Cheers for this, I been tryin to find out about "how to raise quails for eating" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? It is a smashing exclusive guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the hard work. Ive heard some great things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
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This is just superb, I have been researching "quail price" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (search on google ) ? It is an awesome exclusive guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the headache. Ive heard some amazing things about it and my partner got great results with it.
reason #2 is so difficult to explain to folks. when you grow your own meat (fish, bird, etc) you will eat less meat because you find other ways that they are useful. its so odd.
@@BrimwoodFarm maybe it's because you see what "meat" actually is and it gives you more respect for the life in general. When you get it in a package skinned ,boned, and ready to cook we tend to forget that it was a living thing. I'm not against eating meat I eat meat, but I can't help but think we've become a bit to detached and spoiled from the process. Just my opinion.
I raise two Bobwhite quail. I’m never, EVER going to butcher them. When I saw in the comments about you talking about butchering them, I was like “nope, not gonna butcher them...EVER!” They are too cute. I’m gonna raise more next year (2019). My male Bobwhite, Peep, almost drowned when he was only a couple of minutes (or hours) old. He had a rough start, but survived. Re-Peep (female), on the other hand, had more of a “less rough” start.
7- Feathers, to make your own comfortable pillow. 8- Shit , to make your own organic plant fertilizer 9- Rest, (bones, meat, inside), to make dog/cat meat after grinding 10- Egg shells , to make plants calcium /calc after grinding
Adorable quails!! So interesting, thank you!! I live in the city but I see myself one day living in the country, surrounded by woods, raising chickens, quails and ducks... I dream about it every single day!
I'm a quail raiser too. I have two major drawbacks with them: that they are so cute which makes them hard to kill and you have to incubate the eggs because they won't do it themselves. I'm thinking about shoving some eggs under a broody chicken to see how they go.
+McDowall Manor could be a good idea. If you're worried about tiny chick size and her trampling them you could always pull them into a brooder once they've hatched.
we do natural hatches - have to bring the brooding quail hen into the house and keep her crate warm - we leave her with them till they can join the covey in the flypen outside - feed a lot of ground hard boiled egg - they need intense protein - brooding hen needs it to regrow the feathers they chew off her belie before they start eating feed and seed - we find naturally brooded birds make better brooding hens and stronger male fliers for pointer training
Another thing about the eggs... They are supposed to help with allergies, and are packed with more nutrition. So, they are a better egg for you to eat.
@@adeonsajakarta2923 However dietary cholesterol is not really a thing. It mostly passes right through you. Blood levels have more to do with fat metabolism in the presence of insulin.
This is my first batch of quail. I hatched them in an incubator. They are incredibly sweet. My quail are just 6 weeks? They started laying eggs yesterday. We have a back yard homestead and this is the perfect bird for that.
To those ppl who were horrified to learn the fastest way to cull a quail: when a homesteaders uses the term "keep/keeping" they really mean raising for food. Homesteaders are not sadistic. They raise, with love, their stock because the grocery store ppl BUTCHER WITHOUT CARE, whereas if its quick like with a sharp pair of secateurs the bird doesn't suffer. Humans do better with actual protein, we are genetically programmed to be meat eaters. Its a person choice to be vegetarian / vegan and that's OK too, but homesteaders 9times out of 10 cull their own animals for a better, healthier, and more responsible animal-based diet. Have you ever been to Tesco at 1930 after the evening sales have left the shelf with extra meat that's not being sold?? That, in my mind, is a criminal waste. And much more irresponsible.
Do women not accustomed to killing or skinning and dividing the animal commonly adjust to being able to do it? I want to be self-sustaining with deer, turkey, chickens, eggs, goats for milk, and maybe a few cows. I surely couldn't do it to a quail or even cook it after seeing how sweet they are. Is it common for women to be VERY averse, yet see the logic and more gentle and respectful way of homesteading and living on the land, then adjust to being part of killing the animals and preparing them? I'm cringing even asking the question. I have an Army background. I was brainwashed and gung ho to fight wars. I thank God that I got out and don't have the expereince of killing in war. I really think it would have ruined me beyond repair. I'm not saying animals would do that, not if one is respectful and appreciative. It wasn't until many years later that I realized how brainwashed I'd been and the bold realization of how my soul and pysche NEVER would have been able to handle it. We have 23 vets per day committing suicide. Not only is the trauma horriffic and many doing four and five tours of war (most in history), but they came back to find out they were fighting a murder campaign for Jew Control and Agenda. We have 2 million Veterans Against the Iraq War, who have publicly renounced and apologized. I think that I would have been one if that happened to me toc commit suicide. These poor, young men and women who live the aftermath. They were used as cannon fodder - on both sides of the war. I wouldn't have a problem, though wouldl be tough, fighting for my nation and people against a REAL ENEMY. Jews orchestrated WWII Genocide of Germans, using Jew Control of Ameirca and Great Britain. Germans were 1 in 4 founders of this nation. Germans killed their own tribe. European descendants are ONE RACE - ANGLO SAXON BLOOD ISRAEL. GERMANS ARE THE REAL JUDAH. Those who call themselves Jews are not Judah and are no part of Israel. "Jews" are Edom/Canaan/Cain MUTTS - CURSED OF YAHWAH. I could handle when the time comes being part of annihilation of every Edom-"Jew". THAT is real war. I'd have a less diffiucult time doing that than killing an animal for food. Real necessity and justice for war is the ONLY time wars should be fought to defend one's race and nations and destroy the enemy who is harming and intends harm of one's peopole. Vengeance and Defense is coming. All Jews are traitors and will be executed in OUR WHITE ISRAEL NATIONS.
@@czarpeppers6250 I never thought I could. The more I get into the dreaming and planning, already loving the animals, I think I may. I'm not saying it wouldn't be tough. I'd surely rather have a man do it, and may arrange for help. But, I might be able to adjust to it. I'm at least much more comfortable by entertaining the whole of the experience - self-sustaining, appreciating and loving the animals, and raising for myself and others. I know that I would be as kind as possible and give them the best I can. I understand what you are saying. I guess that I will find out. I'm leaning toward modest amount of animals, with the majority being plants. Cows and goats would be the majority of the animals if for income. Those would have to be taken out for harvest or in-house. If in-house, likely I'd find someone that I could hire, either living on the land for help or just for that purpose. In the country, there are many skilled and kind people. I know it is shocking for a woman to say she would be able to. I'm more adapted now, but the proof is in the pudding. Likely, I'd get so attached to all of them, no matter how many.
