A real feel of autumn in the air this morning letting the girls out ... That Wind definitely had a chill to it! It's still August!
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Monday, 23 June 2014
Friday, 20 June 2014
A Friend's Quail
If you have ever seen quail eggs they are tiny and feel so fragile!
As the are Coturnix Quail they hatch at around 16 to 18 days.
Different breeds of quail take different lengths of time.
Elegant Quail:22 days
Blue Scaled Quail:23 days
Bobwhite Quail:22-23 days
Button Quail:16 days
California Quail:22-23 days
Gambel's Quail:22 days
Montezuma Quail:24-25 days
Mountain Quail:24-25 days
10 minutes old
Nicely dry and very very cute!
Keeping an eye on the temperature is crucial - they must be kept warm at around 35 Degrees for the first week, this is slowly deceased until they are fully feathered at four to six weeks.
This 50p shows just how small they are, this chick is 24 hours old.
Sunday, 15 June 2014
Wow the wonders of grass!
They are growing at a ferocious rate on the grass. They will be old enough to sell the first week of August, as long as they have started to feather up by then, which they should of done. As this will be the last year for goslings we will keep one of the girls to bring the grass cutting numbers up to three, which should keep our field in check, obviously no more goslings otherwise some may be of father, daughter parentage.. Not good.. But I have an art project planned for the eggs next summer.... So watch this space!
Saturday, 14 June 2014
Friday, 6 June 2014
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