EJ
Essex
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:51 pm Post subject: Babies and quail news |
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My little quail farm is going from strength to strength and we currently have 15 adults, 6 x 2 week old babes and 7 eggs with a week to go in the incubator. One of the noisy chaps became oven ready a couple of weeks ago, but then the quail aren't meant to be pets but livestock, providing us with meat and eggs. However, I do love them all so much and they have such fun personalities. We are getting between 8 and 11 eggs a day at the moment and they do make lovely gifts for some of my 'favourite' customers.
Just a couple of snaps of the newborns.
( photo / image / picture from EJ's Garden )
( photo / image / picture from EJ's Garden )
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eileen
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Scotland
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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I'm so glad you decided to restock after the fox incident EJ. If the rest of the eggs all hatch your going to have a lovely flock of quail. The amount of eggs you are getting is fantastic. You should sell them as they are a real delicacy and expensive to get from the shops.
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Jerry Sullivan
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Chelmsford MA
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:02 am Post subject: |
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Cute feather balls EJ, I am use to seeing Quail run around in the woods. How large is a Quail egg compared with a chicken egg?
Jerry
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Philip Nulty
The Midlands,Ireland
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:37 am Post subject: |
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Hi EJ,
lovely to find you are doing so well,..i am glad you didn't lose heart over the fox incident.
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marlingardener
Central Texas, zone 8
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:38 am Post subject: |
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EJ, those are lovely "babies"! Thank you for sharing the photos with us.
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