@@tracischeelk29 Nah, it isn't shocking for a woman to say she could. Honestly if it were something I really wanted to get into I could probably get use to it, and it is something I may like to do someday. I suppose the best way to think of it is that the animal has a far better life than the ones whose meat you buy at the supermarket. If I did get into having animals for food I'd probably just start out with chickens for eggs, then see how I felt about doing more. I know my Dad talks about when he was young and my grand father would have to go out and hunt for food. He loved animals too, but it was just what needed to be done. I think my grandmother prepared them. That was just life on the farm in the 1950's. I know what you mean about getting attached though, that would be my biggest fear.
Really enjoyed the video. I've had a pet Japanese quail for around 3 years now. He lives inside (only because the cats in my area eye him off from the fence) he does get a little outdoor adventure everyday though under my supervision for a dust bath and forage. Lovely little birds.
So Ive kept chickens in the past with the long term to breed them and eat them. Never happened because I became too attached to them. My roo one day got ill (then passed) and I was left with a hen, so I introduced her to my friends flock and she continues to live her life. I still eat chicken from the butchers but I couldnt get over the idea of eating my own. I then kept rabbits because Ive never personally had any attachment to them but Ive fallen in love with them as well... They are still living and will live out their lives with no intention of being eaten. I *may* try out the quail since I have a spare hutch laying around. ^~^
+octipus crime don't bother keeping quail either. Pretty soon you'll have a hobby farm where the livestock are eating up your land /rent payment in feed.
I'd love to live off the land and intend to buy land , self-sustaining for home and land. Deer, rabbits, turkey, chickens, goats. ...never farmed beforee, though did grow up close to country. I need a man to do it. I just cannot. I'm a tomboy. I went deer hunting as young adult with boyfriend, thinking I could do it, as if for meat, it's natral. To sit and wait to kill an animal is NOT for me. My neigbhor killed rabbits in his yard. Rabbit is VERY expensive. I ate it growing up from my Dad bringing it in on specail occasion. It's delicious. I told my neighbor next time he killed one, I'd take it to skin it, to feed to my cat. So, he called to tell me when he got one. Couldn't do it!!!! No way. That's the last time I've ever considered thinking I could kill an animal or handle the "preparation" to meat ready for cooking. NO WAY. Maybe if I were starving and had no other way to survive. Then, many years later, I bought a rabbit for my cat, intending to switch to raw diet with meat he wouldn't be allergic too. They sold it as the whole and skinned frozen animal! It was hard to even buy it. I took a little meat off for my cat and ended up not going back to it, putting back in the freezer. I tossed it a few months later. I think it was like $18 /lb ten yhears ago. I couldn't handle seeing the rabbit skinned and frozen or handling that full animal! Somehow, I'll have to make a deal for men to shoot and prepare the deer, turkey, etc. The goats will be for milking. The quails sound fun and beautiful to have. No way I'd eat one now that I see how precious they are. I'd love to have their pretty eggs for cooking and hatch quails to sell. Men shoot and prepare, I'll cook, garden, and feed the animals...clean cages, but no killing or skinning and cutting carcasses for me. . :)
I just got my first quail (ten of them) last week; they're only 10-14 days old today and they are so darling!! I originally said I just wanted the eggs to eat, but I'm now considering getting an incubator eventually to hatch out more, and keeping them for meat as well. I wasn't sure if handling them too much was a good idea, but yours are so calm that I think I'll work on taming them down a lot more. Thank you for the videos!
Where I live in north nevada quail are everywhere. Herds of the little things running all around the neighborhood, seems several smash into my windows every year too. Been told by a friend that it's easy to capture a bunch and farm them as you do.
I've thought about raising ducks (too water-intense) and doves (10:1 feed conversion ratio, so no), but I've never even thought about raising quail before! Now, I'm really looking into it!
this made me feel so much of a city boy. I feel I would not have the guts to butcher the animal. Aw well there are still the eggs. These birds are so cute though
octapusxft because you know you can’t do it so why are you being a coward and let it do someone else? That’s cruel. You’re killing animals but you don’t have the balls to do it yourself. Man up.
Yes. She must love the sound of your voice. My chip chips follow me around the house, jump in the shower, lay next to my Doggy......They behave like tame budgies and ducks. Hope Pip has a partner. 🐣
We hatched store bought eggs in the incubator. From 8 one was fertile. The chick became our baby. So cute. She became baby of my children and slept with them in their room. She was watching you tube and tv with them, she was drinking from our glasses and looking what we have for dinner. It is very difficult to get supplies in Toronto, because it is not considered pet. We were afraid she will die, because at one week of age she started to have a problems with her feet, she could not walk, so I googled she needed vit. B, so I got yeast, all the possible vitamins and minerals for pet parrots, dove feed. We mixed corn, bird feed, cat food, egg shells, yeast, dry worms, but she did not like it much and was weaker and weaker. When she was very week I got idea to get live meal worms and it was a game change. We put her in glass terrarium with light and controlled temperature 35 to 40 C, every 2 weeks we bought her 1000 meal worms in pet store. She took bath in white terrarium sand box and wheat bran box with worms. In big fig tree pot we planted her feed seeds to get some grass, because outside is half year so f. cold. We gave her everything we could. At age 3 months she layed her first egg, than second and third. The fourth day nothing, so we though she is resting. The fifth day she was nervous, she started to have sounds we did not know and at night she was shaking from krampf pain and cold. She died in my daughters hands. It was heart breaking. All family cried and did not go sleep that night. Our march break was ruined. If I could stop her to lay eggs, we would do it. She was such a cute pet bird, very nice, did not fly away, if she jumped down from the pot, she was standing at our feet like a dog. We could never eat her or kill her. My younger daughter used to have her laying down on her back like a baby and they were watching movies together. My husband used to give her neck rub and she loved it. We were her family she hatched in, she thought she is one of us. Quail is a great nice cute loving thankful friendly pet who will sit with you , she was quiet, she loved to cuddle, she loved our company. She was jumping from happiness when kids came from school, she was flapping her wings from happiness excited getting 3 times a day her 30 worm meals. She is forever in our hearts and when our feelings allow it, we are getting another one, may be two, so they do not feel alone when we are away. Quail should be pets not food.
Oh god .. I found your video searching for info about blue breasted quail, I felt in love with them a year ago and from 3 mounths I am growing some beautiful guys... :) Now thanks to you I have got 6 good reasons to want and keep also Coturnix quails.... XD
Great video. Thank you for actually explaining how versatile they are and tame they can be. They can be messy though because they flick their food because it’s instinct to kill worms and insects which is their main diet in the wild.
love ur sensitivity toward the little birds...thank you for doing that...we must honor our animals and plants since those are a gift from God and mother nature.
