Winter care for your backyard quail flock is simple. The birds need fresh water, good food, and protection from the elements. Raising quail is easy when you do the preparation… [Continue Reading]
Backyard Quail – Clan Mating for a Sustainable Flock
Clan Mating or also called Family Mating is a breeding plan to insure good genetic diversity in a small flock or herd. While this system can be used with any… [Continue Reading]
Do coturnix quail lay eggs in the winter?
Do coturnix quail lay eggs in the winter? Well yes and no! Like most animals they are in tune with the seasons and during the winter month they will stop… [Continue Reading]
The story of how I became The Quail Man
It was my never my intent to go out and become anything. It was back at the beginning of the urban chicken movement. While I can remember at least one… [Continue Reading]
Quail FAQ – Simple answers to beginner questions
What do quail eggs taste like? Can I eat fertilized quail eggs? Given that you feed the quail a commercial game bird feed, the eggs will taste the same as… [Continue Reading]
5 things needed to get started with backyard quail
Been a while since I posted, so thought I would begin with a post for folks looking to get started raising backyard quail for eggs and/or meat. 1) Cage or… [Continue Reading]
Backyard Quail – Processing Restraining Cone Build
See this post for more detail “Backyard Quail – butchering – simple killing cone”
Backyard Quail – Top 10 video
See this post for more detail “Backyard Quail – ten reasons why they are the perfect backyard animal”
Summer 2014 – Backyard Quail update
Finally feels like summer around here, got a heat wave this week that made both me and the birds a little hot. Not too much activity this summer with the… [Continue Reading]
Spring 2014 – Backyard Quail update
Winter is FINALLY over! I ended up with 10 quail after a long brutal winter. Thanks to the surviving females I have 28 eggs in the incubator. With my normal… [Continue Reading]