Own up time!

One of these gorgeous girls has started egg eating.... Ummm first of all if you have an egg eater don't panic 9 times out of 10 they can be cured,  I will do a separate page on the subject soon,  needless to say I am off to purchase some golf balls.... And I don't play golf!

Brrrr

Bit chilli this morning and moved this chap to somewhere safer than the chicken run,  or he will be breakfast 🍳

Brrrrrr autumn

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!

'Golden Dawn'

Bath refill time ⌚

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.

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!