Quail of a time!
Bloomin' Heck!
I never knew that quail could cause so much trouble!
My friend Lottie has just started in the quail keeping hobbie, and I made a comment about them which has spread like a rash over the quail keeping world. I stated that they were a mix of Italian and Japanese quail, which is what I and many others call them! However some people have decided that they no longer want to call them 'Italians' but 'Goldens' instead, this is because calling them Italians makes them sound like a seperate species to the Japanese when truthully they are just a colour mutation. However there are a few noticeable differences between them, but I have come in for a rollocking from the quail keeping world.
Here are a few of the comments that I have discovered on various forums:
What a dipstick he is!
Talks out of his (|) if you ask me
Wait till they let me join in, I'll be putting him straight too.pmpl
I went back reading all his quail related posts - hes an ass, does he want to put folk of keeping them???
I'm glad hes still sulking with me
Our DJ knows more about quail rearing/keeping than he does, and he's only 11
I wonder if he was just overcrowding
Poultry are only cannibalistic if there is a dying bird around, they will attack it and eat it, they do the same in the wild to
And then when I replied I got this:
Thats because your a pratt
Such a shame really! How such wiked people could be so aggresive over ones personal opinion, a comment which has been hugely taken out of all context! I had a peek on one forum today and the insults are still flying around!
This has nothing to do with Lottie, her birds look fantastic and I wish her all the best in her venture.
www.kooringa.com Is the place to find out all about them.
Today I went to Acocks Green near to Birmingham to collect 12 new quail for myself. They are 4 weeks old and I got 12 (8 hens and 4 cocks) for £10 a real bargain. They are in temporary accomodation at the moment, but I am hoping to get their new £250 estate this week so I shall post photos as and when they move in. These birds will be new breeding stock and hopefully they will provide an abundance of eggs to sell on for both eating and/or hatching.
On Friday, I managed to get an hour up the allotment and I emptied the compost bin and moved it to it's new location at the top of the allotment.
The plot is in OK condition, but I need to do some weeding, but not as much as I thought. I also bought my First and Second early potatoes, I might put a row in tomorrow. I also have some Garlic, I didn't plant it in November which is reccomended so that the frost can get to it, but I have put in the freezer and then it will go in the fridge, then the freezer for a week or so and that should do it just fine!
I have to clean out all the animals tomorrow, and I can take all the muck up to the allotment and put it on the compost heap.
Let's hope the weather is as good tomorrow as it has been today!
Martin
