Wandering_r0gue
Songster
So, I just butchered my first quail. I was planning on it eventually, but tonight it became necessary.
As my newest hatch was getting older, I moved the hens into a pen with a solo older rooster...
Discovered this evening when I got home that the rooster (named Duck) had quite savagely ravaged a hen. At first I thought some bad cuts, but when I moved her to an isolation box, say that she was well and truly (and literally) scalped. Because of this, I felt that she was too severely injured to keep.
Also, duck, being a repeat offender, I couldn't put him back with a flock. So, the option became clear.
Time to learn to butcher.
I have been somewhat dreading this moment, as I love animals and would rather not hurt them... but, I knew I wanted meat anyway.
So, I think I fairly successfully butchered and cleaned my first too quail, and while I cannot say I enjoyed the process, it is something I needed to do, and it is good to know that I'm capable of it.
Now I get to eat quail for the first time too. Dinner anyone?
As my newest hatch was getting older, I moved the hens into a pen with a solo older rooster...
Discovered this evening when I got home that the rooster (named Duck) had quite savagely ravaged a hen. At first I thought some bad cuts, but when I moved her to an isolation box, say that she was well and truly (and literally) scalped. Because of this, I felt that she was too severely injured to keep.
Also, duck, being a repeat offender, I couldn't put him back with a flock. So, the option became clear.
Time to learn to butcher.
I have been somewhat dreading this moment, as I love animals and would rather not hurt them... but, I knew I wanted meat anyway.
So, I think I fairly successfully butchered and cleaned my first too quail, and while I cannot say I enjoyed the process, it is something I needed to do, and it is good to know that I'm capable of it.
Now I get to eat quail for the first time too. Dinner anyone?