No disparaging here but the idea of butchering anything frightens me. It is probably the biggest reason I think I should go vegetarian because it seems wrong to eat something I am unwilling to do the work for. They are super cute and it was a very well done video.
Cutting their heads off with scissors is too much for me. I'd only raise them for the eggs. I don't have the heart to pick up a vulnerable animal that trusts me and cut it's head off with scissors. :(
Really excellent point about valuing your meat. We don't do carbs, grow lots of veg but ultimately we still rely on meat from the store. I hope for this to change when we finally get a place of our own, but for now I try and be mindful. I love meat, I love animals, it's a tricky thing.
I have some friends that want to keep chickens, but because they only have a small courtyard for a garden they can't. I have recommended quails to them as you really don't need much room at all, and their behaviour is almost identical, except in miniature! Super underrated birds. If you know how to look after chickens, you will know how to look after quails. I think people are reluctant to keep them because they think they are delicate and high maintenance, probably due to the price of them in restaurants.
I've recently bought button quail, also known as the Chinese dwarf quail in my language, and I am very happy and excited with them. I recently bought an incubator and I want to breed them in two months, when they are fully mature. I've got two females so far, but soon a male will move in too! 😃
How old are they when they slow down on egg-laying? If one is careful not to consume all the eggs, but let a good number of them hatch and mature to become egg-layers, one should have new generations to keep the egg-laying perpetual, yes?
Hi Geoff. I've been an avid viewer for a couple of years now. In fact I don't know if I ever said to you but it was your channel that gave me the push to start a channel of my own - so a big thanks for that. I now have 12 Coturnix quail, which I keep as pets and for eggs. As you say - they are great to keep. I have kept chickens for a good few years now too. 2022 is the year we move home to somewhere with more outside space - not on the scale of what you have but it is exciting nevertheless. Thanks for being inspiring. Hope your Xmas was great and have a happy healthy and peaceful New Year. Mags
Personally, I believe keeping quails as pets rather than egg producers or even butchering them is what I enjoy. I've had my quail for so long now and she's just amazing, she loves people and she is like a cat. I wish so many people didn't kill quails.. EDIT Guys, please don't make the same mistake I did. I lost my bird some time ago and I'm.. lost. I loved her dearly and she's gone because of my own faults. Make sure to watch your birds around other pets, please.. don't loose your birds like I did. Please, keep them safe.
What kind of cage do you keep it in, and are they loud? Because now I want a bird in the future and I'm curious about these guys. Also... Do they need to be kept in pairs? Do they pluck? How long can they be kept alone? Do they need toys? Please and thanks, these birds look awesome.
Slurpy DaWonder I can answer too. I've had pet quails for some years. They don't need to be in pairs If you are bonded with them. They Will eventually get sad If they don't have friends. If I were you, I would get couple of them cause when you're away they won't get lonely. They can be alone for many hours if they have food and waters aroud them. But of course the lonelyless will bring sadness.
Slurpy DaWonder they're not really loud expecially females. They're like budgies. they Make small noises. Males are louder. They do peck things and people If they're curious of something but it doesn't hurt *at all*. They don't need toys but they need do have something to do in their cage. Like sandbathing, eating, pecking, walking, exploring, jumping and so on. Just like any other human, we Will go crazy If there's absolutely nothing to do we Will get depressed and bored. Same thing
haha, their so cute! I’ve always wanted a quail but I thought they would just be a mess, but now that you tell me these, I would like to keep them as a pet and not set them on the dinner table heheh. Time for the incubator!
lordfumblesquid Tell that to my roommate she has chickens for eggs she has one in the Back yard with a broken leg she just moved around time to time! I don't know how many birds this lady makes suffer because they're her little darling's they are just food not pets birds neck should have been snapped and Roasted up 2 weeks ago!!!!!!!!!!
Jon MacDonald Different people, viewpoints, and cultures. To some people cats, dogs, horses, insects, spiders, even humans are considered possible food sources or capable of producing food products (like blood/eggs/etc.) I raise chickens as pets (started when some 'stray' birds that the neighbor had wandered across the field to our place. Not very humanized till a dog came and killed a ton and injured others and I had to care for them. Then they'd follow you and let you pick them up and carry them. Part of the responsibility of caring for pets includes euthanizing them when they are suffering. I personally didn't do it, but a friend or some of my family did a few for me that were suffering. Some also naturally pass away. I don't eat the meat.
Just starting my research into quails, after succeeding for years with my chickens, we are now downsizing space from a very large garden to a small garden. In which I will probably stack growing beds on top of there runs, how averse to light conditions are they? I will have the sun-facing but obviously they will always have a roof over there head. The best thing for mites in any bird situation is to use ash from the fire to choke the mites and make sure the birds have lots of dusting space. I even but dust into the spaces between the rusting bars they basically choke to death. I never use the chemical powder either. I will also have a log burner in the new setup/house so will be using ash in their nesting space.
They really are quite cute. :) I'd kinda like to have one or two as pets. I don't care about the eggs (but if I'd get them, fine) or the breeding/butchering. But they are so cuuute! And handy in size. :) Also, I love to hold birds. They're so soft and fluffy!
CA Catr Yeah, because I don't want to have them if they're gonna be unhappy and stuff. And I don't want them in a too small space. But I'd like to have them. :) Like, two of them. :)
If I ever own a house with a garden, I'd like to keep a few. Not for meat, not necessary for the eggs...just because they look absolutly adoreable and it would be a nice hobby to care for them.
I would love to one day have my chickens, ducks, on a happy farm sanctuary and some quail additions and maybe some others. Not for eating. All pets lol I couldn't do it.
When he explained about how to cook them...they're very quick to prepare....and the lill bird look at him...like what and he said not you ...it was funny cuz the bird kinda understood it like man you gonna it eat me LOL
I have pigeons, chickens, ducks, geese, and midget white turkeys. I have considered quail too. I raise my birds for food. I disagree about chickens getting sick. My chickens are totally free range.
I'm thinking seriously about getting pigeons for meat, and a few eggs... Do you eat your pigeons? Are they easier than chickens? I've had chickens, ducks, pheasants..
mayamachine I use my birds for meat and eggs. I usually eat excess male birds. Pigeons and quail are the easiest but then I love all of my birds so caring for them isn't really a burden. I am 69 years old and working hard is good for me. Bags of grains each weigh 50lbs. I mix my own feed including growing huge quantities of mealworms to add protein to the feed. "Bugs" keep birds healthy. My birds do not get soy and only organic cracked corn in the scratch. All the grains I use are organic. I have added quail since my post. Incidentally, pigeons are incredibly easy. I let them out each morning and they fly around all day. In the evening they return to roost. I get eggs and meat for hardly any feed. Pigeons are great if you can let them "free range." Only my quail don't get to fly around.
