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[slay3r 1]

Sorry fella thougfht you meant another breed when you said something else.

 

Ducks must have water and regularly they dont just drink it they use it to clear their nostrils to breath. Get hold of a duck egg first and try one they are not quite like a hens egg bit of an aquired taste.

 

Partridge are an idea but you need them solidly penned in once 1 gets out its gone for good dont respond to chickchick

[Bootsha 1,306]

I had cream legbars myself, the cockerals are spectacular, the eggs are a lovely blue colour, but the hens were as mad as a box of f****n frogs. If you want real blue eggs , go for the Auracanas.

[patterdalejoel 669]

jap quail are the hardiest birds ive ever had, i used to keps some in one of those really shitty thin plywood rabbit hutches you get from a petshop, and when it was minus christ knows what in the middle of winter and they were still laying a egg each contrary to what the books say about light levels etc. the eggs are delicous. but if you do get some, get however many you can keep and keep it at that, because any new comers to the flock WILL get their heads pecked open.

[Millet 4,497]

They are definitely evil little barsteward;s even more so when you mix new comer's like you say..

[artic 595]

Got a fair few quails, I breed them for the hawks. If you want some PM me, I'll be glad to get rid of some.

[Millet 4,497]

Got a fair few quails, I breed them for the hawks. If you want some PM me, I'll be glad to get rid of some.

Same here just fired 240 egg's in the bators's.. i have about 12 nice coloured hen's laying egg's for fun from the last batch.. and i cant give them away..

[craigyboy 1,274]

try common quail,i used to keep em for the hawks,they had a run with a hutch inside,they lived outdoors all year and i got plenty eggs from em

[millytheterrier 12]

Ive noticed with japanese quail if you put so many cock birds together they all run after each other trying to bang each others backside. ha and that foamy crap goes all over. lol

[scothunter 12,609]

what do quails eggs taste like,is there a major diffrence than a hens egg?

[Millet 4,497]

To me they don't seem to taste much different but some of the friend's and family i give them too seem to think they taste different and nicer than chook egg's..they have a better nutritional value than chicken egg's and you cannot get salmonella from them apparently.. i like boiling a load and put them on a plate with some salt on them and eating them like sweet's.. ..i know a lot of folk like to pickle them too.

[fat man 4,741]

Have you tried turkeys,you can run them with the hens and have your own free range turkey for xmas.

[scothunter 12,609]

Got a fair few quails, I breed them for the hawks. If you want some PM me, I'll be glad to get rid of some.

Same here just fired 240 egg's in the bators's.. i have about 12 nice coloured hen's laying egg's for fun from the last batch.. and i cant give them away..

 

id take you up on that offer if you were closer.im gonna get half a dozen.just called some farm in scotland there,but they dont have any till next year ;(

[Millet 4,497]

Dont you have any mates who might be passing down this way that could pick some up for you..i can get some up near Alnwick if that's any good to you..

[scothunter 12,609]

Dont you have any mates who might be passing down this way that could pick some up for you..i can get some up near Alnwick if that's any good to you..

 

cheers millet,but lab has got me half a dozen,getting them next week sometime.however appreciate the offer mate

[Millet 4,497]

Glad to hear you are sorted with some ..when i first wanted some a couple of year's back i had a nightmare finding some and when i finally did come across some at a poultry auction i had to pay over the odd's for them..