Wednesday, March 4, 2015

The Quail Report - More Quail in the Freezer!

Our little Italian Speckled Coturnix Quail hatched.....


And then they grew..


And grew......


And then 5 weeks and 5 days after hatching, we found this.....the egg on the left is a regular quail egg, and the one on the right is a pullet quail egg...


And then, we had this...


In 6 short weeks!

And now we've got these again...


And the cycle continues!  

I must tell you again, the quail have been a FANTASTIC addition to our little homestead.  

Until next time....

God Bless,




12 comments:

  1. Wow, they look like great contributors! I had no idea they were so great for a homestead until you posted about them previously. Thank you! :)

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    1. They really are amazing. I had never thought about them either, until The Man started talking about it, and they have made a wonderful addition as I said. As a matter of fact, we are going to butcher 5 of our laying hens, to get us down to 4, because we almost exclusively use quail eggs now! I'll keep those hens just to keep me in enough chicken eggs for making homemade ice cream.

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  2. That is so cool! You make me want quail more and more all the time. :)

    We probably need to hold off on new animal adventures with everything else going on, though.

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    1. I would totally recommend them when you get settled!

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  3. I think quail are the best meat on the homestead! Glad to see you are enjoying them. Have you tried pickling the eggs? I LOVE pickled quail eggs....that's the reason we got started in quail. LOL

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    1. I have to agree and I have tried them! I liked them but nobody else did. I'm going to make them again with a different recipe though and see if they like them better!

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  4. That's an excellent production rate! Can't say I've ever had quail but it sounds really good.

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    1. It's really delicious and pretty danged efficient homestead meat! :) Thanks for commenting!

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  5. I am really interested in trying quail. I have it as a maybe project within the next year.

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    1. Well it's for sure been a great project for us! Good luck with them, if you do go ahead!

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  6. I got quail a couple years ago hoping they would raise more quail and could be a food source, but they don't go broody like I hoped and all we have gotten is lots of cute little egg snacks. You must have an incubator then to be hatching them out? I would love to know more about it.

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    1. Yes we do have an incubator. We've read about a fella who managed to convince them to go broody by raising them on the ground in a more natural habitat, which is our hope for Quail Paradise that I've blogged about. However that hasn't happened as yet. We love the eggs though and use them almost exclusively. I've also read that you can set them under a Banty hen with some success. Of course in an off grid situation you'd have to figure out a different type of incubator, but I know that can be done as well. For now we are just using our electric incubator and enjoying the fruits! :) If you've got any more questions I'll be happy to try and answer them! :)

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