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Quail: Getting Started
Carole West Brings you the basics to raising quail. Quail Getting Started is for beginners interested in establishing a quail flock for the benefits of self reliance. Learn to raise quail naturally on the ground in a protected environment by incorporating stationary or mobile housing, building plans and tips are included. Discover the different breeds, raising from chicks, setting up a brooder, ground level coops, diet requirements, disease prevention, business opportunities and more.
Whether you have a small backyard or a great big farm, this book shows you how to raise these incredible birds for eggs and meat. Quail Getting Started also includes a beginners checklist and note pages, use this book for a positive quail experience.
Whether you have a small backyard or a great big farm, this book shows you how to raise these incredible birds for eggs and meat. Quail Getting Started also includes a beginners checklist and note pages, use this book for a positive quail experience.
92 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 30, 2014
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June 29, 2020
I picked this book up because I was interested in raising quail on the ground and every time I did any sort of Google search Carole West's face would pop up. The lady's blog has some presence online! I figured, OK, I'll invest in her book and support what she's doing. Especially since most other resources have the quail standing on wire in little rabbit hutches, and that sort of environment for a ground bird honestly depresses me.
Anyway, I'll admit this book was smaller than I expected and had little to no meat on it's bones (kind of like quail, now that I think about it.) She has it very neatly organized, and she does cover all the basics in a step-by-step quick and dirty layout. She gives you about a paragraph to a page of information, mostly anecdotal, under each header followed by a list of links and building plans. I do appreciate that this book was written based on her personal experience, but I think a little more research and general information would have been more helpful. For instance, why are you recommending feeding cat food to baby quail if people are unable to get game starter feed? That's weird advice to not support with any research or even explanation-- I understand they need protein but there's a whole other mess of things in cat food that seems like it could be problematic. Or not, I'm sure you know more about this than I do, but your book doesn't help me there.
Also, there is dangerously little information on how to go about properly raising birds for release in the wild. In the wrong hands or state, without consult with wildlife officials, this seems like a bad idea. (I should say that I love that she went that route, especially since she mentions their numbers were in decline in Texas. It's not the notion that worries me, just the rest of the world attempting to do this all willy-nilly)
Anyway, I'll admit this book was smaller than I expected and had little to no meat on it's bones (kind of like quail, now that I think about it.) She has it very neatly organized, and she does cover all the basics in a step-by-step quick and dirty layout. She gives you about a paragraph to a page of information, mostly anecdotal, under each header followed by a list of links and building plans. I do appreciate that this book was written based on her personal experience, but I think a little more research and general information would have been more helpful. For instance, why are you recommending feeding cat food to baby quail if people are unable to get game starter feed? That's weird advice to not support with any research or even explanation-- I understand they need protein but there's a whole other mess of things in cat food that seems like it could be problematic. Or not, I'm sure you know more about this than I do, but your book doesn't help me there.
Also, there is dangerously little information on how to go about properly raising birds for release in the wild. In the wrong hands or state, without consult with wildlife officials, this seems like a bad idea. (I should say that I love that she went that route, especially since she mentions their numbers were in decline in Texas. It's not the notion that worries me, just the rest of the world attempting to do this all willy-nilly)
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