JMoje
In the Brooder
Hello everyone,
My name is Janet, I live in Valemount which is close to Jasper Alberta, pretty up-north in British Columbia.
I had chickens many years ago when I had a hobby farm, but I now live in a small town on a little more than half an acre that doesn't allow us to keep chickens (yet), so I decided to try quail.
I have never raised quail before, and they quickly steal your heart away. They are wonderful little birds and very different from chickens, so I am trying to learn as much as I can.
Right now, I have 32 quail. One male at 4 months old, and 1 male and 1 female at 2 months old which I hatched. The rest were hatched June 25th and I am still sorting out which are male and female. I am already getting 6 eggs a day.
They are all coturnix quail of varying colours. I love having fresh eggs and knowing what the birds were fed and how they were treated. Quail eggs are a tiny bit milder than chicken eggs I find, but I doubt I could tell the difference in a taste test.
I also like gardening, and have been nurturing a wood chip garden going on three years now. The soil here is very sandy and couldn't grow anything without bringing in expensive top soil. Wood chips were free and delivered, just have to wait for them to decompose enough.
I am also raising red wigglers and started raising mealworms as well. I am working on getting a greenhouse built and would like to incorporate a small aquaponic system inside it. The worms will be for live feed for both the fish and quail.
I found BYC by doing research on quail health and found an excellent article here. I browsed the forums and found it informative. But I didn't decide to join until today, when I discovered one of my quail was sick, and I wanted to post to the forum to see if anyone could help.
Sorry if my intro is too long! I tend to ramble
Thank you for this excellent site! I look forward to getting to know this community.
My name is Janet, I live in Valemount which is close to Jasper Alberta, pretty up-north in British Columbia.
I had chickens many years ago when I had a hobby farm, but I now live in a small town on a little more than half an acre that doesn't allow us to keep chickens (yet), so I decided to try quail.
I have never raised quail before, and they quickly steal your heart away. They are wonderful little birds and very different from chickens, so I am trying to learn as much as I can.
Right now, I have 32 quail. One male at 4 months old, and 1 male and 1 female at 2 months old which I hatched. The rest were hatched June 25th and I am still sorting out which are male and female. I am already getting 6 eggs a day.
They are all coturnix quail of varying colours. I love having fresh eggs and knowing what the birds were fed and how they were treated. Quail eggs are a tiny bit milder than chicken eggs I find, but I doubt I could tell the difference in a taste test.
I also like gardening, and have been nurturing a wood chip garden going on three years now. The soil here is very sandy and couldn't grow anything without bringing in expensive top soil. Wood chips were free and delivered, just have to wait for them to decompose enough.
I am also raising red wigglers and started raising mealworms as well. I am working on getting a greenhouse built and would like to incorporate a small aquaponic system inside it. The worms will be for live feed for both the fish and quail.
I found BYC by doing research on quail health and found an excellent article here. I browsed the forums and found it informative. But I didn't decide to join until today, when I discovered one of my quail was sick, and I wanted to post to the forum to see if anyone could help.
Sorry if my intro is too long! I tend to ramble
Thank you for this excellent site! I look forward to getting to know this community.
and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC! 
