People have been flocking to raise backyard chickens in recent years. But raising these birds at home is not for everyone. An ...
Kenny Coogan: What is [a quail’s] egg production look like? Eric Stromberg: A coturnix quail lays around 300 eggs per year give or take, that’s gonna be dependent on a lot of different variables, just ...
A few months ago, I wrote about my grandfather's intention to reintroduce bobwhite quail into southeastern Minnesota. The bobwhite, once prevalent and actively hunted until 1958, is almost nonexistent ...
Raising quail for meat and eggs in your backyard can easily become a fascinating hobby. Quail are friendly, inexpensive and tender, and their eggs are in many places considered a delicacy. It is also ...
Childhood visits to my grandparent’s farm served to foreshadow raising chickens of my own. Tossing seed corn, herding a mean rooster to the coop, and reaching under a hen to gather a warm egg were ...
Michael Patane got the call at about 7 a.m. Thursday from the Canastota Post Office telling him the bobwhite quail chicks had arrived. Patane rushed over to pick up nearly a dozen cardboard boxes ...
Poultry farming isn’t for everyone, but Oliver Books hasn’t quailed from the endeavor despite living in a city. Over the past five months, Books has raised about 70 Coturnix quail. The petite fowl, ...