May 4th and I've got some eggs in the incubator. around 80 Gambel's,70 Valleys,20 Blue Scaleds,and only 15 Mountains.
My Mountain Quail took a while to get going this year. I got my first egg around the middle of last month and they're still just getting rolling,one hen here,then another hen there. I'll be setting another batch in a few days and will candle the ones from the week before.They usually lay until the third week of June here in Maine so I can still salvage a half decent season as long as they keep going. Anything is better than 2018. I've never had a year where my Mountain Quail didn't lay until that one. We'll see how the Mearns do this year. Last season they laid pretty good but the fertility was spotty for the first time ever. In all of my past seasons with Mearns,most hens laid around 50 eggs each,and all fertile right up to the very last egg in late August / early September. I knew something was strange when the birds weren't calling in April and early May. In all past years the pairs called back and forth on and off all day starting in April. I'm a bit concerned because this season they aren't calling either. Most hens start laying by the middle of the month so we'll see what happens.Their sand boxes are all sifted,and they've had their beak trims,and pedicures for the season. Even someone who's had quail for a lot of years like myself,learns something new now and then. Last year I learned that I can't always rely on even the old faithfuls. Years of laying just like a bobwhite,then BAM - little to nothing the next season. When I was active on Facebook and having people comment on my posts,the Three Golden Boys used to come on now and then under their fake profiles last year and make comments laughing about my Mountains not laying and not putting out a lot of Mearns. Well I've been at it for 20 years or so,and now that I think of it,I don't consider that bad at all. Hell,most Mountain breeders didn't set the world on fire last season,and there weren't a whole hell of a lot of Mearns around either,but I did raise the most Bensons in the country. These guys have been at it for four and five years now and think it's a guarantee every year. It's going to be funny when they do their usual year round taking of thousands of dollars in deposits from people and then have a season where their eggs aren't fertile or their birds don't lay at all. Do you think they'd give the customers their refunds ?😀 I guess it's been a month or so now since I turned my Facebook page over to an administrator. It's been nice and peaceful since. I'm seeing a lot of views on my last four videos on YouTube, Maine-ly Quail-Exotic Quail. Like and subscribe ! 😀 I'll have some more on here,there,and my website in the near future. I'm told that The Three Golden Boys,Earl,Young,and the Egg Nazi,Ms.Peterson watch my sites as close as ever. They all really need to get a life but I guess it's too late for that now. I came to my senses a few weeks ago and decided to wash my hands of a guy who I've been trying to make up my mind about for around three years now. Lives down south. Always seemed like a pretty good guy but was and is buddies with one of The Three Golden Boys. I often asked him what the hell was up with that. He'd always complain about him,and knows of his bad reputation but keeps on helping him with everything ! He'd always have a lame excuse that he feels sorry for the guy because he has no friends. Well that's why ! You can't be a shyster and a wiseass and expect to make many friends. This guy spoon feeds him with tips and advice on everything there is,and even helped write the instruction sheets that he puts in the box with his egg orders. Then like he did with me,argues with every bit of advice he gives him. He more than just tolerates him. They're good friends. People have been telling me for a few years that he plays both sides. Well I finally had enough of trying to figure that one out. If a guy is good friends with one of my worst enemies,then I don't want anything to do with him,and it hit me all at once that he's helping a known shyster stay around in this business,jerking around and screwing people for the past couple years. The guy bails him out with birds and eggs that he runs his face for but can't come up with,and all the tips and advice for the guy's customers that he doesn't have an answer for himself. I believe that he sent him some Mountain Quail eggs early this season and a female Benson Quail that he bought from me last fall. If that's the case then all Three Golden Boys got Bensons from me in a sneaky roundabout way last year. I'd never sell directly to them if they paid me three times the cost. The other two had guys that they know pay me for them and send to their own addresses. This guy told me that Whaah Whaah sent pictures of my boxes to his buddy.They all had a good laugh. I feel worse for the birds knowing that they went to those shitholes. All of the finishing touches are done on my 12 new pens. I built a new 4' by 8' brooder table along with four new brooders. I'm wrapping up building nest boxes and sand boxes this week and then all of the building should be over and it'll be on to my lobster gear. I just got two White Peking ducklings for pets and mascots for the farm. Cute little buggers.