Texas A&M

[Buttercup Chillin]

I wouldn't go with less than 3:1 I have 4/5 to 1. Of course right now (waiting for another cage to appear, soon) I have 8:1 in one pen and all eggs I have opened (for breakfast) are fertile.

I am amazed. Utterly shocked to tell the truth. Not at all what I expected. No wonder I see him in the dustbath daily just resting. He is one busy boy.

One of my favorite lunches is just cover a quail in Salsa Verde and cook it in the microwave. Fast, easy and very good.

 

[JJMR794]

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I thought the J Browns were developed then the White was added to get really the Texas A&M Jumbo Browns and the Texas A&M Whites. Which are also Jumbo because they were crossed with the Jumbo Browns. Or something??????

I wish Texas A&M would update their pamphets for the larger birds. Old cage sizes don't work for their birds. Thus leading to mass confusion out here about a lot of things. Having current information on their birds and how they were developed would be wonderful. That information might even come in handy for future generations. We don't want to loose the information and I am afraid that is already happening. It hasn't been that long.

Sorry, just venting at A&M for a minute there.

I skin, its just faster when I am doing large batches and it still takes me a couple of hours per 20-25 bird batches. So several days.
Then I soak them in salted water for a few days, rinse drain, cook or freeze. Salt water pulls all the blood out and any pin feathers I missed.

THE ORIGINAL BIRDS WERE BROWN, AFTER THEY WERE RELEASED TO COMMERCIAL FARMS THE CHANGE TO WHITE OCCURED.

DIAMOND H RANCH IN TEXAS WORKED WITH DR LEE CARTWRIGHT TO PRODUCE A WHITE BIRD WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS BUT WHITE FOR A NEATER APPEARANCE OF CARCASS.

SO..... WHEN WE SEE A WHITE COTURNIX AND AUTOMATICALLY CALL IT AN A&M WE ARE TECHNICALLY WRONG

 

[joe125]

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I thought the J Browns were developed then the White was added to get really the Texas A&M Jumbo Browns and the Texas A&M Whites. Which are also Jumbo because they were crossed with the Jumbo Browns. Or something??????

I wish Texas A&M would update their pamphets for the larger birds. Old cage sizes don't work for their birds. Thus leading to mass confusion out here about a lot of things. Having current information on their birds and how they were developed would be wonderful. That information might even come in handy for future generations. We don't want to loose the information and I am afraid that is already happening. It hasn't been that long.

Sorry, just venting at A&M for a minute there.

I skin, its just faster when I am doing large batches and it still takes me a couple of hours per 20-25 bird batches. So several days.
Then I soak them in salted water for a few days, rinse drain, cook or freeze. Salt water pulls all the blood out and any pin feathers I missed.

THE ORIGINAL BIRDS WERE BROWN, AFTER THEY WERE RELEASED TO COMMERCIAL FARMS THE CHANGE TO WHITE OCCURED.

DIAMOND H RANCH IN TEXAS WORKED WITH DR LEE CARTWRIGHT TO PRODUCE A WHITE BIRD WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS BUT WHITE FOR A NEATER APPEARANCE OF CARCASS.

SO..... WHEN WE SEE A WHITE COTURNIX AND AUTOMATICALLY CALL IT AN A&M WE ARE TECHNICALLY WRONG

BINGO!

I really don't understand why coturnix breeders can't throw off the "Texas A&M" term and work on "jumbo" versions of the species (ANY FEATHER COLOR) for meat production! I admit that I'm fascinated by color combination's, but the whole TA&M myth is counter productive! A coturnix is a coturnix is a coturnix!
Yes they may be larger, yes they may have some fancy colors, but once they are dressed out....They taste exactly like ......COTURNIX, and there is nothing wrong with that!

 

[pascopol]

When I read those misterious, educational and entertaining stories about Texas A&M' origin it sounds much like that of dinosaurs to me. Dinosaurs went extinct million years ago and nobody really knows why (all the theories trying to explain their demise are bunch of crap)


Texas A&M's were developed just few years ago, but nobody really knows how they looked like, what color they were, how big they were,

then they were "lost" then some claim "found again" . We have "regular" A&M's "Original" A&M's or just "A&M's. Some of them are so big nobody can take a picture of'em since they will not fit in the camera frame!

Modern times mystery.

How we can ever uncover Dinosaurs story when we can not uncover very recent Texas A&M mystery?


It is just like one of those:

"Japanese scientist predict that in 10 million years earth will ...... bla bla bla."

Our weather "scientists" predict how many hurricanes will occur in any given year somehow they are always wrong.

But they are not even trying to predict if it will DEFINITELY rain in any given day in Florida or not!

LMAO

 

[ssbs]

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Matthew 24:36 “Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father

 

[mhwc56]

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Matthew 24:36 “Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father

AMEN!

 

[ssbs]

My eggs are on their 16th day now.. Nothing out of them yet, which is a bummer but I know the game isn't over.. Especially since my inc ran cool during the first half (Although I've found that it results in more females it wasn't intentional, the weather got real cool and so did the basement where the incubator is kept)

But something hit me the other day. How are you supposed to sex A&M's? do I just have to wait until maturity and see who crows? With the adult corturnix's I have now I could tell at 2 weeks old since the females had spotted breasts already.

I guess I should have thought about this before

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

Well this is where JJMR says the beer sexing comes in. I am going to use wine on my Whites.

I tried to see a difference when they first hatched and I think I saw some with bigger heads than others, but not like the female Jumbo Browns. I don't have another brooder though to separate them outside, so my little test has to waite till weather is warmer.

So its vent sexing when they get a little older, watch for eggs or have a beer sit back and watch them. Take out the boys as they start calling. Now this is going to be fun.

 

[ssbs]

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Not quite old enough for that yet

Stupid me just figured out why my eggs haven't hatched yet.. I didn't know A&M's take 2 days longer than jumbo browns

 

[JJMR794]

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Not quite old enough for that yet

Stupid me just figured out why my eggs haven't hatched yet.. I didn't know A&M's take 2 days longer than jumbo browns

UM .... UH... WOULD YOU BELIEVE THEY DONT?