Well, its spring again and time to get the eggs in the incubator or under your favorite brood hen. I had 120 BOBWHITE QUAIL eggs, (from my own stock), in the incubator and had 98 of them hatch out over the course of three days. Quail are surprisingly easy to raise in captivity and can be a life saver in the, “post SHTF” situation. You see quail, when released onto property with 1 or several, callback boxes, will pretty much forage and fend for themselves during the day and return to the call back box at night to roost, (or eat when food supply is limited, because I suggest keeping scraps of leftover greens, rice, wheat or bread crumbs, as well as clean water in the boxes). There are many sites on the net with instructions on how to build a callback box or, if you choose, there are sites that sell prefab and complete boxes. This takes the burden from the individual of family trying to survive on meager supplies or has resorted to only pre-packaged, canned or dehydrated vegetables and fruits. This scenario of raising quail, will provide a meat supply, without having to feed them your valuable food, other than any leftovers you may want to keep in the box..
With the callback boxes, quail can be released in the morning and will return in the evening or whenever they feel threatened. Another plus to quail over chickens is, that quail are virtually undetectable once released and they don’t, “crow”, in the morning, which is a quick way to tell everyone within half a mile that, “Hey yall, we have chickens”.
More pictures and information on the callback boxes in upcoming posts.
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