Quail and Kaboodle

Babies!!!

Coturnix Quail Chicks - farm & garden - by owner - sale - craigslist Baby chicks, minimum quantity 5 chicks. Hatch date Friday February 27, 2026. Mixed colors and genders. Temporarily marked for which flock they came from. They are now $3.50 each in their first week,...

I was this many years into quail before I realized that I could see if a boiled egg was fertilized 😱🤣.

If we bring deviled quail eggs to share, just know this was a labor of love...

First I earned the money for their food and utilities (not cheap!)

Then we...

Carefully collected eggs for hatching.
Babied the incubator for 3 weeks.
Hatched out baby chicks and mother henned them for eight more weeks, sometimes with cleaning and feeding and watering three times a day. Sometimes in the very dark and cold days of winter, or terribly hot days of summer.
Sorted out the boys and the girls and set up their flocks so they don't murder each other 🤣
Drove miles to Tractor Supply to get their things, and order things online.
Specially ground and blended their food (my sweetheart usually does this ❣️❣️❣️).
Collected five dozen eggs.
Carefully boiled them stirring constantly, preferably with the help of my sweetheart who is very good at this!
Peeled all the eggs... About 60 of them.
Set aside any eggs that did not survive the process.
Cut the remaining eggs in half, about 48 of them.
Carefully removed the yolk and put them in a bowl.
Arranged the empty half eggs into carry containers. About two dozen half eggs per container.
Collected five more fresh eggs and make homemade mayonnaise.
Blend the mayonnaise with the egg yolks and other things to make yummy goo.
Set up a cake decorating tube just like my mama showed me and pipe into all 96 half eggs.
Garnished with things.
Very carefully transported them to the event 🥺

And that's it! Eight dozen yummy bite size deviled eggs.

My latest trick, portioning out birds when processing them into meaty legs with thighs, breasts, meat bits, and bones with skin and fat. The thighs and breasts are spread out to be individually frozen, and then stored in large gallon bags ready to be used at any time. The meaty bits we freeze In snack bags in 3.5 oz individual servings for any recipe calling for ground meat.

The legs and breasts can be used easily in any chicken recipe calling for boneless/skinless breasts or chicken wings. Tonight I'll be using quail breasts to make my favorite cherry chicken recipe, but with apricot instead. I'm thinking of later making a chicken hot wing recipe but with quail legs.

The meaty bits that come from things like the quail tender underneath the breast can be used easily in any recipe calling for ground meat.

And the bones today are becoming quail broth. Here's my favorite recipe using the pressure cooker function on my Ninja.

In the Ninja pot add the following:

2 lb of quail bones, wings, skin, and fat. You can also include quail legs and feet if you want. Either fresh or frozen is fine.
Two cut celery stalks. About 2.5 oz. Here I'm using some frozen celery that I had set aside.
5 smashed fresh garlic cloves or 1 tbsp. Prepared crushed garlic.
One large bay leaf.
Three to five sprigs of fresh thyme or 1.5 tsp dried
A handful of fresh parsley or 2 tsp dried.
2 tsp salt
1 tsp black peppercorns
1.5 tbsp apple cider vinegar
Water to the maximum fill line.

You can cook using the slow cook process. But I like to do the pressure cooker function for 90 minutes. Please note that if you use the pressure cooker function, the maximum fill line is lower than if you use the slow cook process.

Once it's done, let it cool. Then filter off the broth for use later in any recipe. You can debone the meat from the bones to also use in recipes. I'm also thinking of skimming off extra fat and purifying it into lard to be used when curing homemade cheddar cheese. All in all, a wonderful way to use up the rest of the bird ♥️

Today I'm using lemon thyme because that's what we have growing in the garden 😉.

Wow! Wish I was videotaping as I cracked this one open. Ambitious hen. Triple yolk!

My first YouTube video! Raw and unedited, just the way we like it!

Quail versus Chickens Raw and unedited...just the way we like it! Some brief thoughts on the differences between keeping quail versus keeping chickens.

We love coloring Quail Easter eggs!

Here are some of our beautiful homegrown jelly beans, along with some really big duck eggs ❣️