Quail on The DIY Homestead

Quail

How I got started raising Quail and why.

Well I have had pigs and roosters for several years at this point. So I had ended up with two roosters this past spring of 2014. Beautiful they were but very competitive with each other. It was so bad that I started looking for someone to take them. So I reached out to someone online on face book. While we were in the same state we lived too far for her to take them but we became good friends. Her name is Ruth and so began my quail beginnings.  Now Ruth was online for seed bartering and I was online for quick tips in everyday life. 

As we started visiting on a regular basis we exchanged what we as individuals had knowledge of. Which is by the way a perfect idea for everyone to do. Ask questions and share information to gain knowledge of all you can from that person and to give your knowledge to that person. So that is what we did.

 We shared and then we bartered! 

It was fantastic and I gained a lot. Not just knowledge and not just stuff. I gained in both ways and we as a family gained a family of friends. It was a win, win for all of us. 

Ruth started telling me about her homestead and I was fascinated to actually be talking to someone that was directly raising food as well as a garden. 

Sometimes my husband and I feel out of place over our life style. So it was refreshing to meet someone that was very similar and close enough to visit.

Ruth began to send me seeds and I mean a lot of seeds. So I returned the favor and sent her a dehydrator.

 Before I knew it her family was in our home for the weekend and I had quail and rabbits and more chickens. Woo Hoo  

 And so we bartered again.

Ruth and her family had brought me and my family, baby quail, adult quail, baby chickens, three rabbits, and quail eggs and chicken eggs. I was in heaven! 

Now the hard part. 

Keeping everything alive and getting all of the eggs to hatch. LOL right this ain't  gonna happen. lol

Well it did happen. It worked out! 

Almost all of my eggs hatched! So I did it. I hatched my own food sources. 

This was it! I was hooked. 

So Ruth came to our house again and this time she gave me a hands on lesson of killing and dressing out a quail to eat! 

How cool was that? Well I will tell you that it was very cool!

I am hooked on food---food I raise.

Thank you Ruth and your family for everything you have gifted us with!

If you think you would like to get started hatching eggs or have any questions on my article please do not hesitate to ask. I write and reach out in this way to help everyone!

If you want to start with an incubator I recommend the one on the left of my front page. Also you can browse amazon on the right of this page.

Thank You for visiting. 

I love to share, Enjoy!