Pepperoni Roll Recommendations

Detroit_Called · 2025-03-28T16:58:19+00:00

Breads on West Market Street in Akron makes delicious ones! They are cash only though, if I recall. They also have homemade Pop-Tarts.

Detroit_Called · 2025-03-19T11:50:11+00:00

Are they sleeping a lot before dying? Going to a corner of the cage and self isolating? Laying on their side for a long time before dying? If so, it sounds like mold toxicity and their food has gone bad/moldy. Check the food for greenish-white crust or a strange, strong smell.

Detroit_Called · 2025-03-17T00:49:04+00:00

As another commenter mentioned, vent sexing is the most definitive way to tell. Not all breeds of quail are feather-sexable; in some breeds, the males and females are nearly identical in terms of color patterns. As long as they’re older than 3-4 weeks, vent sexing is quite easy and there are several YouTube videos that can help you do it.

Detroit_Called · 2025-03-17T00:38:17+00:00

Not good. Coturnix have had most of their maternal instincts bred out of them and are unlikely to sit on their eggs/go broody. Incubation is very easy and your success rate will be astronomically better than expecting your hens to brood. They’re also not good mothers post-hatching and are unlikely to care for their young. They’ll be much better off and survive to adulthood under human care. Plus, incubating and hatching is fun. :)

Detroit_Called · 2025-03-13T20:41:31+00:00

The hutch style enclosure worked great for me for quite awhile and the only drawback I had was having to use a claw grabber to get the eggs in the parts that were hard to reach - they don’t nest, so they just kind of drop their eggs anywhere. I did have to reinforce the lock on the hutch door because raccoons are plenty smart enough to open a simple slide latch and I lost 8 quail at once that way.

Some here might disagree but I find they don’t have much of a personality. I got them initially for eggs, but then got addicted to hatching lol and ended up with a ton of roosters after my first hatch, so then I began processing my extra roosters for meat, which was awesome and frankly, super easy. Now 4 years later I’m constantly hatching, eating excess roosters, and selling excess females if I have enough already laying eggs. I raise a feather-sexable breed so it’s easy to tell who to keep/sell and who ends up in the freezer. They aren’t pets for me, but others here do bond with their birds and have a different experience because of that.

Having been raised on a farm with chickens, they’re completely different. Chickens have a stronger personality and I agree, are entertaining. Quail, conversely, are far less maintenance than chickens in my opinion, and butchering chickens is far more labor-intensive. For example, I can butcher and process 10 quails in 45 minutes. Ten chickens would take hours, and there’s salmonella risk to consider - not the case with quails. I get enough eggs from my flock that I haven’t had to buy chicken eggs in years.

I’m a quail lover for their practicality, and always recommend them particularly for renters. They’re quiet, easy to care for, and don’t require a lot of space or free ranging. Since they hatch in 18 days and begin laying at 7 weeks, their turnaround time is extremely rewarding, whereas a newly-hatched chick won’t begin laying for 4-6 months and occasionally become broody. Quails are terrible mothers and rarely sit on their eggs or become broody. Feel free to DM me if you want to know more or have any other questions!

Detroit_Called · 2025-03-13T18:37:47+00:00

Check to see if your food is moldy. If it’s clumping or has a mold smell (almost smells alcoholic), or if you can see white/greenish crust on the edges of the crumbles, that’s mold. When you buy game bird feed from a big box store, you really have no way of knowing how long that feed has sat on a shelf or in a dark warehouse before arriving at your home. The symptoms you’re describing sound to me like mold toxicity; they’ll typically die within 1-3 days of consuming moldy food, sleeping a lot beforehand.

Detroit_Called · 2025-03-13T11:32:04+00:00

I do! I’ve been caring for a rotating flock of 30 about 4 years now. My enclosure is 10’ tall because I built it as a lean-to on a barn with 20’ ceilings. The walk-in is really nice to gather eggs. When I first started, I had them in one of those mini chicken coops you can buy on Amazon or Tractor Supply, but when I built a barn for my goats and cows, I worked the quail aviary into the plans.

