til im proccessing the males, itll go n the pot, a planned cull for sure, even if it turns out the be a She, its obviously not breeding stock.

Good plan!

 

[WVduckchick]

Turk!! Sorry about the one baby. That's odd. I think yall have come up with a good plan, but wondered if you checked the quail threads. I can think of wonderful folks for all our different sweet burbs, except the quail. Who are the quail gurus?

 

[mixedUPturk]

Turk!! Sorry about the one baby. That's odd. I think yall have come up with a good plan, but wondered if you checked the quail threads. I can think of wonderful folks for all our different sweet burbs, except the quail. Who are the quail gurus?

Thanks!

I saw where another person had this problem pictured in the quail thread but they never responded witht the type of feed that they used.

I thought about starting a thread there and i guess i still can. Whatdo u think? Im semi concerned its genetic, i was warned about A&M whites having a problematic double reccessive gene when i got my first.

 

[scflock]

Caught Johnny mid song