After years of dreaming about raising my own quail, I finally welcomed three dozen hatchlings into my backyard on September 18, 2019. I drove an hour north of Tampa to pick them up, and their nervous chirping from the backseat became the only impetus for me to slow down and not drive with my usualContinue reading “The Babies Arrive”
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Why Quail?
Many people ask me this when I tell them about our backyard birds. More people have chickens; wouldn’t that be easier? Aren’t their eggs really small? Do they poop a lot? Why Quail? They’re cute and cuddly, ’tis true, but Japanese Coturnix Quail have been bred to be tiny powerhouses of productivity. They mature andContinue reading “Why Quail?”
Quail and Cotton 