Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[AK Michelle]

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Oooohhh, I had to Google it, yeppers, you should have one of those.

 

[sparkles2307]

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I was once upon a time going into drafting cause I like drawing up plans. A bit rusty now, and I'm sure CAD has been updated a few million times since I last used it.....

We have started construction on a feeder made from a saw horse. We flipped the saw horse upside down,we are going to make a tray out the bottom and cover the sides in plywood then add a slanted top. It should hold about 2 bags of feed.

I will likely have 30 or so birds over the winter so bigger is better.

I like that idea! I should do something like that. I hate trudging thru 3 ft of snow in -30 with pails of feed...

 

[mclevinson]

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Seriously, bacon wrapped gouda stuffed ANYTHING is likely to be good.

I'll make you both a big tray of them. when we process the quail we fillet off the tiny breasts, then put a mix of gouda and a little egg white to keep it together (food processor is a help). Then we take a wlanut sized ball of the gouda, wrap the breast meat around it, and use the bacon to wrap the package shut. Then a fast pan fry so the bacon crisps and cheese melts, you're done when the first bit of melted cheese oozes out. it's super rich (quail are dark meat) each one is about the siz of a single chicken thigh. I serve it with an herbed wild rice and raspberry spinach salad and some reisling wine.

On a bright note, mr saddi's surgery went well yesterday, he's just a little sore this morning.

Oh Good about Mr. Saddi, I missed that he was having surgery.
I'm so intrigued with that menu, it sounds devine but I'm afraid my family has plebeian tastes and I'll have to invite myself to dinner.

 

[AK Michelle]

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We have started construction on a feeder made from a saw horse. We flipped the saw horse upside down,we are going to make a tray out the bottom and cover the sides in plywood then add a slanted top. It should hold about 2 bags of feed.

I will likely have 30 or so birds over the winter so bigger is better.

I like that idea! I should do something like that. I hate trudging thru 3 ft of snow in -30 with pails of feed...

I saw one built by TheWarden and then I was looking at SouthernBelle's and from that we came up with out plan.

 

[AK Michelle]

So here is a rough draft of the barn floor plan. with that many birds, I wanted to have plenty of room. The top wall has 3 pop door and windows that can be opened in summer to let in some fresh air. The removable doors are going to be stored during winter and put in place as necessary for breeding season. Once egg collection is over the doors will go back in storage. There will be roll out nest boxes for the layers too, and I don't know what turkeys need for nesting since I've never wintered them over (research)

 

[mclevinson]

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I hate you too. A recipe I cannot resist and then you tell me they're easy and fast to raise. Where do I start my research on raising quail?

 

[sparkles2307]

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I likes.

I thought there were horses going in the barn?

 

[mclevinson]

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Pretty much how I feel about them. But they are tasty eats, so I could massacre them with great joy for food. Well, as much joy as I get from processing, but I'd feel less attachment to ratbirds than to my chickens. Plus, they are easy as sin to raise.

Hrm. How much room do quails need?

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2X3X1 holds 6. Mine live on my patio, so they have a box to get out of the weather and hide if they want. We stack these on a shelf 3 tall, like rabbit cages. (now my rabbits like in 16sqft 2 level bunny palaces, but that's mostly to do with thier indoor pet status.)

So you incubate, wait two days and give them back to mama? Or do you just let her lay and hatch?

 

[call ducks]

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Nice

 

[mclevinson]

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women are indecisive, men are pains...

I donno. But they are. And why can't they do what we ask the way we ask it? I mean really really nice, polite, asking results in....whatever he feels like doing.