Guest guest Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Do they make much noise...would love to have chickens...but all that crowing would give me away and the martha stewart wannabee nazis of the hood would have a fit!...lol...don--- On Tue, 4/6/10, Bryan Shillington <bryan wrote:Bryan Shillington <bryanRe: {Herbal Remedies} Re: Gardens, Orchards and Quailherbal remedies Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 1:24 PM Yes. I eat the eggs. I have two kinds of quail that weigh 5-6 oz fully grown. Quail will lay an egg per day and six eggs equal one chicken egg. 8 quail eat as much as one hen per day and quail start laying months earlier. The cute little quail eggs are painted with random spots and blots. It takes about a dozen to make an omelet. The males crow! It sounds like a cookie sheet, or a saw blade. Very entertaining ~B. On 4/3/2010 7:52 AM, pjc2224 wrote: Granny Pat, I do have a couple of little Mulberry trees in my orchard. They are not producing yet, too little. That's cool that my chickens will eat the berries that fall. They eat the apples and pears that fall now. Plus, I have actually watched the chickens jump to eat the grapes off the vines! The Soil Conservation in my county has a tree sale every spring. The trees are seedlings, but you can get like 5 Mulberry for $7, so that is how I have started many of my trees and shrubs. Plus, they are all native and that is important to me. Brian, What do you use the quail for? Do you eat the eggs? Peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Fascinating. thank you so much! Do they roam on ground like chickens also? Or are they considerd a bird? ML CJ --- On Tue, 4/6/10, Bryan Shillington <bryan wrote: Bryan Shillington <bryanRe: {Herbal Remedies} Re: Gardens, Orchards and Quailherbal remedies Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 12:24 PM Yes. I eat the eggs.I have two kinds of quail that weigh 5-6 oz fully grown.Quail will lay an egg per day and six eggs equal one chicken egg.8 quail eat as much as one hen per day and quail start laying months earlier. The cute little quail eggs are painted with random spots and blots. It takes about a dozen to make an omelet. The males crow! It sounds like a cookie sheet, or a saw blade. Very entertaining~B. On 4/3/2010 7:52 AM, pjc2224 wrote: Granny Pat, I do have a couple of little Mulberry trees in my orchard. They are not producing yet, too little. That's cool that my chickens will eat the berries that fall. They eat the apples and pears that fall now. Plus, I have actually watched the chickens jump to eat the grapes off the vines! The Soil Conservation in my county has a tree sale every spring. The trees are seedlings, but you can get like 5 Mulberry for $7, so that is how I have started many of my trees and shrubs. Plus, they are all native and that is important to me. Brian, What do you use the quail for? Do you eat the eggs? Peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Yes. I eat the eggs. I have two kinds of quail that weigh 5-6 oz fully grown. Quail will lay an egg per day and six eggs equal one chicken egg. 8 quail eat as much as one hen per day and quail start laying months earlier. The cute little quail eggs are painted with random spots and blots. It takes about a dozen to make an omelet. The males crow! It sounds like a cookie sheet, or a saw blade. Very entertaining ~B. On 4/3/2010 7:52 AM, pjc2224 wrote: Granny Pat, I do have a couple of little Mulberry trees in my orchard. They are not producing yet, too little. That's cool that my chickens will eat the berries that fall. They eat the apples and pears that fall now. Plus, I have actually watched the chickens jump to eat the grapes off the vines! The Soil Conservation in my county has a tree sale every spring. The trees are seedlings, but you can get like 5 Mulberry for $7, so that is how I have started many of my trees and shrubs. Plus, they are all native and that is important to me. Brian, What do you use the quail for? Do you eat the eggs? Peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Do you have them in a coop?...or running free range?...any predators?or would caged be best - caged humanely to protect them...don--- On Tue, 4/6/10, Bryan Shillington <bryan wrote:Bryan Shillington <bryanRe: {Herbal Remedies} Re: Gardens, Orchards and Quailherbal remedies Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 1:24 PM Yes. I eat the eggs. I have two kinds of quail that weigh 5-6 oz fully grown. Quail will lay an egg per day and six eggs equal one chicken egg. 8 quail eat as much as one hen per day and quail start laying months earlier. The cute little quail eggs are painted with random spots and blots. It takes about a dozen to make an omelet. The males crow! It sounds like a cookie sheet, or a saw blade. Very entertaining ~B. On 4/3/2010 7:52 AM, pjc2224 wrote: Granny Pat, I do have a couple of little Mulberry trees in my orchard. They are not producing yet, too little. That's cool that my chickens will eat the berries that fall. They eat the apples and pears that fall now. Plus, I have actually watched the chickens jump to eat the grapes off the vines! The Soil Conservation in my county has a tree sale every spring. The trees are seedlings, but you can get like 5 Mulberry for $7, so that is how I have started many of my trees and shrubs. Plus, they are all native and that is important to me. Brian, What do you use the quail for? Do you eat the eggs? Peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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