quail – Chick with a Whistle Farms

Evening trouble

I headed out to the barn for my normal evening chores. Some of the quail had laid some eggs on the ground between the barn and their outside run. As I walked through the run, I was completely startled by some noise in the back. It was dark so as I turned my head andContinue reading “Evening trouble”

Egg hunt fun… or not so much fun.

So lately my next batch of chicks are now at laying age and they’ve been doing pretty good with giving me eggs everyday or every other day. What I started noticing though is that my leghorns were laying everyday but I wasn’t always finding their eggs. I have three leghorns and first I started gettingContinue reading “Egg hunt fun… or not so much fun.”

Predator War

As the school year came to an end, there has been quite a bit of action around the farm. First, I will announce that I finally have my logo finished and am so excited to see the finished result. The other big activity around the farm is lately the continued problem of predators eating myContinue reading “Predator War”

Spring is Here

It is amazing how precious time is in the spring. Weeks have gone by and it only feels like a couple of days. Chicks The little chicks are getting larger and more independent each day. They are getting along with the rest of the flock and have figured out how to roost at night.Continue reading “Spring is Here”

1 Week Chicks & a BIG new toy

The quail are now 1 week old and I have taken them home from school. It was pretty special to see how many kids and staff wanted to talk about the new baby chicks over the week. We ended up with having 16 hatch out of 36. I have 8 Texas A & MContinue reading “1 Week Chicks & a BIG new toy”

A pop of Spring with New Chicks

We had record high temps of 60 yesterday which got everyone out of the barn to get some sun rays. Some of the exciting news is we are having quail chicks hatch in the incubator. I had some concerns since this was the first time raising quail and the week I received the eggs theContinue reading “A pop of Spring with New Chicks”

Butchered Pigs… Now what?

It took approximately a little over a week to pick up the pork from the butcher. Any reservations we may of had through the process quickly disappeared when we inventoried the meat. In the end, our pig live weight was 265 lbs. and hanging weight totaled 185 lbs. The 185 resulted in the following: 18Continue reading “Butchered Pigs… Now what?”

Pig Reflections & New Animal Adventures

We are coming to the end of our first pig adventure and we learned a tremendous amount and at the end of the day we are gearing up to do it again. I am going to have Dustin do the honors of explaining the butchering day since I was on a business trip. I willContinue reading “Pig Reflections & New Animal Adventures”

December Snow

December has come to an end and as we prepare for butchering day for our 3 pigs, I have really enjoyed the pigs around the farm and the journey we have taken. Over the last couple of weeks we have learned how much the pigs enjoy free ranging. With snow on the ground you canContinue reading “December Snow”