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sara | September 30, 2008
Did you know that as soon as piglets are born they start to suckle and hunt for the sows teats. The suckling instinct kicks in within minutes of being born.
Initially the piglets will fight for the teats and there is alot of movement between teats and then within a day they settle down and always stick [...]
sara | September 29, 2008
It is important for quail eggs that are not incubated straight away, to be stored correctly.
Cracked, poorly shaped, soiled, thin shelled, unusually large or unusually small quail eggs should not be kept for incubation.
Only select clean and undamaged quail eggs for incubation.
Quail eggs should not be washed.
Try not to handle the quail eggs too frequently.
When [...]
sara | September 28, 2008
I am thrilled that my khaki campbell ducks have just started to lay. Since Friday, I have got a duck egg each day. I have read that ducks can start laying at about 20 weeks and my khaki campbell ducks are now 18 weeks old so they are on track. I haven’t cooked any of [...]
sara | September 27, 2008
Broody hens can feather pick when they are sitting on the nest so don’t be alarmed. They will sometimes pluck the feathers from their breast to line the nest and also to transfer their body heat to the egg more efficiently.
sara | September 26, 2008
I have 11 guinea fowl poults or so I thought! I house my guinea fowl in a large hut on a night with my chickens. I recently placed a run inside the hut with the 11 guinea fowl poults in it so that the could get used to their new surroundings and so that the [...]
sara | September 25, 2008
How long does it take to lay fertile quail eggs is an excellent question and was asked by one of my regular readers and quail keepers, Junior.
“hi Sara
would the hen japenese quail dig out a nest of sawdust and share it with the male all day without eggs?
my quail or chickens havent been laying for [...]
sara | September 24, 2008
I am delighted to say that Cagney, my Saddleback sow has had nine healthy piglets.
On Tuesday tea time I placed Cagney in the farrowing crate as she had milk when I squeezed her teats. I was able to do this on my own as Cagney is a very placid and gentle sow. It wasn’t long [...]
sara | September 22, 2008
Market Weighton has a local producers market every 3rd Saturday of the month and this Saturday I attended my first farmer’s market with my Hugo House quail eggs.
I had to be there at 7.30am to set up my stall and I was a bit nervous as it was my first time but the stall holders around [...]
sara | September 21, 2008
I am afraid that poor little Snuffles passed away on Saturday afternoon. I had been feeding him every hour during the day and went to bed at about 2.30am Sat morn and got up at 6am to feed him again and he was very weak. I would have stayed up all night but I had [...]
sara | September 20, 2008
Female quail can start laying as early as 6 weeks old.
They are ground nesting birds and will dig out a bit of a hole in the undergrowth and then line the nest with materials such as straw and long grasses. They will often share their nest.