😀 I'll keep everybody updated. Oh yeah,before I forget,I'm still getting requests for hatching eggs. I haven't sold eggs since 2017,except for my pheasants. No quail egg sales. Until next time.... Well it's been about a couple weeks without Facebook and I don't miss it at all. People can still see my page,Mainely-Quail there and that has all the contact info for people to go to my website or check out some new and old videos on YouTube. I have no way of telling how many are watching my website but I do see how many views my YouTube videos get. It's surprising that us breeders of rare exotic quail just get a tiny fraction of the views that the coturnix breeders get. They get thousands and thousands and some of us only get a small handful. I guess there are way more meat and egg breeders than there are folks interested in keeping the rarer breeds. I've looked at some of theirs. Some are very professional.some not too bad,but some are terrible beyond belief. Some,actually a lot of them, make the people on the Facebook "dummy sites" look like experts,and what's worse is that in the comments,people are jumping up and down congratulating and praising them for their knowledge of raising quail !!!! You oughtta see some of the shit people think is just great !!!
I'm seeing so many quail way overcrowded in little tiny wire quail jails with barely enough room to change their minds. They're crawling over each other because there's not enough floor space to walk.This isn't just coturnix either. I've seen all of the breeds that I raise there too ! Complete squalor and people praise them up and down for it. These so called breeders are narrating,giving out advice that's completely wrong with people lappin it right up,thanking them for their vast knowledge and help ! The comments are beyond belief. I just saw one guy ask one of the idiots about how he's got two quail eggs and how he should hatch them. I saw a video titled,"Tennessee Red Bobwhite Quail". It was a cage full of coturnix ! At least a couple people pointed that one out. I see this kid who put a whole bunch of videos on there back in 2010 - 2011 of all the different types,crawling in shit,all ratty and rough,and most of the people were practically begging him to buy eggs and birds ! Some were even crossbred Valleys to Gambel's ! One guy specifically wanted those !! There's a lot more with the overnight experts handing out advice.A lot of it's wrong. People comment on how these peoples' birds look so healthy when they're the rattiest things you'd ever seen. I had the commenting disabled for my videos just for the reason that I know for sure I'd get some of my old Facebook "buddies" coming on with their wiseass,keyboard tough guy comments. I could let people comment there I guess because it's not as easy to get the boot from YouTube as it is with the Facebook snowflakes,but I just don't want to get into it with those assholes anymore. It's been nice to be away from being stalked under fake profiles from The Three Golden Boys. A few of my friends fill me in on the shit they're still pulling. I just laugh at it now. This is really weeding out a lot of duds for me. I don't get those bullshit messages from people wanting this and wanting that but know that they never intend to actually buy anything. People call and e mail me now and most are serious,but I do still get a lot of people wanting Bobwhites and coturnix. Those are the people who must get me mixed up with that other Mainely Quail without the hyphen in the name. I've mentioned on numerous occasions about that. Another thing is that I still do get quite a few people asking me for hatching eggs ! I've written in my posts on there since 2017 I no longer sell quail eggs ! People that are asking me this are people who,for two years, "liked" my posts about it. What do they do ? Do they comprehend what they read at all or do they forget ? Do they just give the posts a like without actually reading them ? I had one regular ask me for two dozen Benson eggs in May ! I've mentioned that they don't start laying in Maine until late June / early July and I hatch every one ! Facebook isn't as private as it's supposed to be either. I've had the commenting turned off there too but once in a while I see a new one pop up. I just got a laugh emoji from the well known nutjob,Kari Peterson on the brief post that I was leaving Facebook. What the hell is she doing following my old page ? She has some serious issues and people sure know it. I'm definitely not the only one. I can still see my old quail page on there but can't post or comment unless I log back in. My personal page is gone. Yes there are a lot of goddamn fools on YouTube but it still beats the hell outta Facebook !😀 If you want to look at it,click on the link on my old page,or type in Maine-ly Quail - Exotic Quail to avoid most of the coturnix stuff. Don't forget my website. It's www.mainely-quail.com . A lot of categories,new and old videos, and pictures,and posts about birds and nuts. All of my contact info is there. Serious folks only and remember once again - NO HATCHING EGGS !!! NO BOBWHITES OR COTURNIX !!! Thanks. Taking egg orders for eggs from 'Big Ears' the Blackneck Pheasant and his 2 hens.Should be rolling by mid-April. $50 for 9 Postpaid.These and maybe my Goldens are the only eggs that I sell because I don't want to build a lot more of pens to raise any. 😃
Well I went and did it. 150 Valley, Gambel's, and Texas Blue Scaled eggs coming in May.
