new to quail (my new quail pics)

[Toast n Jelly]

~~Quote: Originally Posted by Razadia View Post You might need to check on that. It's actually bad for them to lay more than one egg a day. Not sure if I mentioned this or not, but my parents had someone get some eggs from them to hatch. It was for his daughters school project so they just gave them to him. They were going to bring the chicks back, but they fell in love with them when they hatched. lol.png Mom sent some feed home with them when they got the eggs and told them what kind of feed they ate, just in case they decided to keep them.

Quote by MBY: Can they really lay more than an egg a day? We have 16 ladies & 4 gents so I think we're within the expected amount of 14-15 eggs/day. Although, since I switched them to a 26% organic feed they have gone down to 11-13 eggs/day. Our 19 5-week old Texas A&Ms will be sexed & segregated into breeding pens today & we'll start incubating our first eggs after Christmas!

I have one last old lady quail and up until a few months ago I would find 2 eggs in her cage many times. She lives here in my kitchen so I have an eye on her a lot. She has outlived all the others by over a year and a half!

 

[mckeesbackyard]

Here are the recipes. The marinade was very flavorful and the pickled eggs were delicious!

 

[Toast n Jelly]

Thanks for the recipes!

 

[3acres]

beautifull

Thanks!

 

[3acres]

Your little quails are absolutely gorgeous!! Congratulations

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Thanks!

 

[3acres]

Great pictures! I'm a week away from my potential first hatch and just showed my mom (who is visiting) your photos. She thinks they're adorable.

(Isn't it nice when moms are encouraging? LOL) By now your latest have hatched (I think) how is that going?

Thanks! I don't even know where my mom is...

. Your mom sounds great...can she be mine, too??....

I'm very sorry for this late reply! The hatching is going good! I'm learning a lot! I can't help but want to help the ones that seem to need it, but all those I help seem to die or be a little messed up??? I keep reading to not interfere, but it's hard to just go back later and they are dead for sure. I don't know. Anyway....MAN they grow fast! All the babies in the pics I have in here all look like adults...the latest are just still small.

I'm about to have my first meal of some I butchered. I'm going to make a rice, cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup and onion mix powder dish type thing. I make it quite often with chicken and am anxious to see how the quail taste in it! The eggs I've ate are have a great flavor!

Good luck with your first hatch! It's a great thing! I love it!

 

[3acres]

Could you tell me how you make these? Anything will help as I've never built anything with hardware cloth before. Thanks!

Again, sorry for the late replies! Here's the video I found and watched before doing my first one.....

...then just change things as I need to. I have all kinds of sizes for my quail and rabbits that I've built now. Any questions and I can see if I can help!

 

[3acres]

Looks awesome, Mckeesbackyard! Thanks for sharing! I don't look forward to butchering anything, but the quail are by far the easiest thing I've processed to date! Pro's and cons to everything. Awesome to raise what you eat!

 

[3acres]

Toast n Jelly (the queen of lurking)... has been in here....lol. I've since come across some of your quail posts in this section since chatting about your one quail in the farm photo thread.

 

[Toast n Jelly]

Toast n Jelly (the queen of lurking)... has been in here....lol. I've since come across some of your quail posts in this section since chatting about your one quail in the farm photo thread.

Yay...I need a crown or in this weather a wool hat!
Listen 3acres, I know you're busy and all but You're not feeding the Lurkers!!... I miss you

How are the animals? Bunnies being my fav along with all the others.
See you later!.....back to hovering.