Obviously she can't understand what you are saying, but when you talk about butchering they do look nervous lol. I think they get the nature of the topic if even not the topic exactly lol.
I was surprised on what animals understand. We started raising hogs and we bought 3 with intention of keeping one and makeing chops out of the other two. When it was time to butcher I used a carton of mint chip ice cream to get the hog in the kill stall and I didn’t want a scared and frightened animal when I take my shot with the bolt gun. To make a long story short. My older hog has an aversion to mint chip ice cream.she knows I use it as a lure.
When they're outside, they tend to lay between March and Sep unless they're very young hens. The younger ones will lay through the winter and then adjust to the seasons the following year. Inside, they lay quite well around the year.
Rae's Pets I wouldn’t call it necessarily sick, considering he’s raised the quail well and kills them painlessly. Also, he’s using their resources (eggs and meat) rather than just throwing dead birds away for the sake of it.
If you LOVE quail, then check out my dedicated playlist to these lovely little birds: th-cam.com/play/PLI6Bd12xpFuyPa6yt9KT9Vspu64Okjahp.html
I live in Florida do you know a place I can get them
“Meat. But This little fella doesn’t have to worry...”
quail: *nervous peep*
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Cheers for this, I been tryin to find out about "how to raise quails for eating" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? It is a smashing exclusive guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the hard work. Ive heard some great things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
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This is just superb, I have been researching "quail price" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (search on google ) ? It is an awesome exclusive guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the headache. Ive heard some amazing things about it and my partner got great results with it.
reason #2 is so difficult to explain to folks. when you grow your own meat (fish, bird, etc) you will eat less meat because you find other ways that they are useful. its so odd.
Totally agree. I find myself eating way less!
It's more nourishment and filling. If only vegans knew were there food actually came from.. theyd all have a fit n kill themselves or more of others.
Thats why you form bonds with people or animals it benefits both sides
Your experience may vary, if you're on a carnivore diet, right? :)
@@BrimwoodFarm maybe it's because you see what "meat" actually is and it gives you more respect for the life in general. When you get it in a package skinned ,boned, and ready to cook we tend to forget that it was a living thing. I'm not against eating meat I eat meat, but I can't help but think we've become a bit to detached and spoiled from the process. Just my opinion.
I raise two Bobwhite quail. I’m never, EVER going to butcher them. When I saw in the comments about you talking about butchering them, I was like “nope, not gonna butcher them...EVER!” They are too cute. I’m gonna raise more next year (2019). My male Bobwhite, Peep, almost drowned when he was only a couple of minutes (or hours) old. He had a rough start, but survived. Re-Peep (female), on the other hand, had more of a “less rough” start.
IM NOT HERE TO EAT EM im here to pet em
Same
The porg face is very suited 😄
me too...
I laughed so hard cause SAME 😂😂😂
i’m here to eat em
Yes, glad to hear that you put them in aviary rather than cage. It's more humane. They are adorable birds and deserve love from us.
7- Feathers, to make your own comfortable pillow.
8- Shit , to make your own organic plant fertilizer
9- Rest, (bones, meat, inside), to make dog/cat meat after grinding
10- Egg shells , to make plants calcium /calc after grinding
Idk about for quail, but you can use guts/meat/etc. From chickens to make some really good stock.
The feathers are rlly dusty tho
He’s saying all this while holding these poor things
@@circa134 gotta clean for possible dust or dust mites.
Adorable quails!! So interesting, thank you!! I live in the city but I see myself one day living in the country, surrounded by woods, raising chickens, quails and ducks... I dream about it every single day!
They are soo adorable!
I'm a quail raiser too. I have two major drawbacks with them: that they are so cute which makes them hard to kill and you have to incubate the eggs because they won't do it themselves. I'm thinking about shoving some eggs under a broody chicken to see how they go.
+McDowall Manor I have known broodys to hatch them - not personally - they just have to be careful hens as the chicks are SO Small!
I'm about to put a new batch in the incubator, so I was thinking that I have 18 days where I might shove a dozen under a broody wyandotte.
+McDowall Manor could be a good idea. If you're worried about tiny chick size and her trampling them you could always pull them into a brooder once they've hatched.
we do natural hatches - have to bring the brooding quail hen into the house and keep her crate warm - we leave her with them till they can join the covey in the flypen outside - feed a lot of ground hard boiled egg - they need intense protein - brooding hen needs it to regrow the feathers they chew off her belie before they start eating feed and seed - we find naturally brooded birds make better brooding hens and stronger male fliers for pointer training
I can see that after a few generations, natural brooding would really pay off. If I get a brooder, I'll definitely use her chicks as breeders.
My neighbor buddies and I raised Bobwhite quail when we were kids in the 70s, beautiful birds, delightful voices, very soothing to watch them.
I would love some bobwhite's. I always thought they were quite big but saw some at a sale recently and they're lovely little birds.
I thought this would be a nice video about having Quails as pets
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Same here
Well the video title says homestead. To me the obvious implication is sustainable self sufficiency which would include nutrition.
We've had quails for a few months and love them! Much easier than chickens and the eggs taste so dang good!
MUCH easier than chickens, right?!
Another thing about the eggs... They are supposed to help with allergies, and are packed with more nutrition. So, they are a better egg for you to eat.
Will Martin I heard they have more cholesterole is that true?
NO ONE CARES "Will" you dumbass
Adeon Sajakarta Yup it has a little over double!!
@@adeonsajakarta2923 However dietary cholesterol is not really a thing. It mostly passes right through you. Blood levels have more to do with fat metabolism in the presence of insulin.
Yup I'm sold... time to get the incubator out and filled with quail eggs!
Liz Zorab LMAO I feel the same. I have been looking into chickens but this is looking too easy.
I have chickens and ducks and this year plan on turkeys too, so quail will complement the existing birds nicely (I hope).
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Liz Zorab I have ducks too. I’ve been researching quails and I love the tiny colourful eggs they produce.
This is my first batch of quail. I hatched them in an incubator. They are incredibly sweet. My quail are just 6 weeks? They started laying eggs yesterday. We have a back yard homestead and this is the perfect bird for that.
They are so great for a small space where you want to raise your own food whether for meat or just eggs.
awww there 2 cute can't wait to raise some as pets only the only thing I'll eat from them are there eggs
but what happen when they not producing any eggs again?
u need to butcher them for their meat.
uhh.... you keep them. He doesn't rely on the eggs
@ByeBitch 《 Yet, unfortunately, culling after hens stop laying is the standard, not exception.