Anybody looking for eggs from them and also Northern Bobwhites and Tennessee Reds, look up Forest Hills Game Farm in Liberty,KY. Their prices are reasonable.These ebay hustlers' prices of $2.50 - $3.00 an egg are ridiculous Forest Hills has breeder flocks of thousands of birds.Eggs are around .80 a piece,.50,and .55 for Bobs and Tenn,Reds. I bought a lot of my first eggs from them around 20 years ago.Good people,really nice birds and eggs,great prices. I highly recommend them. I'm looking to build up a small colony of each kind this season and will be selling the extra birds in the fall. Stay away from the backyard hustlers and give them a holler. You'll be glad you did. See,I actually can have good things to say about people. I usually just write about the scumbags.😀. Well after three years I finally had enough of Facebook and clicked it off,hopefully for good. The ONLY reasons I'd ever consider getting back on would be if my website doesn't generate enough business,along with my ads on Softbills,and various other places to advertise quail,and if good old word of mouth finally dried up. As of now,the demand for the kinds of quail that I raise is through the roof,so it doesn't look like I'll run out of business anytime soon. It's the end of March,2019 and I'm getting calls every week for them. A lot of people don't realize that there's a shortage of them,especially after last season's poor fertility and hatch rate for a ton of old time breeders in the country. These birds aren't something you're going to find this time of year unless someone who has them wants to take advantage of someone who's desperate for them and charges them two or three times what they're worth. That happens now and then with a few Facebook jockeys,mainly The Three Golden Boys who I've written about quite frequently.
More on the subject of Facebook and why I left... where do I begin ? For one,it's a MEGA waste of time belonging to all of the groups on there !!!! Not just the quail groups,but every group I was in. Facebook is a playground for assholes,idiots,crooks,mental cases and con men. It's a place for people who have no life other than there. They live and breathe it. Some are trolls,only on the groups to but in to peoples' conversations and start arguments. In the three years there I've met some of the biggest scumbags I've ever known. Pretty much every one of them was a keyboard tough guy from hundreds or thousands of miles away. They'd mouth off,tell lies,and stir trouble. Every single one who did it to me was nothing but a goddamn wimp who wouldn't even dream of saying that kind of stuff face to face with me ! The Three Golden Boys,Jeff Earl,Jimmie Young,and the few others over the three years would shit their duds if they ever saw me in person stepping toward them.I wouldn't even have to throw a punch.I saw all their profiles. Every one of them is a soft,out of shape wimp.They would be down on their knees,crying,shaking,begging,and pleading with me not to tear their heads off. I'd make them kiss my feet,lick my boots,then tell them to get up off the ground and stop their goddamn crying.Then I'd tear into them with hard fast punches to the body and to the head,leaving them in a heap,knocked out for the count,and then some.Just a good old fashioned ass kicking like guys did back in the day !! I've honestly had thoughts of taking a couple of three day trips to find a couple of these guys and doing just that. If it wasn't for the law,cops,jail,and all that crap I'd have got a couple of them by now. So before I decide to take the chance and go for it anyway,I just decided to get the hell off of Facebook and try to cool down. I don't need this shit !! Absolutely ridiculous to have to do this to sell my quail !!! And the thing that gets me is that I've done nothing but try to help these clowns !!! I started two of the Golden Boys who knew less than nothing about quail period,one in 2015,and the other in 2016.I kicked myself in the ass for it every day,ever since ! The slimy,sniveling little weasel from Ellenton,Florida had some quail before they did. I sold him some Elegant Quail and maybe some others,and he turned into a real asshole quick ! A sociopath,stalker ! That Earl moron,all I did was give 20 years worth of breeding knowledge to in a year's time,and for my reward,he's telling