Sonoma County, CA quail keepers/processors?

[Ebony Rose]

My jumbo roos have begun to crow. How soon will they start to get violent with each other? How soon do I need to process my two extras? I was kind of hoping to wait a few more weeks until my next back of chicks is big enough and do them all at once.

Edit: I'm not sure if I'm ready for this!

By all means, try to wait then. Should one of them come up injured, you can process the injured one immediately to avoid bloodlust with the other males, and infection to the injured bird; making the meat still safe to eat. If you plan to pluck them, and splatchcock them (cut them with sharp kitchen shears up along the spinal cord on both sides to expose the body cavity without wasting too much precious meat), processing one bird should take about six minutes if it's your first time. If you plan to skin them, eliminating the need to boil water and pluck, and splatchcock them, one bird should take you about four minutes, if it's your first time.
I can have two birds processed, cooked and on the table in under 15 minutes.
If you have chickens, cats or dogs, they will enjoy the offal. I cut it into bite size (according to which animal I'm feeding it to), but prefer to give these choice bits to my chickens as they really benefit from the boost in protein. I even cut the spinal cord into quarter-inch segments for them; they devour it all. I have septic where I'm at, so I just flush the skin and feathers down the toilet, and that's all of the waste properly disposed of.

 

[el dorado quail]

@Nabiki
I'm going to santa rosa for this next month. You should come! I could stop by and help you cull if you got more to do then if you want also.
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/mpes/spop.html

 

[Nabiki]

@Nabiki
I'm going to santa rosa for this next month. You should come! I could stop by and help you cull if you got more to do then if you want also.
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/mpes/spop.html

Thanks! I registered. That's 5th week of the mod, so I should be able to take the day off from work.

I would love some support on learning to butcher the quail. I've watched some videos, read about it, but that's not the same as doing it, and having someone there to step in if I start to do something wrong. (I know, it's hard to mess up, and once the bird is dead, it's dead, but... still...)

Hmmm... actually it's the 6th week of the mod (finals week), but I should be able to go anyways. Finals week is much more boring for the instructor than it is for the students.

 

[el dorado quail]

Thanks! I registered. That's 5th week of the mod, so I should be able to take the day off from work.

I would love some support on learning to butcher the quail. I've watched some videos, read about it, but that's not the same as doing it, and having someone there to step in if I start to do something wrong. (I know, it's hard to mess up, and once the bird is dead, it's dead, but... still...)

Hmmm... actually it's the 6th week of the mod (finals week), but I should be able to go anyways. Finals week is much more boring for the instructor than it is for the students.

Yeah I'm doing a butcher party with @CoturnixComplex and my friend like shortly before that? So hopefully I'll have the killing mastered and butchery experience? We'll see. I hate touching raw meat. I will at least be able to point and instruct.