@@DBT1007 yeah he can just have them as pets. They hardly take up any money and they're just fun little pets.
@@Derekthetau ever heard of pets? Not offended by culling or anything but there's no reason why you cant keep them as pets.
To those ppl who were horrified to learn the fastest way to cull a quail: when a homesteaders uses the term "keep/keeping" they really mean raising for food. Homesteaders are not sadistic. They raise, with love, their stock because the grocery store ppl BUTCHER WITHOUT CARE, whereas if its quick like with a sharp pair of secateurs the bird doesn't suffer. Humans do better with actual protein, we are genetically programmed to be meat eaters. Its a person choice to be vegetarian / vegan and that's OK too, but homesteaders 9times out of 10 cull their own animals for a better, healthier, and more responsible animal-based diet. Have you ever been to Tesco at 1930 after the evening sales have left the shelf with extra meat that's not being sold?? That, in my mind, is a criminal waste. And much more irresponsible.
Do women not accustomed to killing or skinning and dividing the animal commonly adjust to being able to do it? I want to be self-sustaining with deer, turkey, chickens, eggs, goats for milk, and maybe a few cows. I surely couldn't do it to a quail or even cook it after seeing how sweet they are.
Is it common for women to be VERY averse, yet see the logic and more gentle
and respectful way of homesteading and living on the land, then adjust to being part of killing the animals and preparing them? I'm cringing even asking the question.
I have an Army background. I was brainwashed and gung ho to fight wars. I thank God that I got out and don't have the expereince of killing in war. I really think it would have ruined me beyond repair. I'm not saying animals would do that, not if one is respectful and appreciative. It wasn't until many years later that I realized how brainwashed I'd been and the bold realization of how my soul and pysche NEVER would have been able to handle it. We have 23 vets per day committing suicide.
Not only is the trauma horriffic and many doing four and five tours of war (most in history), but they came back to find out they were fighting a murder campaign for Jew Control and Agenda. We have 2 million Veterans Against the Iraq War, who have publicly renounced and apologized. I think that I would have been one if that happened to me toc commit suicide. These poor, young men and women who live the aftermath. They were used as cannon fodder - on both sides of the war.
I wouldn't have a problem, though wouldl be tough, fighting for my nation and people against a REAL ENEMY.
Jews orchestrated WWII Genocide of Germans, using Jew Control of Ameirca and Great Britain. Germans were 1 in 4 founders of this nation. Germans killed their own tribe. European descendants are ONE RACE - ANGLO SAXON BLOOD ISRAEL. GERMANS ARE THE REAL JUDAH.
Those who call themselves Jews are not Judah and are no part of Israel. "Jews" are Edom/Canaan/Cain MUTTS - CURSED OF YAHWAH. I could handle when the time comes being part of annihilation of every Edom-"Jew". THAT is real war. I'd have a less diffiucult time doing that than killing an animal for food.
Real necessity and justice for war is the ONLY time wars should be fought to defend one's race and nations and destroy the enemy who is harming and intends harm of one's peopole. Vengeance and Defense is coming. All Jews are traitors and will be executed in OUR WHITE ISRAEL NATIONS.
Traci Scheelk Reported so preparer so deportation your the reason why people can’t be took seriously
@@tracischeelk29 Honestly I don't think I could ever adjust to that sort of thing, I'm emphatic to a fault.
And I'm a man.
@@czarpeppers6250 I never thought I could. The more I get into the dreaming and planning, already loving the animals, I think I may. I'm not saying it wouldn't be tough. I'd surely rather have a man do it, and may arrange for help. But, I might be able to adjust to it.
I'm at least much more comfortable by entertaining the whole of the experience - self-sustaining, appreciating and loving the animals, and raising for myself and others. I know that I would be as kind as possible and give them the best I can.
I understand what you are saying. I guess that I will find out. I'm leaning toward modest amount of animals, with the majority being plants. Cows and goats would be the majority of the animals if for income. Those would have to be taken out for harvest or in-house. If in-house, likely I'd find someone that I could hire, either living on the land for help or just for that purpose. In the country, there are many skilled and kind people.
I know it is shocking for a woman to say she would be able to. I'm more adapted now, but the proof is in the pudding. Likely, I'd get so attached to all of them, no matter how many.
@@tracischeelk29 Nah, it isn't shocking for a woman to say she could. Honestly if it were something I really wanted to get into I could probably get use to it, and it is something I may like to do someday. I suppose the best way to think of it is that the animal has a far better life than the ones whose meat you buy at the supermarket.
If I did get into having animals for food I'd probably just start out with chickens for eggs, then see how I felt about doing more. I know my Dad talks about when he was young and my grand father would have to go out and hunt for food. He loved animals too, but it was just what needed to be done. I think my grandmother prepared them. That was just life on the farm in the 1950's.
I know what you mean about getting attached though, that would be my biggest fear.
this made me consider to raise quails myself when I'm more settled in the future! Many good points :)
Really enjoyed the video. I've had a pet Japanese quail for around 3 years now. He lives inside (only because the cats in my area eye him off from the fence) he does get a little outdoor adventure everyday though under my supervision for a dust bath and forage. Lovely little birds.
So Ive kept chickens in the past with the long term to breed them and eat them. Never happened because I became too attached to them. My roo one day got ill (then passed) and I was left with a hen, so I introduced her to my friends flock and she continues to live her life. I still eat chicken from the butchers but I couldnt get over the idea of eating my own.
I then kept rabbits because Ive never personally had any attachment to them but Ive fallen in love with them as well... They are still living and will live out their lives with no intention of being eaten.
I *may* try out the quail since I have a spare hutch laying around. ^~^
Quail are great little birds and would be perfectly happy in a spare hutch. :D
+octipus crime don't bother keeping quail either. Pretty soon you'll have a hobby farm where the livestock are eating up your land /rent payment in feed.
I'd love to live off the land and intend to buy land , self-sustaining for home and land. Deer, rabbits, turkey, chickens, goats. ...never farmed beforee, though did grow up close to country. I need a man to do it. I just cannot. I'm a tomboy. I went deer hunting as young adult with boyfriend, thinking I could do it, as if for meat, it's natral. To sit and wait to kill an animal is NOT for me.
My neigbhor killed rabbits in his yard. Rabbit is VERY expensive. I ate it growing up from my Dad bringing it in on specail occasion. It's delicious. I told my neighbor next time he killed one, I'd take it to skin it, to feed to my cat. So, he called to tell me when he got one. Couldn't do it!!!! No way. That's the last time I've ever considered thinking I could kill an animal or handle the "preparation" to
meat ready for cooking. NO WAY. Maybe if I were starving and had no other
way to survive.
