Quail

April 21, 2017

Quail

April 21, 2017

 

Quail Day 1

They are here! I finally picked up quail chicks. I wrote a few times last year about how I wanted to give raising a few quail a try but that my mister was dead set against it.

A couple of months later I started talking about goats. You know, to milk and breed and make cheese?

Suddenly, quail seemed like a dandy idea!

Not that I did that on purpose but I’m slowly turning into my maternal grandmother and going back to my farmer roots. Besides, there are so few people around here for this nurturing type to take care of these days.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

quail chicks

But hey, the quail babies are here! I refer to them collectively as “the nuggets”.

Now, I was only going to get FOUR of them. I wanted 1 rooster and 3 hens.

It turns out that at this age it’s hard to tell the sex and I wanted to start with fluffy quail chicks.

Plus, I’ve not raised quail before (My grandmother had tons of chickens) and I was afraid I might lose one or two.

So I asked for 8 and he “gave me an extra one”.

Yeah. I have nine quail chicks! 

I thought that extra chick looked rather sickly the first day but she perked up after a day and seems to be doing fine. She’s a little smaller than the rest but she’s a trooper!

Escape Artist Quail

It only took about 4 days for this fella to start escaping the Rubbermaid bin. I’m just gonna assume it’s a rooster because he’s so incorrigible.

And you can see how fast they changed in just a few days. Quail grow up FAST!

I’m sure I’ll be back with more updates as we are building a more permanent home for them and will be moving them outside to the gardens.

I have two neighbors with chickens and now I have quail. We’ll be swimming in eggs before too long!

Vicki O'Dell

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  • Janet Kynerd April 23, 2017 at 6:49 pm

    I hope all your quail stay healthy and lay lots of eggs for you. I follow another blog , Garden Up Green, that you might find interesting. Carol also raises quail and has written a book about them.

    • Vicki O'Dell April 24, 2017 at 10:42 am

      Thanks for the tip Janet, I will go check her out.

  • Vicki Brown April 23, 2017 at 8:57 am

    HI Vicki
    They are adorable. I hope for their sake and yours that you have no fox families living close by.
    I’m just wondering how many eggs it will take to equal on extra large chicken age
    Trust me to think of a question like that…

    • Vicki O'Dell April 24, 2017 at 10:42 am

      I think it takes 4-6 quail eggs to equal 1 chicken egg Vicki but they are more nutrient dense.
      They are in a coop – safe from predators. 🙂

  • Janet Kynerd April 21, 2017 at 11:25 pm

    Vicki, you might enjoy the blog Garden Up Green. Carol also raises quail. Hope yours grow to lay lots of eggs.

  • Carol Mae Dobbins April 21, 2017 at 11:33 am

    Congratulations! I figured it was only a matter of time…. Your hubby is not such a “hard nose” and he really would do anything to make you happy – including building roost! LOL

    • Vicki O'Dell April 21, 2017 at 4:45 pm

      Well, I wouldn’t press him on the goat thing. He was pretty adamant about that one! :O)

      • Carol Mae Dobbins April 21, 2017 at 5:44 pm

        One big change at a time>>> 🙂

  • Anne April 21, 2017 at 10:38 am

    Ah, so cute! And, in time, quail’s eggs – scrumptious! Best of luck with your new endeavour. 🙂

    • Vicki O'Dell April 21, 2017 at 4:44 pm

      Thanks a bunch, Anne. 🙂

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