everybody who'll listen that I'm a goddamn faggot,my birds are inbred,I'm a thief,and need medication ! Jimmie Young sent me money with the understanding that his birds weren't going to be shipped until fall when the weather was plenty cool to ship,and that his birds were pretty near full color and size,which would have been in October to early November. He called and messaged me every single week in August and September to send them. They were still chicks in the brooders !!! I told him a hundred times !!! I couldn't take it anymore,sent his money back with a brief note explaining why,and now he's telling everybody that I'm a liar,just wanted to keep the birds so I could sell them to my friends,and that I'm a punk. He told someone that he bought Benson eggs from me and they were all duds. I never sold him any eggs ! Then he told the guy he got the birds and they were all mangy looking things. I never sent him any birds ! I sent his goddamn money back instead ! Two fucking liars !! And those are just five of the pieces of shit.The three worst,and the other two,the most recent.Women are the mouthiest. That goddamn fuckin bitch,Kari Peterson,for just one example of the many, who runs one of the four Good Egg,Bad Egg sites is a well known nutjob. Last week I wrote a GOOD review of a reputable quail farm who's been in business for years. She private messaged me and told me to get it off ! I asked her what the problem was. She told me that there are rules and that rules are for adults ! I asked her why she's such a stiffass compared to the administrators of the other groups.She then called me things like Shirley,junior,loser,whiny little crybaby,and other names. Of course I gave it right back to her. Then I went on the other Good Egg Bad Egg sites and gave her a review. Half or better of the people agreed with me about the nut,all having had similar experiences with the bitch.Then of course,the little snowflakes have to chime in and tell me I'm no better than her for calling her names !! Goddamn idiots ! I wouldn't be calling her the names if she didn't get nasty with me for posting a good review of someone's farm ! Facebook seems like one extreme to the other. They're either the mean,rotten,trouble making,mouthy fucking wiseasses,or a poor little snowflake super sensitive,thin skinned wuss,spleeny little soft wimp ! A normal person can't win in the middle of people like them. They're all a bunch of goddamn misfits. I belong back in my father's day and age when girls were girls and men were men.Back then you'd either sink or swim . Anybody lazy was poor and broke.People weren't soft in those days. I've got no use for sissies. I don't like to see guys in jewelry and sissy clothes. Back in the 40's and 50's if a guy even thought of doing something like wearing a necklace,all the regular guys would make fun of him and rough his ass up so bad that he wouldn't even dare to leave his house. Now all I see are young guys all dolled up in their little polo shirts and Dokkers,with their little pierced ears,texting on their little phones,with their perfectly manicured nails on their soft little fingers. Regular guys back in the day would have a field day with fairies like them ! Two of the "guys" that I didn't know personally,who sent me friend requests that I accepted,only because it showed we had mutual friends in the business,both all of a sudden put up posts.They showed two young guys making out ! Then the assholes said that normal people shouldn't be offended by it.I about threw up in my mouth. I looked at their profiles and saw that they were both "in a domestic partnership" with other guys. Gross ! I unfriended them of course. Then another faggot,Earl Justus,from Texas actually had the balls to try to hit on me a couple times.He kept saying how handsome I am and that if I wanted to come down to Texas,he's a good cook,well to do,and would take good care of me ! I wanted to tell him to fuck off. I told him that I like girls. He kept it up so I blocked him too. Then there's the freaks covered in tattoos of dragons,demons,skulls,Chinese writing,and ringbolts through their noses,hog rings through their eyebrows,and up the sides of their whole ears. Pierced tongues,nipples,and other places. Back in the day they'd be in the freak parade at the circus. Chicks with tattoos