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phicks
Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9b)
August 18, 2008
04:31 PM Post #5432114
| Nice Article Paul |
crimsontsavo
Crossville, TN
(Zone 7a)
August 18, 2008
05:22 PM Post #5432301
| Thank Paul!
It was a lot of fun to research and write.  |
KyWoods
Melbourne, KY
(Zone 6a)
August 18, 2008
05:23 PM Post #5432309
| Thanks for the info! My Dad said that some organization was offering monetary incentives for people to build quail habitat on their property--this was a couple years ago. I'll have to ask him who it was, and see if that is still in effect.
By briars, do you mean the wild berries? The wild grandiflora roses are too invasive here, and I've been trying to get rid of those. I'd love to have more of the berries, though. |
phicks
Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9b)
August 18, 2008
06:28 PM Post #5432616
| Crimsom what kind of birds do you have? |
crimsontsavo
Crossville, TN
(Zone 7a)
August 18, 2008
10:41 PM Post #5433851
| Wild berries are fine too KW, would give them something good to eat as well as protection! Ohh it would be nice to be able to include information like that in the article. Definitely post back here if ya find out something KW!
Right now phicks I don't have any birds, :-(. But I used to keep everything from verioles to bluejays and golden pheasants, lol. just loooooooooooooove animals and always have had one or another in jocie rehab over the years, lol. Shoot, even had a gator and a rattler once as well. :-O |
phicks
Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9b)
August 19, 2008
09:15 AM Post #5435273
| AZ King 
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KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
August 19, 2008
01:10 PM Post #5436534
| Nice article. We had quail when we moved here four years ago, but haven't seen any for more than two years now. We have planted some of the things you recommend and hope they come back. We think it's a combination of land development and the blocking of the path they used to take to our property. I've even thought of buying some native quail now that the coyote population is down! |
KyWoods
Melbourne, KY
(Zone 6a)
August 19, 2008
01:31 PM Post #5436632
| You can buy them? From where? That would be fun to start your own flock! |
crimsontsavo
Crossville, TN
(Zone 7a)
August 19, 2008
01:41 PM Post #5436680
| Weeeee I shoulda added this link before .
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/category/partridge_quail.htm...
Imma order from them when we can afford it. I have a nice wooden shed they could bed down in and everything. |
phicks
Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9b)
August 19, 2008
01:49 PM Post #5436733
| I use to Raise Quail And phestants |
crimsontsavo
Crossville, TN
(Zone 7a)
August 19, 2008
01:57 PM Post #5436775
| Ohh do tell!
I had a golden pheasant that was just great and some bobwhites I raised form hatchlings. That is about it though.
The quail were so much fun lol. I wanna do a quail habitat on our place but Im afraid our foxes will eat them all up. I love our foxes..maybe if I did it just right I could have both LOL. That's another article for another day! |
KyWoods
Melbourne, KY
(Zone 6a)
August 19, 2008
06:42 PM Post #5438292
| I found this link about the incentives offered for those establishing quail habitat on their land: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/newsReleases?area=newsroom&subje...
Edit: It's dated 2004, so I don't know if it's still in effect.
This message was edited Aug 19, 2008 6:43 PM |
penelopesue
Paso Robles, CA
August 19, 2008
07:17 PM Post #5438462
| PLEASE don't plant star thistle! It's not a native plant to the United States. I have quail they love pomagrate's. |
cactuspatch
La Luz/Alamogordo, NM
(Zone 7b)
August 19, 2008
07:54 PM Post #5438617
| Good article. We have tons of quail in my area, and on our property. We keep our cats inside, except for supervised visits to play. I have seen the quail eating bugs off my tomatoes and leave the tomatos for me. They eat some of the strawberries and I have even had them nest in my daylilies. They are so fun to watch and I enjoy living with them. The snakes eat a lot of the eggs though, I guess it is all part of nature's plan.
This message was edited Aug 20, 2008 8:07 AM |
crimsontsavo
Crossville, TN
(Zone 7a)
August 19, 2008
08:32 PM Post #5438799
| Did I say plant a non-native? If I did I retract my statement! LOL
Ohh I bet that is sooo nice to watch cactus! Those lil stubby legged birdies hopping to get a tasty bug hehe.
Good link KY, I'm sure a person could email the author and ask if its still in effect. Didn't see Tn on the list though, sighhhhhhhh. lol |
KyWoods
Melbourne, KY
(Zone 6a)
August 19, 2008
08:44 PM Post #5438858
| I saw that it said to contact one's local FSA. Maybe the local extension service? |
crimsontsavo
Crossville, TN
(Zone 7a)
August 19, 2008
09:10 PM Post #5438993
| I bet that would work. Im already thinking about my next wildlife restoration project article lol. Just gotta figure out which species.. butteflies have been done to death, I need something different and cheeky! Hurrrmmmmmmm |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
August 20, 2008
03:31 PM Post #5442617
| Oh, great, another reason to plant pomegranates! |
crimsontsavo
Crossville, TN
(Zone 7a)
August 20, 2008
03:34 PM Post #5442624
| hehehe. do you need more than one? yummy! |
