So went away for spring break while eggs incubated – I returned to a very dry incubator – we will just have to see what happens. I removed them from… [Continue Reading]
Spring 2012
I have been a little lax in my posting, but with good reason: I took the winter off. My new favorite phrase: “I sent all my birds to freezer camp”… [Continue Reading]
Great Father’s Day
Thanks to my wife, the kids got me an egg turner for father’s day. After my last hatch plus eight weeks of noisy babies I was going to wait, but… [Continue Reading]
Incubation update – baby quail
So once again I had about 50% hatch rate. I was able to sell a few and at 8 weeks I butchered 14.
Incubation – check!
So the weather has improved and the birds are producing eggs on a regular basis. I saved up a group of quail eggs and put them in the incubator this… [Continue Reading]
Spring is in the air!
Got to 80 over the weekend
Backyard Quail – ten reasons why they are the perfect backyard animal
Quail are easy to keep and raise making them the perfect backyard animal. This post discusses why I think so.
Quail Egg Hatch Update
I was hoping adding a fan to my incubator plus using locally sourced eggs would increase my hatch rate. So far so good!
Eggs – finally quail eggs
So I have been waiting patiently for the birds to lay eggs. It had been 6+ weeks and the birds were that old when I got them. Anyway, my new favorite bird 🙂 started last Thursday and has laid everyday since.
First Chicks arrive right on time!
So we have had a few eggs in the incubator and right on time, day 17, they started to hatch. Percentage wise we didnt do very well, but the fact that ANY hatched considering we have no idea what we are doing is great.