everywhere ! Pure white trash ! Imagine how they're going to be if they ever make it to 80 or better ? Little shriveled up ol' grannies with tit-tats and tramp stamps. It's all over everywhere but it's what Facebook is all about. My guess,maybe 20% decent folks,80% trash. Man do I miss the 90's !!! Doesn't seem that long ago either. No goddamn internet and plenty of good looking girls with no tattoos ! I'm some glad I don't have any kids.Just think what it's gonna be like in another twenty years ! I wonder if they'll be any bird breeders left. Already I'm saving at least a couple hours every day to be productive like I used to be before Facebook. I was sitting down a few times throughout the day to check my messages,only to have to explain to a bunch of people that I don't sell hatching eggs for the thousandth time,and don't sell coturnix or Bobwhites. I'm not wasting time explaining the same things to the same dummies over and over like a broken record ! Anybody see that idiot on there who keeps pestering me for Bensons. I won't mention the name but his profile is a guy with a Santa hat on and a big grin on his face. Looks like a fuckin dunce. Asked me over and over how much they cost all summer long. Then when I as ready to start shipping he had no money.Then I sold everything but a few extra hens and he tells me that he'll take two pairs. I told him again that I was sold out of pairs. He kept on. I blocked him but he was still there.Probably Wagner under another fake profile just trying to drive me nuts some more. No more of this shit for me ! Serious people only. If someone can't get my info on my website and e mail me then that means they can't want the quail very bad. This is already weeding out some duds.😀 That's the nickname we gave him because he's a little sniveling crybaby bitch when someone gives it right back to him.The guy sure can dish it out but sure can't take it coming back.
Here's how it all started between the two of us. A few years ago this fuckin prick from Florida called me for some birds. I can't remember which types,either Mearns or Bensons,maybe some of both.Instantly I didn't like him.Lousy personality,not at all friendly.Just a pisspot to talk to. Most folks are pretty friendly when calling about the birds but every once in a while I get one like that.Everything was basically,"How much,how much,how much ?",one of those guys where it's all about,"What can you do for me ?".That's the type who's all about the buck and nothing else. A guy like that,when you give a good deal,wants a better one. After I got off the phone with him I remember shaking my head,taking a deep breath and saying to myself,"Man was that guy an asshole or what ?" Anyway,I was new to this Facebook crap and the whole internet thing and around that time I had a couple others that were about the same. I never used to get people quite like them during the old Game Bird Gazette days.Sure in any business you'll run into an asshole or a character once in a while,but with Facebook I got a crash course in the new generation of shitbag hustlers ! I can't recall how many dealings I had with him. I talked briefly with him a handful of times just answering his rapid fire questions and dictating to me how to ship and what to write on the box when I send his birds,as if it was my first time ever sending any. Again I really already hated this dick.He was getting under my skin fast. I sent his birds. The Express Mail label said delivery would on the second day by 3:00 PM. Maine to Florida.Approximately 1700 miles.Well,as happens now and then the birds arrived the morning after that.Yes a tad late but the birds were fine. He e mailed me,"I want my money,I want my money,I want my money !!",basically screaming and crying for me to get the Postage refund for being a few hours late. Well by that time,like I said,I had it with him and that's all it took for me to snap and tell him off. I told him something along the line of to calm his ass down and quit being such a goddamn cheapskate ! I told him that I've been shipping birds and have had birds shipped to me for a lot of years from all over and if we all went to collect the refund every single time then the Post Office would stop all shipping of birds altogether. I've been hearing for years that the Post Office doesn't really want anything