Then, many years later, I bought a rabbit for my cat, intending to switch to raw diet with meat he wouldn't be allergic too. They sold it as the whole and skinned frozen animal! It was hard to even buy it.
I took a little meat off for my cat and ended up not going back to it, putting back in the freezer. I tossed it a few months later. I think it was like $18 /lb ten yhears ago. I couldn't handle seeing the rabbit skinned and frozen or handling that full animal!
Somehow, I'll have to make a deal for men to shoot and prepare the deer, turkey, etc. The goats will be for milking. The quails sound fun and beautiful to have. No way I'd eat one now that I see how precious they are. I'd love to have their pretty eggs for cooking and hatch quails to sell.
Men shoot and prepare, I'll cook, garden, and feed the animals...clean cages, but no killing or skinning and cutting carcasses for me. . :)
I just got my first quail (ten of them) last week; they're only 10-14 days old today and they are so darling!! I originally said I just wanted the eggs to eat, but I'm now considering getting an incubator eventually to hatch out more, and keeping them for meat as well. I wasn't sure if handling them too much was a good idea, but yours are so calm that I think I'll work on taming them down a lot more. Thank you for the videos!
Where I live in north nevada quail are everywhere. Herds of the little things running all around the neighborhood, seems several smash into my windows every year too. Been told by a friend that it's easy to capture a bunch and farm them as you do.
My 8 year old brother watched this video with me and wanted to say "I like your video and like the quails 😊" ❤
Thank you to your brother! :D
I love how he used one quail to point at the other quail XD
I love how youre just... holding them
I've thought about raising ducks (too water-intense) and doves (10:1 feed conversion ratio, so no), but I've never even thought about raising quail before! Now, I'm really looking into it!
this made me feel so much of a city boy. I feel I would not have the guts to butcher the animal.
Aw well there are still the eggs.
These birds are so cute though
Mmmmm cake
octapusxft how are you stealing their eggs?! Such a vegan propaganda!!!!
octapusxft then don’t eat meat
@@deecyp64 Why not when someone already did the messy work?
octapusxft because you know you can’t do it so why are you being a coward and let it do someone else? That’s cruel. You’re killing animals but you don’t have the balls to do it yourself. Man up.
My quail is called pip she followed me everywhere even up the stairs is this normal??
Not sure if it's normal BUT...it's totally cute!
wolfypup 13 I called love*really cheesy music*
Crazy
Yes. She must love the sound of your voice. My chip chips follow me around the house, jump in the shower, lay next to my Doggy......They behave like tame budgies and ducks. Hope Pip has a partner. 🐣
she thinks youre her mother
im so getting QUAIL NOW they are so cute and so easy to raised :) thanks for the video.
So... I watched this video yesterday and now we have 60 quail hatching eggs coming our way! How did that happen?! Inspired, thank you!!!
+Happy Homestead haha. Oops! Enjoy them - they're great birds and I'll think they'll fit on your smallholding really well. :D
Brimwood Farm So happy for you. Success!!!
I have been enjoying having them now for 27 years .
We found a quail in my brothers room (very random I know trust me 😂) now I’m trying too learn about it lol
We hatched store bought eggs in the incubator. From 8 one was fertile. The chick became our baby. So cute. She became baby of my children and slept with them in their room. She was watching you tube and tv with them, she was drinking from our glasses and looking what we have for dinner. It is very difficult to get supplies in Toronto, because it is not considered pet. We were afraid she will die, because at one week of age she started to have a problems with her feet, she could not walk, so I googled she needed vit. B, so I got yeast, all the possible vitamins and minerals for pet parrots, dove feed. We mixed corn, bird feed, cat food, egg shells, yeast, dry worms, but she did not like it much and was weaker and weaker. When she was very week I got idea to get live meal worms and it was a game change. We put her in glass terrarium with light and controlled temperature 35 to 40 C, every 2 weeks we bought her 1000 meal worms in pet store. She took bath in white terrarium sand box and wheat bran box with worms. In big fig tree pot we planted her feed seeds to get some grass, because outside is half year so f. cold. We gave her everything we could. At age 3 months she layed her first egg, than second and third. The fourth day nothing, so we though she is resting. The fifth day she was nervous, she started to have sounds we did not know and at night she was shaking from krampf pain and cold. She died in my daughters hands. It was heart breaking. All family cried and did not go sleep that night. Our march break was ruined. If I could stop her to lay eggs, we would do it. She was such a cute pet bird, very nice, did not fly away, if she jumped down from the pot, she was standing at our feet like a dog. We could never eat her or kill her. My younger daughter used to have her laying down on her back like a baby and they were watching movies together. My husband used to give her neck rub and she loved it. We were her family she hatched in, she thought she is one of us. Quail is a great nice cute loving thankful friendly pet who will sit with you , she was quiet, she loved to cuddle, she loved our company. She was jumping from happiness when kids came from school, she was flapping her wings from happiness excited getting 3 times a day her 30 worm meals. She is forever in our hearts and when our feelings allow it, we are getting another one, may be two, so they do not feel alone when we are away. Quail should be pets not food.
3:57 birds like “OH THANK GOD!!”.
Oh god .. I found your video searching for info about blue breasted quail, I felt in love with them a year ago and from 3 mounths I am growing some beautiful guys... :) Now thanks to you I have got 6 good reasons to want and keep also Coturnix quails.... XD
If you’re keeping them in backyard...mind the predators...
Cats and birds...I lost mine to hawks or eagles...those kind of predators.
Yes, you can't free range quail - they will wander off and become food. Secure runs are a must.
The only way I know of to get free range quail is to go hunting
A raccoon got into my cage and got two of mine😢
Well, i think that compost and organic fertilizer is a great reason to keep them,
Great video. Thank you for actually explaining how versatile they are and tame they can be. They can be messy though because they flick their food because it’s instinct to kill worms and insects which is their main diet in the wild.
love ur sensitivity toward the little birds...thank you for doing that...we must honor our animals and plants since those are a gift from God and mother nature.
Thank you.
yes😄
No disparaging here but the idea of butchering anything frightens me. It is probably the biggest reason I think I should go vegetarian because it seems wrong to eat something I am unwilling to do the work for. They are super cute and it was a very well done video.
Cutting their heads off with scissors is too much for me. I'd only raise them for the eggs. I don't have the heart to pick up a vulnerable animal that trusts me and cut it's head off with scissors. :(
Blue Bowser me to :(
ye :/
+Blue Bowser, you aren't actually any better as you think you are, raising those creatures for their eggs is exploitative.
