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Early arrival of quail eggs
On Christmas Day I found a quail egg in the quailhouse. The quail had stopped laying in late October and we are not expecting any eggs from them until March. But one of them has started again and every day except one since then, a quail eggs has been waiting for collection each morning. We are having unusual warm weather for this time of year and I'm wondering if that is what has caused this one bird to start laying so early.
Until 2009 I was working in London, UK, but I gave it up to pursue a life of self-sufficiency. My aim is to grow or forage for all my food, produce my own power and live a healthier and greener lifestyle. I left London to return to my home village of Sunniside, near Newcastle, in the North East of England. I have a couple of plots of land there as well as the garden of my house. Our village is a commuter area for Newcastle but we are surrounded by countryside which we use for picking wild foods. My mission in life is to show that it is possible to live well without destroying the planet in the process. I am also keen to ensure knowledge of historic recipes and cooking is kept alive. I regularly try out recipes from old cookbooks using the food we have grown. I make videos about our progress and about how to cook home-grown foods. These can be viewed on www.youtube.com/jonathanwallace.
www.self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com
Source: http://self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com/2016/01/early-arrival-of-quail-eggs.html
