Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

[NH Homesteader]

 

[Wannabefree]

Well I had a brooder full of 1200 quail that week. Paid hatch deal, on top of my few hundred chicks I had for sale and all my breeder flocks.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

wow...that's a bunch of tiny little quail!

 

[Wannabefree]

Yeah my Amish friends wanted them

 

[sumi]

That sounds heavenly! (I love chicks)

 

[Wannabefree]

That many is hard to wrangle though lol, had the awfullest time trying to deliver those quail...because they're so quick and jumpy little chicks and only about the size of a grape...yeesh

 

[NH Homesteader]

I think I like my poults better than the chicks. I'm not really a bird person though. I like having eggs... And I like watching the chickens from afar...they actually really creep me out when I have a flock of them following me around looking for snacks.

 

[NH Homesteader]

They're that small??

 

[sumi]

1000's of little fluffy bouncy grapes… Mental vision lol

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Even smaller and bouncier - button quail chicks. I swear they're hardly larger than your thumbnail and as soon as you open the incubator - they EXPLODE outta there, lol. I used to go chasing them all over the house until I learned to set the incubator inside a wire cage that we built just for that! Coolest little things though and I could sell 'em for $5.00 a pop at a trade day/chicken swap.

Maybe I ought to look into that again. I never really understood WHY they sold so well. Some people would put them in their green houses to eat bugs. Mostly because they're a novelty I guess - certainly not big enough to eat!