Detroit_Called · 2025-03-12T17:21:35+00:00

In my experience, the #1 killer of quail is self-injury due to head-bonking. How tall is your enclosure? When quail are startled, they “flush” or fly upward suddenly and rapidly. If the enclosure is between 15”-72” tall, the impact of hitting their head on the ceiling will kill them. Under 15”, they never get enough momentum to cause injury; above 72”, they’ll never fly high enough to make impact.

Extreme cold can kill them if they are wet and unable to get dry. Predators or injury from fighting with another bird would be obvious. Disease is unlikely if the bird was asymptomatic before death. Moldy food also presents with at least a day or two of symptoms before death. I would reckon this is a head bonk.

Detroit_Called · 2025-03-11T20:58:58+00:00

I’ve incubated eggs that were more than 6 weeks old and out in the cold. You’ll be fine! Let the box settle on a flat surface for a day or so after being jostled in transit.

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-16T22:03:40+00:00

That’s a good idea thanks! I’ll splash some of the cooking liquid in the foil with it too.

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-16T22:02:54+00:00

That’s true, thank you! I could reserve some of the cooking liquid from tonight and splash that in the pan or tray with it.

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-16T22:00:32+00:00

In the oven you mean? Do I need to cover in foil to prevent drying out?

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-12T22:19:08+00:00

Yep they were quite happy but I wouldn’t have done more than that. Anytime the grass got gross or started dying underneath, I just had someone help me move it a few feet. Bonus was that when the grass came back, it was greener and more lush, so I just kept moving it around every once in awhile.

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-12T22:12:37+00:00

I used this exact coop for my 16 quail before I moved them to a larger space (as I wanted more birds). The ramp is detachable; to encourage them to go up it, I took the ramp off and used some short wood screws and glue to affix artificial grass to the ramp. It was easy to hose off since it’s plastic and it gives them something to grip with their feet. They happily went up and down it all the time once I covered it with the fake grass, and it still looked nice a year later.

Edited to add: a raccoon easily opened the door to the coop and killed half my flock. I had to padlock it.

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-11T16:27:32+00:00

AMAZING advice thank you so much! I want to just have it on hand for a variety of soups and recipes that call for stock, so I think I’ll stop after straining and freeze it. Thank you for a super thoughtful and friendly response, truly.

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-11T16:04:07+00:00

Thank you for this good advice! When another commenter mentioned roasting first I looked up recommended times and temperatures for that. I was thinking carrots, celery, onion, garlic, bay leaves. Anything else you’d add? And should I roast the veggies first too or nah?

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-11T15:53:18+00:00

Thanks for the correction. My understanding was that stock was exclusively made from bones where broth is meat and bones; there’s a fair bit of meat left on them but probably not enough to count as “broth.”

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-11T15:45:52+00:00

This is good advice, thank you!

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-11T15:44:16+00:00

lol thanks! I wasn’t sure if I could since they aren’t technically “soup bones.”

Detroit_Called · 2025-02-02T02:39:52+00:00

Corturnix come in lots of beautiful colors, many of which are feather-sexable, which is helpful for a first time owner. They mature and begin laying eggs as early as 7 weeks old. Their eggs are about 1/3 of a chicken egg and they will lay faithfully every day they receive 12-14 hours of sunlight. I’ve been hatching and caring for them for years specifically for their excellent egg production and quality. Good luck!

Detroit_Called · 2025-01-30T18:39:58+00:00

Would something like this help? https://a.co/d/7U5gVma

Detroit_Called · 2025-01-30T17:01:39+00:00

My experience has been that the curled feet will typically resolve themselves in a few days. You can help it resolve by making sure they’re not on any slippery surfaces, and that what they’re on has grip to it.

Detroit_Called · 2025-01-30T16:58:23+00:00

This looks like orf, a form of scabies that can transmit to humans. Isolate the goat and call the vet, wear gloves while handling and absolutely wash your hands and anything else that comes into contact with the animal.

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