QUAILOLOGY. 



Part III. 



LETTERS & CLIPPINGS FROM FANCIERS 



WHO RAISE QUAIL. 



San Francisco, Calif. 



Written especially for Quailology. 



The breeding of the California Valley or Mountain Quail in 

 confinement in my opinion cannot be successfully carried on, 

 while it is true one may raise a few, but not to such an extent 

 as to be termed successful. 



I take this view of the subject from the experience of my- 

 self and friend, Ralph Miller of Santa Cruz, California, than 

 whom no person in this state has had more extended experience 

 or given the subject more careful consideration. 



The California Valley Quail is a very game bird and one hard 

 to domesticate. Once disturbed the female seldom returns to 

 her nest. Some have been raised in confinement by the female 

 quail, but the most successful plan is to set the eggs under a 

 bantam hen. Mr. Miller and myself followed this plan with 

 fair success. 



I build my aviary 35x8x6 feet high, and if possible around a 

 tree for the quail to hide and roost in. I also place brush and 

 leaves in the aviary for the quail to nest in. When the quail 

 have nested I take the eggs and place them under a bantam 

 hen in a suitable nest. Prior to placing the hen on the nest I 

 give her a good dose of buhach in order to kill all the vermin. 

 On the 23rd day the eggs should hatch. I then take the hen 



