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The little quail farm is going well, got 35 eggs in the incubator and today made the first lot of pickled eggs

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Boiling


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Peeled and in vinegar and sugar solution

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Fiddly little buggers to peel, but worth the effort and time
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Looks bloody good
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Very noice 🤤
How much more difficult is the caging/penning arrangement for them little birds?
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Gnome wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:50 pm Very noice 🤤
How much more difficult is the caging/penning arrangement for them little birds?
Bugger all really, they don't need much height as they don't fly, so something around 400 - 450 mm high would do, four birds, one cock bird and three hens, about 1/2 sqm is plenty. You could keep them in a good sized cocky cage if you wanted to, if you already have an aviary, just chuck them in the bottom with a small hutch for them to shelter in and they will clean up any spilled seed. I feed mine chicken crumble and give them a small amount of ground up shell gritt once a week. :D

Google raising quail on u tube, there are a lot of set ups there, though I think some of them are too cramped for the amount of birds they have in them. :?
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Thanks Mark 👍
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Well, nice surprise this morning, hatching has started, nine out, three got under the tray and drowned themselves in the water reservoir, six healthy little fluff balls

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deep fried salt and pepper quail is a must try.
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Let them get a bit bigger first


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Mmm kfq
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