to do with sending live birds and that it won't take much to make them stop. Well that's when the shit hit the fan.He sent me an e mail telling me that he holds a grudge and he's gonna haunt me not just for then but for years to come.That was the one time he told the truth. So immediately it started. He went on the Softbills site and put an ad on pretending to be me. It read something like,Hi,this is Scott O'Schmuck from Maine and I'm having a breeder's liquidation sale. Mountain Quail,$40pr.,Bensons,$30pr.,Mearns,$100pr. ..... He went on saying that the reason I'm selling is because I'm senile and inbred and that my birds are all second quality..... . A whole line of shit like that. I couldn't believe it but people actually started calling me on it. Quite a few actually.Most knew it was some kind of a joke.Only a couple of halfwits took it seriously ! Well that only backfired on Derek because I explained to all of those people who he is,our dealings,and what kind of guy he is.Pretty much all of them told me that they'd definitely put him down as someone not to do business with.He had an ad on Softbills himself at the time. I reported him for doing that and he got the boot. Later he crept back on under a different name,"Ellenton Elegants". He's good with making up names and fake profiles. More on that in a bit. He also started the same thing,telling lies about me on Matt Pitchford's Google site,"Quail Enthusiasts". Matt threw him off. So far,Scott 2,Derek 0. It only made him madder. He's lied about me about everywhere to anyone dumb enough to listen. He even went on my Facebook page,Maine-ly Quail wising off and starting trouble. I blocked his ass. A year later I got a call from a woman from Florida.She wanted to buy some Mearns Quail.I told her I had some. She told me she had a few but it was a total disaster.I sent her down three pair.When they arrived she called me.I'll never forget it. She said,"Mr O'Brien,what are these ? !" I replied,"Mearns Quail." She said,"Oh my God,these are BEAUTIFUL !!!" "These are nothing like the ones I have !!" She didn't even think they were the same species !! I told her to send me a picture of hers. She did and I told her that yes they are Mearns but pretty piss poor specimens. She was carrying on about how nice and big,and plump,and shiny mine were ! I asked her who the hell she got her others from. She told me Derek Wagner,and the whole story of the ordeal. She told me that she contacted him because she saw his ad somewhere and wanted to go to his place and buy some. He said,"No no,I'll meet you somewhere...".Probably ashamed of his slum farm. She ended up meeting him half way on a hot 100 degree Florida day. He had the birds in the back of his truck in little tiny cardboard boxes with no air holes. They did the transaction.She put them in her air conditioned car but by the time she got home it was already too late. There were a few already dead,and more that keeled over not long after from heat stroke. She only ended up with a few left. She called him and told him about it. He got mad at her and told her it was all her fault and wouldn't make good for any of it ! Around that time he was still stirring some shit with me so I told the woman that I was going to write a post on my Facebook page about him. I told her that I wouldn't mention her name or anything.She said,"No,by all means mention my name and give my phone number !" "I want to let people know just what kind of guy he is !" I asked her if she was sure and she told me absolutely. Well I wrote a good post about the little worm and our experiences with him. Shit hit the fan again. Somehow he got a few of his loyal conned flunkies to give me some shit on my page in the comments.I was on there telling it like it is and they wouldn't have any of it.One was a 350 pound plus lummox religious fanatic who private messaged me trying to explain about God and the bible,how to be..... . I pretty much told him he's talking to the wrong guy.He kept it up and I told him he'd be going to meet his maker soon if he didn't lay off the cheeseburgers.He kept on and on and I put him in his place as much as possible. There's no convincing their kind anyway. Well Whaah Whaah was wild !! He called Michelle all that day and sent her SEVENTEEN e mails about the things he's going to do to her