Thursday, July 24, 2008

More about Quail




I'm smitten! These little guys are so cute. Here are just some of the great pictures from someone who has been raising quail since she was 14 years old: http://southfarthingstudio.com/id17.html


Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Quail Eggs are Good to Eat

Although I don't personally like the idea of eating birds that I have raised myself, I do like eggs, so I like the idea of raising birds that are small enough to live indoors and lay eggs. Quail droppings also make excellent fertilizer. Here is a very good article about raising quail: http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/easterly101.html

This picture is from another informative web site:

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/NDG/Quail/JapQ/BRKJapQ.html

Another very good article linked to in the on the above site: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Stuff/FeatherFancier/FeathFancQuail.html

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