A Visit From SU Agricultural Research & Extension

We were recently visited by Dr. Anderson and her photographer Chris with Southern University Agricultural Research & Extension Center of Louisiana. SU is holding a workshop
"Quail and Native Grass Habitat Workshop" in July. Dr. Anderson invited us to be a speaker, but I quickly explained that standing in a room with strangers staring at you was not for me, lol.
So we invited them out for a visit. They spent the morning with us discussing our quail farm and taking pictures to use in the upcoming workshop. After they finished touring the quail farm, Chris eagerly starting taking pictures of our other farm animals including George, our 800lb Boar who was proudly showing off his recent litter of 12 piglets. The turkeys were not camera shy either, as the tom displayed his feathers in full strut. Some baby ducks were making their way out of their shells in the incubator. Since Pat & I are orginaly from New Orleans area our conversation quickly turn to food as we talk about some of our favorites New Orleans dishes.
We truly enjoyed their visit and look forward to seeing them again.

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Color Sexing Quail

2 Pair Of Jumbo Coturnix Quail

Hens Have A Creamed Colored Breast

Males Have A Rust Colored Breast

Hens In Front * Males Behind Them

Grilled Quail Receipe

Grilled Quail

Quail Breast
Bacon Strips
Italian Salad Dressing

Cooking Directions:
Clean quail breast and marinade with Italian salad
dressing in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 hours. Remove
breast from refrigerator and wrap quail breasts with
bacon securing the bacon with a toothpick. Place quail
breast on grill for 10 minutes on each side making sure
that the bacon is well done. Enjoy!

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So now you have your quail chicks and you will soon discover how quickly they grow (especially
Coturnix). The best tip I can give you: don't over crowd your chicks. You know they have plenty of fresh water & feed and their brooder temp is just right, but for some strange reason they keep piling/huddling together - they are over crowed! When we first started raising quail
we couldn't understand why after a week or so they would start piling up causing the ones on the bottom to die. We had everything right with our brooder which was about 2 ft wide x 6 ft long, plenty of room when they were a day old. They quickly grew and to them became overcrowded, I guess it natures way of population control. So either from the start, limit the number of chicks per brooder area or plan on splitting the number of chicks in your brooder each week.


Minimum Space Needed by Age of Quail: From The Cooperative Extension of MSU
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/pubs/bwqprod.htm#bro

1-10 Days
5-10 birds/ per sq. ft.

10 Days to 6 Weeks
1-2 birds/per sq. ft.

6 Week To 14 Weeks
1-2 birds/per sq. ft.

The above chart is referring to Bobwhite Quail which is a slower growing quail compared to the Jumbo Coturnix.

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Members Of Our Farm

I would like you to meet some of our other critters on our farm:

To Many Turkeys & Chickens To Count, 2 Sows & Boar, (George is 800lb), 8 Kansas Blue Back Pheasants, 20 San Juan Rabbits ( at last count) & 10 Rouens (Non-FLying Mallards).

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