Changing goals and speed

[Baymule]

I raised Pharaoh quail about a lifetime ago. They were small, but easy to clean and delicious. I cracked the eggs in a measuring cup to fry them. There was a yolk in every bite! Your birds are looking good and your horses have slicked out and look beautiful.

Thanks to you, now I look at the slaughter sites. There are some darn nice horses that don't belong there, I am always glad when they get bought. We bought a blaze faced, stocking legged little 13 hand chestnut gelding a few months ago. The lady we bought him from buys kill pen horses, rehabs them, then sells them. He is a sweetie, dog gentle and we love him. I am at my limit with 3, 2 of which are 28 and 30 years old, so no more horses for me. But if I ever get another horse, I'll follow your lead and buy one from the kill pens.

 

[greybeard]

Baymule--where is the nearest 'kill pen' to you?

(I rarely if ever see any equine going thru the salebarns here and the few I do see go to private buyers as 'back to farm' animals. Did see more in 2011's drought year, but most of those were not slaughter animals)

 

[AClark]

There is a big one in Bastrop, Louisiana, but it's run by Stanley Bros, the same ones that had the trailer flip in MS maybe 2 months ago with 30ish horses on it, only around 15-20 survived if I remember right. I think the driver fell asleep at the wheel.
Mine came from Arkansas, there's several big feedlots in the Little Rock area. There's another big feedlot in Forney, TX.

There's a horse auction here in Sulphur, OK. I haven't gone, as it's a bit of a drive, but once a month it's a nothing but horse auction, tack, everything. I don't hear well enough to do auctions to be honest. I would love to have the space to pick up more horses, test and feed up, and resell though. I may go eventually to saddle hunt, I'm at my horse limit as well.

The last batch of quail I did were 9 weeks old. They were really good sized. Bay is right, they are super easy to clean. You skin them, which doesn't even really take tools, just push fingers in there and pull. I used kitchen scissors to cut the spine out and when you do that you can pretty much just pull and everything comes out and you are done.

ETA: I am dragging this morning. I took Lena to the ER last night around 9 PM. She hasn't been feeling well all weekend, and had a cough. Yesterday she didn't want to eat much and when she did, projectile vomited and aspirated it. I got home around 2:30 AM, she has a respiratory infection. They gave her some meds and she's finally sleeping peacefully without coughing and throwing up. I'm not getting anything done today, I think I'm going to go cuddle up with her and go back to sleep.

 

[Latestarter]

Sorry your little one isn't feeling well. you've certainly had your share of illness lately. Maybe you'll get through it and be able to enjoy the full summer.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I don't blame ya and ya certainly deserve the extra rest. Hope she gets better for ya soon.

 

[goatgurl]

I sure hope lena gets to feeling better. poor baby girl and poor mama too. quail are something I've thought about raising but just haven't jumped into it.

 

[Baymule]

Hope that Lena feels better soon. I hate it when babies and children get sick. Cuddles and love goes a long way when they are sick.

@greybeard I have some facebook links, dunno if you are on facebook. I think most of it is a waste of time, personally. People post crap that used to be email forwards, now they pass it around on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/bastroplouisianashippen/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/147827545655597/

https://www.facebook.com/OklahomaKillPen/?fref=st

https://www.facebook.com/kaufmankillpen/

 

[AClark]

Late, when a bug gets started in my house, it really makes the rounds. It usually takes about 2 weeks to get everyone. The 24 hour bug we had only took about 5 days to nail everyone in the house though. DH is the last to get everything, if he even gets it. I swear the Army vaccinations pretty much make you immune to everything including the plague.

The chickens are enjoying their new digs, big time. So is Bohannon. Geese are clumsy things. He waddles, jumps in his pool, but he gets so excited to see us he literally falls down running in the pen, which shouldn't be funny but it really is. Apparently, we are getting turkeys this week too. DH and one of his buddies from work are taking a long lunch on Friday and going shopping.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Hope you guys are feeling better!

 

[greybeard]

Hope that Lena feels better soon. I hate it when babies and children get sick. Cuddles and love goes a long way when they are sick.

@greybeard I have some facebook links, dunno if you are on facebook. I think most of it is a waste of time, personally. People post crap that used to be email forwards, now they pass it around on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/bastroplouisianashippen/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/147827545655597/

https://www.facebook.com/OklahomaKillPen/?fref=st

https://www.facebook.com/kaufmankillpen/

Thanks. No, I don't do FB, but I can still view the pages....for a few seconds..until FB throws their annoying splash screen up urging me to log on or join. (I haven't opened my email in 6 months either.)

It seems like I've been to Bastrop La before. N. La if I remember right.