Raising Quail in the Garden
Before building the cabin I raised Coturnix quail. I experimented with a variety of enclosures with the goal of giving […]
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Category: Quail
Quail: More Hatchlings
I received a second batch of fertilized eggs(this time from Minnesota) a couple of weeks ago. 19 of the 31 […]
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Here are some pictures from their first week. 11 of the 20 eggs hatched out. For warmth I draped a […]
Read more →Quail: First Hatch
Continuing in my quail husbandry experiment I decided it was time to hatch some quail on my own I was […]
Read more →Quail Tractor Beta
In the quail husbandry R&D department I’ve devised the Quail Tractor beta model building on and revising the quail tractor […]
Read more →Black Soldier Fly Larva Harvester
Black soldier fly larva are voracious decomposers. Here’s a video of a some larva completely devouring a hamburger over the course […]
Read more →Quail Update: Eggs!
Over the Easter weekend I made a few modifications to the quail tractor including upgrading the water reservoir from the […]
Read more →Quail!!!
On our way back from Enchanted Rock last Friday we picked up 14 quail chicks from a breeder in Dripping […]
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For a while now I’ve been talking up quail as an alternative to chickens. With a small footprint (0.5 sqft/bird), […]
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