Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[saddina]

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by making fajitas

No that's mean roosters make the best tamales.

 

[AK Michelle]

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I work with idiots, can we strap them to the front bumper kinda like a big bumper guard/bug cather?

Maybe use them as chains for the tires, so we don't get stuck in the snow when that place freezes over.

Good idea! packing extra duck tape

 

[saddina]

ok loves, off to the beach. i'll have fluffy baby quail pics in a few days.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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I want to see them ready for a tasty meal. Like are you stuffing the body cavity with gouda?

 

[sparkles2307]

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I want to see them ready for a tasty meal. Like are you stuffing the body cavity with gouda?

No wrap the breast meat around it like a ball.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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I want to see them ready for a tasty meal. Like are you stuffing the body cavity with gouda?

No wrap the breast meat around it like a ball.

So what do you do with the rest of the meat? I know, there's not much, but.....

 

[jbowyer01]

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Ooooooooo I like that idea!!!!!!!!!

 

[sparkles2307]

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No wrap the breast meat around it like a ball.

So what do you do with the rest of the meat? I know, there's not much, but.....

I imagine that if you want to take the extra time to process the carcass beyond removing the breasts you could do that.... but what Saddi is saying is basically they raise and butcher the quail specifically for the breast meat if I'm not mistaken... so when you prcoess you decapitate and debreast and thats that.

 

[Southernbelle]

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No wrap the breast meat around it like a ball.

So what do you do with the rest of the meat? I know, there's not much, but.....

There's not much. When I had them, I'd skin and gut the whole bird, cut the carcass in half and have hubby grill them. There's only a little nibble on the rest of the carcass, so it's not really worth skinning and gutting the whole thing. I process start to finish with a pair of kitchen shears - snip the head off, let it drip for a few seconds, cut a line up the center of the skin (don't cut into the crop), peel the skin back, remove breats, toss the rest.

I like the Texas A&M's for the whiter meat, but if you like dark meat the Jumbo Brown Coturnix are the way to go. Whatever you do avoid Bobwhites - they're psyco.

 

[Southernbelle]

I kept mine in a 24x24" rabbit cage with a chick feeder and a nipple waterer. I tilted the cage slightly forward so the eggs would roll to the front, no nest box. Sometimes I'd put a cat litter pan in there with sand in it and they loved it.