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[OneMountainAcres]

Question. .. again. My first born chick is looking rather splay-legged today. I made little "shackles" or of medical tape and gave it back to his mommy. Will that work? I also put a more grippy floor in there for them. How long does he need the shackles to stay in and will he be ok with them on under Cookie's care? He kept falling over once I put them on.

 

[wingstone]

Question. .. again. My first born chick is looking rather splay-legged today. I made little "shackles" or of medical tape and gave it back to his mommy. Will that work? I also put a more grippy floor in there for them. How long does he need the shackles to stay in and will he be ok with them on under Cookie's care? He kept falling over once I put them on.

Wish could help when questions like this are posted ( my motto has always been do not interfere with nature )..
I wonder if just changing the flooring is not enough to help the chick build those leg muscles up...

 

[wingstone]

It is noon on Wednesday, in about half hour I will be headed to TSC, if I am not heard from n 24 hours, someone may need to post ransom.

 

[sharron]

wingstone, we have to process quail, any suggestions? have decide to just have the husband pull the heads off, but still don't know whether to pluck or skin, when growing up and had wild quail, we always plucked, but then we didn't have 37 at a time.

 

[wingstone]

wingstone, we have to process quail, any suggestions? have decide to just have the husband pull the heads off, but still don't know whether to pluck or skin, when growing up and had wild quail, we always plucked, but then we didn't have 37 at a time.

With quail I use a pair of sharp kitchen shears and a 5 gallon bucket to hold them her for bleeding... hold each one because if they get to wing flopping those wings are easily broken..
Hand plucking that many could be tedious ( quail pluck easily in a plucker). But I think would try dipping in a scald water ( I use 130 temp for quail) then pulling feathers into an area that you can keep running water constantly going over them..
Can you tell prefer to keep skin on quail
I never seen it but I have a buddy that took an old salad spinner and glued rubber around the inside, he says he plucks quail and other small game birds with it....

Wish was closer, they would go quickly n a plucker.the most I ever did at a time was 24 and I remember the process going quickly..
Just remember that domestically raised animals do not have the thick skin of wild, watch those temps or you will tear the son all up.

 

[fisherlady]

Question. .. again. My first born chick is looking rather splay-legged today. I made little "shackles" or of medical tape and gave it back to his mommy. Will that work? I also put a more grippy floor in there for them. How long does he need the shackles to stay in and will he be ok with them on under Cookie's care? He kept falling over once I put them on.

Is it possible to put sand in the brooder box with them? I know the nest is hay or straw, but if the underflooring and area around the nest is a coarse material it will help it with traction.
I am like wing... I rarely interfere beyond maybe some 'save-a-chick' or brown sugar water via drops from a syringe when they are slow starters, DH sometimes brings them in and puts them in a brooder box under a heat lamp if a major problem. So I am not a very good resource for chicken medical issues....

 

[fisherlady]

It is noon on Wednesday, in about half hour I will be headed to TSC, if I am not heard from n 24 hours, someone may need to post ransom.

I'll come do the rescue... though that could be dangerous too!

 

[sharron]

With quail I use a pair of sharp kitchen shears and a 5 gallon bucket to hold them her for bleeding... hold each one because if they get to wing flopping those wings are easily broken..
Hand plucking that many could be tedious ( quail pluck easily in a plucker). But I think would try dipping in a scald water ( I use 130 temp for quail) then pulling feathers into an area that you can keep running water constantly going over them..
Can you tell prefer to keep skin on quail
I never seen it but I have a buddy that took an old salad spinner and glued rubber around the inside, he says he plucks quail and other small game birds with it....

Wish was closer, they would go quickly n a plucker.the most I ever did at a time was 24 and I remember the process going quickly..
Just remember that domestically raised animals do not have the thick skin of wild, watch those temps or you will tear the son all up.

we do have a plucker , would that work for a quail? we thought that the plucker would maybe beat them up too bad, i love it for the chickens tho, thats why we made one, hand plucking was getting hard on my hands, good ole arthritis , could only do three, maybe four chickens a day. maybe i should just do four or five at a time and hand pluck, a good fried up quail is hard to beat taste wise if i remember correctly. but i don't want the quail to suffer so maybe the kitchen shears would be better for dispatching.
thanks

 

[chiques chicks]

It is noon on Wednesday, in about half hour I will be headed to TSC, if I am not heard from n 24 hours, someone may need to post ransom.

You do know I basically go past there every day. If you really need stuff I can pick it up then drop it off after midnight on my way home from work.

 

[wingstone]

With quail I use a pair of sharp kitchen shears and a 5 gallon bucket to hold them her for bleeding... hold each one because if they get to wing flopping those wings are easily broken..

Hand plucking that many could be tedious ( quail pluck easily in a plucker). But I think would try dipping in a scald water ( I use 130 temp for quail) then pulling feathers into an area that you can keep running water constantly going over them..

Can you tell prefer to keep skin on quail

I never seen it but I have a buddy that took an old salad spinner and glued rubber around the inside, he says he plucks quail and other small game birds with it....


Wish was closer, they would go quickly n a plucker.the most I ever did at a time was 24 and I remember the process going quickly..

Just remember that domestically raised animals do not have the thick skin of wild, watch those temps or you will tear the son all up.

we do have a plucker , would that work for a quail? we thought that the plucker would maybe beat them up too bad, i love it for the chickens tho, thats why we made one, hand plucking was getting hard on my hands, good ole arthritis , could only do three, maybe four chickens a day. maybe i should just do four or five at a time and hand pluck, a good fried up quail is hard to beat taste wise if i remember correctly. but  i don't want the quail to suffer so maybe the kitchen shears would be better for dispatching.
thanks

Bleed out about 8 at a time and put them all in the plucker at the same time, just remember to keep your water temps down encount of the thin skin... I very rarely have any with torn skin....

Hubby uses a hedge clipper type tool since his fingers get stuck in scissors.either way, a good clean and quick cut.