Quail won’t stop CROWING.

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Thanks! Looks so pretty once all the bits are off. I actually started to dry pluck it but when the skin tore I said screw it and went skinless - I don’t care for the skin anyway! We had a small batch (13) and of those we have 5 males after vent checking all of them today, but the remaining two in the pen are quiet as a mouse and much smaller than these three were besides, so they’re being given a free pass for now.
 
We did it! I cheated and had my partner do the other two. But it’s done! Yipee! My yard is so quiet! And they all came out ok! And I think, even though three isn’t very much, we are gonna fry them up with some eggs and biscuits and a skillet gravy tonight. :)

The kids opted for pizza :p
 
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The final update!
 
TeePants said:
Almost 5 weeks - they hatched around 5/5.

I pulled two out that I know are males and one more that I am pretty sure I saw crow (I managed to get a conjunctival abrasion yesterday which is a fancy word that means I scratched my eyeball so it’s hard to see properly LOL).

There was at least one other one crowing while I was dealing with those three, but they’re being awfully quiet now. I know one of the two creamy colored ones is a boy, but those are the kid’s favorites and I’m hoping with the other three out he’ll settle down.

I should add, while they do occasionally crow (and one night at 1am one of them went off about something, I suspect a cat) they’ve never gone on for half an hour almost non stop like this.

I’m afraid the ones I pulled are tragically not going to make it to 6 weeks. I don’t DO 4am. Not for anything. :tongue I’m sure the neighbors don’t either. I just ordered some poultry shears I saw recommended elsewhere and they’ll be here this afternoon. I’m hoping 1 week won’t make much difference here or there, we’re going to skin and spatchcock them anyway because I’ve only ever cleaned fish and even that was a very long time ago.
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Appetizers!!!! 😂 Seriously though..... @Nabiki has a great processing article on here complete with pics etc. there are others too. I can pm you our videos if you’d like.
 
Just for future reference.....we tend to cut the legs off and package them separately to fry for breakfast. The use the breasts for dinners in a variety of recipes like stuffed with a fresh jalapeño and cream cheese, wrapped in bacon and smoked. We’ve also done fried, rotisserie, and baked with raspberry reduction sauce.
 
i had 4 males and 5 females.... once we butchered the 2 extra males, i haven't heard the other 2 crow in like 3-4 weeks.... just one crow today when i was working with some tools next to the shed.
 

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