My first dispatch

[Hungarianquail]

This morning I dispatched 7 of my roos. My first time and I'm crying inside for each of them. But it had to be done. I grew up on a farm and helped my mom dispatch and butcher anything from chicken to pigs... but never felt so heartbroken for them. I just hope that the time they lived under my care, they were happy roos. A new batch of eggs should be hatching today or tomorrow. Maybe it will cheer me up. I love baby quail!

Now I just need to find a fail proof quail recipe! Does anyone have one?

 

[RosieR]

I had a very similar experience last week
We grilled ours on the bbq and brushed with bbq sauce. Simple but delicious! But it was my first time cooking them so I’m curious what others have for recipes.

 

[SMorrison7k]

No recipes, but it is so tough dispatching of your own! Congrats on the babies!

 

[Flamens Farm]

I usually sell any extra roo's I have but I did not get rid of any last year, decided to use the young roo's for mating purposes instead. This year I am going to get down to business and put them in the freezer or can. The price of meat in the store is getting ridiculous!

 

[wildone]

we stuffed one with rosemary, parsley, garlic and all sorts of stuff like that, and then we rotisseried it. it was hard to kill it, but it was tasty.

 

[Hungarianquail]

we stuffed one with rosemary, parsley, garlic and all sorts of stuff like that, and then we rotisseried it. it was hard to kill it, but it was tasty.

Did you brine it first?

 

[wildone]

yea

 

[RosieR]

we stuffed one with rosemary, parsley, garlic and all sorts of stuff like that, and then we rotisseried it. it was hard to kill it, but it was tasty.

I butterflied mine and it made grilling easy. Maybe I’ll try to leave them with a cavity next time and rotisserie. How long was the cooking time approximately?

 

[chickendreams24]

Wrap in bacon and roast. Yum!
Very delicious.

Sorry I know it's hard to process but good for you!

 

[Erkenstein]

I've been doing it like this. Works great even when they're skinned: