Let's plan a Quail egg hatch... set 'em Sept. 1, hatch 'em Sept 17-19+

[JJMR794]

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YEP MINE'S ABOUT THE SAME AGE... WAS THE 1ST YR THEY MADE THE 77'S... THEY ONLY USED BROWN STOCKS FOR THE 1ST 2 OR 3 YRS THEN SWITCHED THEM OVER TO BLACK AND LEFT THE 66'S IN BROWN. MAN I REMEMBER WHEN I BOUGHT MINE AS A KID... BROUGHT IT HOME AND MY DAD HAD AN ABSOLUTE FIT! YOU PAID HOW MUCH FOR THAT PIECE OF CRAP! IT ISNT EVEN METAL! THE FREAKIN THING IS PLASTIC!... HA HA, IF HE ONLY KNEW THEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW

 

[CapricornFarm]

I have a nice .22 Winchester and a .38 special . Keeps the critter population down a bit.

 

[JJMR794]

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THEY ARE A RATHER HANDY TOOL FOR LIVESTOCK PROTECTION ARENT THEY?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Yeah, I think DH was a little surprised when I bought them. But I am not going to sit by and have critters cart off my chickens if I can help it.

 

[Fat Daddy]

Its wierd nobody liked'em when they came out... I still find myself grab'in that one no matter what is settin beside it just the one you can depend on gett'ener done! I got that one for my14th birthday... can t count the bricks shot thru it....



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Sweet! that'll work!!

 

[JJMR794]

AH YES THE GOOD OLD 77

IT HAS TAKEN ENOUGH SMALL GAME TO FILL A VERY LARGE WAREHOUSE TO MAX CAPACITY, ENOUGH FUR BEARERS TO FILL 2 WAREHOUSES, MANY A CAN AND BOTTLE HAVE MET THEIR DEMISE FROM IT AS WELL, EVEN A FEW COMPETITIONS UNDER ITS OLD BELT

I STILL DRAG IT OUT TO THE SQUIRREL WOODS A FEW TIMES A YEAR JUST FOR OLD TIMES SAKE, BUT I DO LIMIT ITS FIELD USE THESE DAYS... WANNA KEEP IT AROUND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS... AND BESIDES HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THEM THINGS GO FOR THESE DAYS?

I COULD EASILY SELL IT TODAY FOR 4 OR 5 TIMES THE AMOUNT IT BROUGHT BRAND NEW, BUT ALAS AS ITS 1 OF MY OLDEST HUNTING PARTNERS I COULDNT BEAR TO TURN IT LOOSE

 

[Fat Daddy]

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Yes, dam you got good eyes man, its a 50, its a shooter. My brother a I both have matching 50's. Just like Jeremiah Johnson's!!! One of the best movies of all time.... Kin you skin bar pilgrim? Bill

 

[kahlertm]

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Yes, dam you got good eyes man, its a 50, its a shooter. My brother a I both have matching 50's. Just like Jeremiah Johnson's!!! One of the best movies of all time.... Kin you skin bar pilgrim? Bill

Jeremiah Johnson is required viewing in our household at least once a year. It is where we live. So when you watch it..all that scenery is where Tonya lives.

High desert, hugging the mountains close by. Elk, coyote, puma, bobcat, black bear, coons, skunk, etc. A bit off topic from the hatch along... but that is where one of the hatch alongers lives...Jeremiah Johnson territory

. Learned every thing I know from my step dad who IS Jeremiah from trapping, to working with him packing mules on a mule train up above tree line, skinning logs for camp etc.
One reason I like these Coturnix so much. They are so sustainable with their reproduction rate, feed conversion, personality. Good for this region which has short growing season, cold and heat extremes, deep snow years and drought years off and on, over and over. Hard to believe they hadn't been popular before.
Wonder if we are seeing a new trend. Are Quail a new trend in sustainable small scale farming? Particularly in a place like where I live. Or is the southwest finally catching up to what the east has known all along? Interesting. Sorry to muck up the hatch along thread, but that is the spirit of the thing.
Spreading the news, sharing the knowledge and doing it together comparing notes. I need to go back and answer Model A's primary questions at the beginning of the thread on hatching history experience...

Be back soon with that.

Tonya

 

[JJMR794]

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Yes, dam you got good eyes man, its a 50, its a shooter. My brother a I both have matching 50's. Just like Jeremiah Johnson's!!! One of the best movies of all time.... Kin you skin bar pilgrim? Bill

GOT 1!

WE REALLY DO HAVE SIMILAR TASTES IN FIREARMS

LOVE IT! WOULDNT TRADE MY STALKER FOR ANY OTHER SMOKE POLE

 

[saddina]

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Yes, dam you got good eyes man, its a 50, its a shooter. My brother a I both have matching 50's. Just like Jeremiah Johnson's!!! One of the best movies of all time.... Kin you skin bar pilgrim? Bill

Jeremiah Johnson is required viewing in our household at least once a year. It is where we live. So when you watch it..all that scenery is where Tonya lives.

High desert, hugging the mountains close by. Elk, coyote, puma, bobcat, black bear, coons, skunk, etc. A bit off topic from the hatch along... but that is where one of the hatch alongers lives...Jeremiah Johnson territory

. Learned every thing I know from my step dad who IS Jeremiah from trapping, to working with him packing mules on a mule train up above tree line, skinning logs for camp etc.
One reason I like these Coturnix so much. They are so sustainable with their reproduction rate, feed conversion, personality. Good for this region which has short growing season, cold and heat extremes, deep snow years and drought years off and on, over and over. Hard to believe they hadn't been popular before.
Wonder if we are seeing a new trend. Are Quail a new trend in sustainable small scale farming? Particularly in a place like where I live. Or is the southwest finally catching up to what the east has known all along? Interesting. Sorry to muck up the hatch along thread, but that is the spirit of the thing.
Spreading the news, sharing the knowledge and doing it together comparing notes. I need to go back and answer Model A's primary questions at the beginning of the thread on hatching history experience...

Be back soon with that.

Tonya

My thought is that in a lot of urban homesteads ducks and chickens are not allowed but it says nothing about quail. Example where I live I may have 4 hens, but nothing is said on quails. So I have my 2 banty chickens, and neatly stacked weekly cleaned quail pens. So If i want meat grown on site it's quail. Now we're currently shopping for the right 5-10 acres, and when we do, i'll still have a bunch of quail, they're enjoyable, we love thier "song" (crowing) and for a bird my 7 year old can do the work on.