Quail preparation.

[Gary.B]

Just got a load of quail, whats best way to prepare it for the bird..

[GregMik]

Live or Frozen?
Greg

[Johnny Abbott]

Just got a load of quail, whats best way to prepare it for the bird..all i do with dead quail is take the feet of and the bird gets the rest

[Shaun Byrne]

Just got a load of quail, whats best way to prepare it for the bird..

Remove head & neck, legs,wings, all digestive organs and give it to your bird.

You can skin it if you like or just feed it as is.

Simple as that!;)

[Gary.B]

Sorry, frozen.

[Shaun Byrne]

Remove head & neck, legs,wings, all digestive organs and give it to your bird.

You can skin it if you like or just feed it as is.

Simple as that!;)

In that case fully thaw before all the above!!:lol:

[Falcon911]

Depends on how much mess you want around your aviary/mews....
I 80% pluck it, cut off the legs from the unfeathered part, take out the intestines and crop but leave in the other organs, heart, Liver etc.
Tasty!
Rgds
Andy

[Gary.B]

Cheers chaps, I think I'll skin them, less plucking feathers in the chamber.:D

[GregMik]

Sorry, frozen.

If it is frozen and has come from a reputable breeder....It should have been fasted for at least two days before killing. If so...then just cut the feet off, mash the point of the beak and feed whole. If you are worried about feathers....Pull the tail feathers out and cut the wings off. Those are the big feathers.

Oh this is for larger shortwings, buteos and falcons. If you have a small bird....ask again.

Greg

[Finnish]

Remove head & neck, legs,wings, all digestive organs and give it to your bird.

You can skin it if you like or just feed it as is.

Simple as that!;)

I do the same way as this..:D

[Renton]

Defrost the quail then sling it in! My birds love them and they have never had any problems with quail feet or feathers. My EEO will sit on a quail for a good while before he breaks into it. It really makes his day!

[Jester]

cut the feet, wings and beak off and give it to him or maybe pluck a few feathers first


next morning i pick up the liver and crop and later the pellet

[Renton]

next morning i pick up the liver and crop and later the pellet

Does he really leave that much? When I give a quail to my owl all that is left by the next morning is a few feathers.

[Falcon911]

Cheers chaps, I think I'll skin them, less plucking feathers in the chamber.:D

I'm not a nutrition expert but I think the skin itself may contain something good for the bird anyway so I'd pluck if I were you?!
Cheers
Andy

[Hacker]

I would just chop of the lower feet,beak tip and feed whole, loose a few feathers if you want.
By eating the internal organs etc the bird will build it`s immunity up to any micro organisms that manage to survive the freezing process.
If it cannot manage to eat reared quail, what will happen when it breaks into quarry?