Puss Puss
Blue Bowser I agree I honestly think quails and other birds suffer
from our greediness.
Really excellent point about valuing your meat. We don't do carbs, grow lots of veg but ultimately we still rely on meat from the store. I hope for this to change when we finally get a place of our own, but for now I try and be mindful. I love meat, I love animals, it's a tricky thing.
I just saw this suggested! I am loving our quail!
Me too, Rose! Thanks for letting me know it was in the suggested. :D
Love the little birds. They run wild in our yard. Love to just watch them!
Great video! I love quail too!
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I love those kinds of birds they are very beautiful birds
Quail are so damn cute!
I cracked up while you were holding them and their little legs were stuck straight out. LOL
"I really don't like that"
**quail flies off**
"Bye"
😂😂
😂😂
Just got our first eggs and they are now in the incubator looking forward to having quail thank you so much they are adorable.
Thats not meat, look into it's eyes - its a vegetable!
Boris Pilipenko nice
Then it should be called kale
its a pun
i think
Pickle Dick bruh!
XD
i own 2 quails they are so cute i would recommend getting one for sure for whoever does not own one yet
I have some friends that want to keep chickens, but because they only have a small courtyard for a garden they can't. I have recommended quails to them as you really don't need much room at all, and their behaviour is almost identical, except in miniature! Super underrated birds. If you know how to look after chickens, you will know how to look after quails. I think people are reluctant to keep them because they think they are delicate and high maintenance, probably due to the price of them in restaurants.
Probably so when, in fact, it's the opposite. My quail have never been sick and they're ultra hardy!
Quails are adorable. They are the perfect size to raise for eggs.
you've convinced me, it looks like you're having a Quail of a time!
harhar!....i'll let myself out...
I've recently bought button quail, also known as the Chinese dwarf quail in my language, and I am very happy and excited with them. I recently bought an incubator and I want to breed them in two months, when they are fully mature. I've got two females so far, but soon a male will move in too! 😃
Yes I agree with you I have 26 girls and 2 boy had them for about 3 year there getting old now but they are really easy to look after .
+Tony Readings yes, sadly they're not in their prime for long. But they are lovely and easy birds. 😊
How old are they when they slow down on egg-laying? If one is careful not to consume all the eggs, but let a good number of them hatch and mature to become egg-layers, one should have new generations to keep the egg-laying perpetual, yes?
CA Catr one egg a day for first year, then it slows down. You need to keep perpetual generations.
Hi Geoff. I've been an avid viewer for a couple of years now. In fact I don't know if I ever said to you but it was your channel that gave me the push to start a channel of my own - so a big thanks for that. I now have 12 Coturnix quail, which I keep as pets and for eggs. As you say - they are great to keep. I have kept chickens for a good few years now too. 2022 is the year we move home to somewhere with more outside space - not on the scale of what you have but it is exciting nevertheless. Thanks for being inspiring. Hope your Xmas was great and have a happy healthy and peaceful New Year. Mags
Personally, I believe keeping quails as pets rather than egg producers or even butchering them is what I enjoy. I've had my quail for so long now and she's just amazing, she loves people and she is like a cat. I wish so many people didn't kill quails..
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Guys, please don't make the same mistake I did. I lost my bird some time ago and I'm.. lost. I loved her dearly and she's gone because of my own faults. Make sure to watch your birds around other pets, please.. don't loose your birds like I did. Please, keep them safe.
What kind of cage do you keep it in, and are they loud? Because now I want a bird in the future and I'm curious about these guys. Also...
Do they need to be kept in pairs?
Do they pluck?
How long can they be kept alone?
Do they need toys?
Please and thanks, these birds look awesome.
Slurpy DaWonder I can answer too. I've had pet quails for some years.
They don't need to be in pairs If you are bonded with them. They Will eventually get sad If they don't have friends. If I were you, I would get couple of them cause when you're away they won't get lonely.
They can be alone for many hours if they have food and waters aroud them. But of course the lonelyless will bring sadness.
Slurpy DaWonder they're not really loud expecially females. They're like budgies. they Make small noises. Males are louder.
They do peck things and people If they're curious of something but it doesn't hurt *at all*.
They don't need toys but they need do have something to do in their cage. Like sandbathing, eating, pecking, walking, exploring, jumping and so on. Just like any other human, we Will go crazy If there's absolutely nothing to do we Will get depressed and bored. Same thing
But what kind of cage?
Slurpy DaWonder use a large rabbit cage, I heard that works.
I love how calm they are as you just hold them in your fist
I rescued some abandoned eggs that were going to get eaten by a rat, I hope they hatch, the mum and dad were killed so ye I brought them in
Sooo what happened
So what now?
I love how you refer to i the quail as a chap. "#2 Meat...This little chap doesn't have worry..." so Cute! Great video.!
haha, their so cute! I’ve always wanted a quail but I thought they would just be a mess, but now that you tell me these, I would like to keep them as a pet and not set them on the dinner table heheh. Time for the incubator!
They are so chill
I just ordered 40 eggs so it's quail all the way
Exciting!!!
You mean..... EGGCITING
@@HiHi-ig1mj eBay or online
I just got four today. Never had them before but have chickens and had chicks. I am excited for the experience of quail!
I came here for cute quail videos and then you talk about poppin' their heads off with scissors
lordfumblesquid Fuck yeah a man's got to Eat!
Deez Nuts His mommy said they don't die! they go to sleep! then he got a participation trophy like a good sjw
You raise em as pets and treat em as pets, providing veterinary care as needed.
lordfumblesquid Tell that to my roommate she has chickens for eggs she has one in the Back yard with a broken leg she just moved around time to time! I don't know how many birds this lady makes suffer because they're her little darling's they are just food not pets birds neck should have been snapped and Roasted up 2 weeks ago!!!!!!!!!!
Jon MacDonald Different people, viewpoints, and cultures. To some people cats, dogs, horses, insects, spiders, even humans are considered possible food sources or capable of producing food products (like blood/eggs/etc.) I raise chickens as pets (started when some 'stray' birds that the neighbor had wandered across the field to our place. Not very humanized till a dog came and killed a ton and injured others and I had to care for them. Then they'd follow you and let you pick them up and carry them.
Part of the responsibility of caring for pets includes euthanizing them when they are suffering. I personally didn't do it, but a friend or some of my family did a few for me that were suffering. Some also naturally pass away. I don't eat the meat.
