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I'm looking for someone to dispatch and dress 10 quails for the table. Anyone out there?
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I suspect outside of someone being kind and doing it in return for a drink or two you won't find anyone commercially to do such as small number.
Is it the dispatching or the dressing that's the issue? The are reasonably easy to dispatch - either use the neck dislocation method (though I have pulled their heads off which is a little messy) or chop the head off.
Plucking is very easy - I completed one in 10 mins in front of the TV and it takes me 45 minutes to pluck a chicken. Gutting is more of a pain just because access is smaller - but not too difficult.
It maybe that time is the issue - I suspect it will take at least 2 to 2 1/2 hours or so - not much you can do about that I suppose unless you can drum up some helpers! -
Its simple and if you were closer I could show you! I quite fancy keeping quail.....Comment
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Quail are fun to keep - but not as friendly as chickens and they can't be free range. The main problem I have with them at the moment is that I have hatched a dozen and I really can't tell who are boys and who are girls. I suspect I am just going to have to sit in with them for a bit to watch out for behavioural clues.Comment
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TinkleCottage, why don't you ask your local butcher if he provides a despatch and dress service. Ours does, his fee is based on size of bird. We generally do our own but it's handy to know he's there if we are short of time.Comment
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You could try HappyChicks? They run courses on other poultry related things....Comment
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