- Jul 6, 2019
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Hi, everyone! My name is LynnAnn, and I live in the mountains of northwestern Guatemala. I started a ministry to help widows or abandoned women who have young malnourished children improve their lives, and a small part of the program is raising quail for eggs. Before I got the quail, which I was told were finnicky, I did a test run with chickens--cheap ones I bought at an open air market. I fell in love with chickens! I now have 8 out at the ministry center and another 11 here at home. They are spoiled rotten and act more like lap dogs than chickens. I'm sure they are all mixed breeds but judging just their looks, I have some Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, Naked Necks, maybe an Astralorp, and a couple of Golden Cuckoo Marans. I had no idea I would fall so much in love with my birds, even though I'm a big animal lover. Something about watching them scratch around or having them sleep in your lap is just so relaxing to me. I bought an incubator for the quail eggs and did a test run with my own chicken eggs...then I did it again because we love having chicks around. So fun! I got on this site because I'm such a newbie and have so much to learn. Thanks for all the great info!
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