Just starting my research into quails, after succeeding for years with my chickens, we are now downsizing space from a very large garden to a small garden. In which I will probably stack growing beds on top of there runs, how averse to light conditions are they? I will have the sun-facing but obviously they will always have a roof over there head. The best thing for mites in any bird situation is to use ash from the fire to choke the mites and make sure the birds have lots of dusting space. I even but dust into the spaces between the rusting bars they basically choke to death. I never use the chemical powder either. I will also have a log burner in the new setup/house so will be using ash in their nesting space.
They really are quite cute. :) I'd kinda like to have one or two as pets. I don't care about the eggs (but if I'd get them, fine) or the breeding/butchering. But they are so cuuute! And handy in size. :) Also, I love to hold birds. They're so soft and fluffy!
They are lovely. I hand rear all mine so they've very friendly and tame.
Would it be possible to have them in an apartment though? :/ I don't have a garden or anything.
Syster, I was hoping someone would answer that last question. It's my question too!
CA Catr Yeah, because I don't want to have them if they're gonna be unhappy and stuff. And I don't want them in a too small space. But I'd like to have them. :) Like, two of them. :)
@@craig466 No, not really. :/ Guess I'll have to find answers elsewhere.
how cool, you can take its simple life to provide a nice starter
About 3 years ago I tried to raise my own chickens and quails for meat but when the time came I couldn't do it so I gave them away.
If I ever own a house with a garden, I'd like to keep a few. Not for meat, not necessary for the eggs...just because they look absolutly adoreable and it would be a nice hobby to care for them.
Interesting thing, you can almost see the quails' head stabilization when he's holding them.
Its would be an amazing quails dish to eat at your home next winter.
I feed'em with cucumber & nappa cabbage,, i keep them as pets & eggs,, too cute to eat,,, i'm not meat eater...
i eat meat occasionally but not my quail! theyre just pets! my little winged buddies! i dont have the heart to kill and eat them!😊
Since you two don't want to eat them, can I have the meat?
Kaze thats a little mean😂😂😂lol
i dont kill them so no!😠
julie byrne i don't kill mine either i have 2 of them and they are cute😊
I would love to one day have my chickens, ducks, on a happy farm sanctuary and some quail additions and maybe some others. Not for eating. All pets lol I couldn't do it.
Me hen he starts talking bout eating them: I just wanted one as a friend🥴😭
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😍 such a cute 😍 video!!!! I love how How you say "not you" to your quail... lol
Me: I really want a quail!
Brimwood farm: they are so yummy all u need to do is cut down the back and-
Me:
When he explained about how to cook them...they're very quick to prepare....and the lill bird look at him...like what and he said not you ...it was funny cuz the bird kinda understood it like man you gonna it eat me LOL
Thank you for the info. This may be an answer to some issues I have with noisy messy chickens. You gave me some things to consider that I didn't know.
They are a great alternative if you can't be bothered to deal with chicken mess!
Brimwood, Quail are quiet and unobtrusive, so they'd work in the city or an apartment, right?
I've been obsessed with quail since I saw this video. Thinking about getting some after I graduate
I have pigeons, chickens, ducks, geese, and midget white turkeys. I have considered quail too. I raise my birds for food. I disagree about chickens getting sick. My chickens are totally free range.
David Bennett lucky
May I ask which one is best, flavor wise?
How do you keep the laying hens? If they're all free range, then you have to hunt for the eggs?
I'm thinking seriously about getting pigeons for meat, and a few eggs... Do you eat your pigeons? Are they easier than chickens? I've had chickens, ducks, pheasants..
mayamachine I use my birds for meat and eggs. I usually eat excess male birds. Pigeons and quail are the easiest but then I love all of my birds so caring for them isn't really a burden. I am 69 years old and working hard is good for me. Bags of grains each weigh 50lbs. I mix my own feed including growing huge quantities of mealworms to add protein to the feed. "Bugs" keep birds healthy. My birds do not get soy and only organic cracked corn in the scratch. All the grains I use are organic. I have added quail since my post. Incidentally, pigeons are incredibly easy. I let them out each morning and they fly around all day. In the evening they return to roost. I get eggs and meat for hardly any feed. Pigeons are great if you can let them "free range." Only my quail don't get to fly around.
My mother wants to Homestead, so I just sent her a link to this video. Subscribed.
Thanks!
I want quail but I need to convince my parents
So cute how aware of the serious topic you were mentioning.
Your quails are beautiful!
Okay. That's it. I've got to order more eggs to hatch.
+Daybird Aviaries you really do!
Brimwood Farm where can I buy some Quail
“I understand the sacrifice of the creature”
Respect. 🙏🙏
Obviously she can't understand what you are saying, but when you talk about butchering they do look nervous lol. I think they get the nature of the topic if even not the topic exactly lol.
Hahha I was thinking the same . I think she squeaked even!
I was surprised on what animals understand.
We started raising hogs and we bought 3 with intention of keeping one and makeing chops out of the other two.
When it was time to butcher I used a carton of mint chip ice cream to get the hog in the kill stall and I didn’t want a scared and frightened animal when I take my shot with the bolt gun.
To make a long story short.
My older hog has an aversion to mint chip ice cream.she knows I use it as a lure.
Duane Eikleberry is it still alive?
Lol ya it looked like she said “ME?” Lol
connect the dots and #govegan
They are " Super Cute " chicks...you can see how curious and alert they are even at 2 days
How often do they lay? And do they lay year round in a reasonable (indoor type) setting or do they stop laying in certain seasons?
When they're outside, they tend to lay between March and Sep unless they're very young hens. The younger ones will lay through the winter and then adjust to the seasons the following year. Inside, they lay quite well around the year.
You actually got me started keeping them
it's too difficult to kill such adorable birds
that's why i want them... because there so cute
Ikr, i was expecting cute videos but instead this sick video about cutting thier heads off with scissors
Rae's Pets I wouldn’t call it necessarily sick, considering he’s raised the quail well and kills them painlessly. Also, he’s using their resources (eggs and meat) rather than just throwing dead birds away for the sake of it.
They said and ate a chicken wing........ double standard
*birbs
Thank you, God bless you and your quails
I just got my first 2 ;)
+RayRay Sugar Shop Sugar Love Shack they're wonderful!
About a few months ago I hatched 2 I named them pip and Pete what are yours called!?
I couldn't ever butcher something I raised since it was little! If I had the means to raise these little birds I would, great video ^_^
Very nice and practical video. Thank you!
Hello, good to have seen this, thank you. You made me realize I still love people as much as critters. Bless you young man.
Can I keep my quail in with the chickens
Sadly no. Chickens are too much of a bully!