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Re: The future is Quail!
[Re: Jurassic Park]
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05/03/22 11:30 AM
05/03/22 11:30 AM
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S.C. Montana
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We picked up 20 of the little boogers a couple of weeks ago. I really like them too, not near as flighty as I thought they'd be, the bobwhites I had years ago were flightier than these guys (and gals I reckon). Ours are only about 4 weeks old and haven't started laying yet or getting aggressive and haven't heard any crowing. although I'm not sure what that sounds like from this type of bird, we have peacocks, turkeys (Narragansett) guineas, chickens (of course) and hear them all the time but these coturnix will be a new one. It'll be nice when they get going, thinking smoked quail should be real tasty
Also a Thanks You to KeithC for all of his info in the past ( I looked up the old threads on coturnix quail he posted) handy stuff to know, Thanks Again
Last edited by MTtraps; 05/03/22 11:44 AM.
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Re: The future is Quail!
[Re: Gary Benson]
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05/04/22 12:03 AM
05/04/22 12:03 AM
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Southern Virginia, 50 yr old
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Any luck at all with releasing quail into the farmstead?
If you let them out, will they come back to roost at night? Slim chance of american quail released in the wild will make it. No chance of courtinex quail released will make it. Was the largest breeder of flight conditioned bobwhite quail in the state for years. Conditioned flyers survival rate for American bobwhites is less than 10 percent. Cortenex quail is zero percent.
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Re: The future is Quail!
[Re: Jurassic Park]
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05/04/22 12:37 AM
05/04/22 12:37 AM
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MB
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We plan on eating the eggs and also hatching them and raising them to butcher. I hope we like them. A lot of work to do all this then find out we don’t like the taste lol.
We got 6 eggs today! Happy with that since we only have 6 hens!
Cold as ice!
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Re: The future is Quail!
[Re: Jurassic Park]
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05/04/22 08:34 AM
05/04/22 08:34 AM
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Williamsport, Pa.
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Used to be wild quail ( '60s) in New jersey and eastern Pa and even on Cap cod when I visited there in the '80s. But I have not even heard of quail in these areas since I have been back.......jk
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Re: The future is Quail!
[Re: Jurassic Park]
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05/04/22 11:39 AM
05/04/22 11:39 AM
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Oakland, MS
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They make dandy pickled eggs but are a pain to peel. Eggs are richer then chicken eggs but good flavor IMO.
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