Need help want to raise quail and pheasent

[hunter109]

I will call the dnr but I hope it ant much

 

[Quailsong]

I will call the dnr but I hope it ant much

Think of it as an investment. A fee now, for a larger payout later on (if you do it well.) Best of luck!

 

[29PalmsRanch]

I keep both native and non-native species. When I contacted my extension office they said don't worry about it. No permit is necessary. We have the following:

Quail: Northern Bobwhite, Georgia Giants, Snowflakes, California Valley, and Mearns.
Pheasant: Lady Amherst, Red Golden, Yellow Golden, Silver, Elliot's, Hume's Bar Tailed, and Temminick's Tragopan

Then the building permit office... "Hey I'm building a big chicken coop with power and plumbing. Do I need a permit?" The guy started laughing and said, just build it. The last time we had a permit complaint on a chicken coop was 2 years ago. How big is your coop? I told him 140 x 30 overall. He goes you are running plumbing to a 10 foot by 3 foot box? I said no man, that's 140 feet x 30 feet. His response?

Be right out...

They issued the permit on site and then when I asked for them to come out to do a final so that we could close it, he had me email him pics of the circuit breaker, description of the method of burial, type of wire, and then pics of the termination points in the coop. I did. They closed it. The end.

I guess it's just the coolness of my little town

 

[Quailsong]

My approach: Get everything in writing - inc, signatures & dates.

Document everything just in case. It may be totally fine now but you never know when a new law may pop up, along with new people who are more picky with rules.

My new area is totally fine with quail, but they might not be next year. I have e-mails from the 'head honchos' in the area that say it's fine. So if ever they change anything on me or pop up some rules I can refer to the e-mails (and then promptly apply for a grandfathering option).

It might be a bit overboard, but better safe than sorry!

29P, def sounds like you live in a pretty cool area.

 

[hunter109]

Sounds good I will see about my dad calling the afc office tommrow to see about it thanks guys and gals

 

[hunter109]

So what you all think they will say if I get them then call them cuz there suppose to be In this month sometime

 

[James the Bald]

... I guess it's just the coolness of my little town

Wait, do you mean 29 Palms CALIFORNIA? If you do, things must have changed "drastically", as I spent time there on a Combined Arms Excercise in '91 and the average daytime high was 110 degrees. The only shade we had was when the sun went down. I had a hot meal when I left my MRE's in the sun too long.

 

[hunter109]

What you mean I was talking about getting a permit to raise quail and pheasent

 

[29PalmsRanch]

Wait, do you mean 29 Palms CALIFORNIA? If you do, things must have changed "drastically", as I spent time there on a Combined Arms Excercise in '91 and the average daytime high was 110 degrees. The only shade we had was when the sun went down. I had a hot meal when I left my MRE's in the sun too long.

ROFLMAO! I wouldn't live in California in present day. Too expensive. Too many regs. No, our little ranch is located in Southern Alabama down 5 miles of dirt roads. The reason we named it what we did wasn't because of service in the Marines (I was Army). It was because my wife had a dream about us living in a house surrounded by palm trees 15 years ago. We used to laugh about it constantly because I envisioned a beach house. Then when we found our ranch, we were shocked to learn the house was surrounded by... 29 Palm Trees ))) So we named it 29 Palms Ranch! It was one of those weird de ja vu moments, no doubt about it. We tell everyone that for my mid life crisis we bought a farm instead of a Ferrari...

The people here are beyond nice. I mean humans are humans and we all are unique. But we really haven't met anyone we wouldn't break bread with in our 'neighborhood'. We have a total of 5 neighbors in a 2 mile radius of us. The postmaster is on speed dial. They'll come out and meet us by the mail boxes (1 mile away) with priority boxes for shipping or to pick up packages of eggs/chicks going out. The diner knows our voices when we call in an order. The barista at Starbucks 30 miles away greets my wife by name walking in the door. And if a bridge washes out, road needs graded, someone needs help building something, then everyone gathers and just gets the job done. Very peaceful. Very relaxing. My idea of paradise Besides all of that, we farmers and ranchers LOVE to get on our best tractors and go move some dirt. Last weekend between my Bobcat 743, a neighbor's antique JD Industrial loader with an 8 foot blade, and another neighbors antique Case 930 Comfort King (MOOOOONSTER), we spread 7 dump truck loads of dirt and rock in under 3 hours. We went from MASSIVE potholes after a rain, to a road you can easily hit 40 on without fear of losing your front end )))

And to the man who is wanting quail? My best suggestion is phone first. Then build your cages. And finally take delivery of the birds. There is nothing worse than having a box of birds with no where to put them and 4 - 6 hours left on a cage. I did it once waaaaay in the beginning. It was a pair of Yellow Golden Pheasants. I felt so bad, I removed everything from our guest bedroom, thanked God for tile floors, and let them loose in there until that cage was done later in the day. They made a bit of a mess but it taught me a lesson...

 

[hunter109]

I see I am going to get chicks so I should have enough time to build