and of course called her every name in the book. He's known to threaten women. He's done it to a friend of mine and I've heard others if things don't go his way. When he screws someone and the people complain then he tells them off and how it's all their fault,and if it's a woman he usually threatens them it seems. Somehow he got on my page and started mouthing off to me. This guy's just like his nut buddy in Michigan.Mouthiest bastards you could ever meet. I swear they must practice the art of it to be so goddamn mouthy ! I guess it's from a lifetime of having to bail themselves out of a lot of scrapes by telling people off and such. So he started in with me. I told him that I'm coming for him and am gonna tear his fuckin head off !! Well he thinks nothing of threatening women but when a guy comes back at him he calls the cops !!! What a pussy !!!!!😂 He called the local county sheriff here in Maine on me from Florida,1700 miles away !!!!!!😂😂😂WOW !!! What a goddamn little pansy !!!!!! Things slowly quieted down for a bit but I'd hear things now and then about him and his lies.... No big deal.He's a scumbag and surely won't hurt my reputation. The latest one is how he's been stalking my Facebook profile and ten of my other Facebook "bird friends" profiles.He made up a fake profile just like Ohio Joe does.This one was named "George Underwood". Sent me a friend request one time and talked birds just a little,asking me about Bensons and about another guy in Kansas,I don't remember just everything. So I wrote a post maybe a few months ago about Sal Alvarez,the con man from California,and "Underwood" came on and started to ask questions just like the way Wagner used to,but trying to be more polite. He started to ask me about why I keep bringing up The Three Golden Boys and said that I oughtta drop it because it was a long time since I had any trouble with any of them,and that I should just focus on the birds.He said he's just an old man who wanted to learn about quail and wanted to learn from me and my vast knowledge,and all that bullshit.... Well it wasn't two years since the Golden Boys gave me any trouble.It's all the time. That's why I keep bringing them up.If it was two years old I'd let it go. Anyway the conversation started to get heated and he showed his colors.I told him and everybody looking at the post that this is no Underwood,it's Derek Wagner under another fake profile.I busted him and he started wising off again.I tried to block him. I couldn't. The bastard wouldn't go away. I looked at the profile and reported it. It was gone the next day. The guy is such an insecure,sneaky little weasel that he has to make up fake profiles to stalk other breeders to see what they're raising,how many,what they're selling.... . His whole life is lying,sneaking,mouthing off,and screwing people. He is one piss poor example of a man. He's a coward's coward. Another one he just pulled,just like Ohio Joe pulled on me this year is having someone order some Bensons from me,sending them to their address instead of his of course. He was bragging to his Golden Boy buddy Keith about it,sending him pictures of the boxes I sent. They have to sneak like that because no other real breeders like the assholes and won't sell them anything. Little by little we're getting to him. I know two people in Florida with great reputations that can't stand the guy will take every bit of any local business of his. I set them up in Mearns,Mountain,and Benson breeding. They're doing a great job,built really nice pens and have some nice stock. A ton of Facebook followers and one sells tons of Bobwhites to local shooting preserves. I clicked off of all the Facebook dummy sites over a year ago but Shawn's still on a few for some Bobwhite business. He saw some idiot recommend Wagner for Mearns. Right after the comment Shawn posted my website address😂😂.Wagner probably shit his duds. Then the little shyster was on there advertising Gambel's eggs for $2.50 each. I told Shawn to put up right by his post that for Valley,Gambel's,Scaled,Tennessee Red,and Northern Bobwhite eggs,to contact Forest Hills Game Bird Farm in Liberty Kentucky for them. Great farm and people.Fair prices. Gambel's eggs are 25 for $35, 50 for $52,and they even sell lots of 100 and more. I'll bet the puke had a stroke when he saw that !😂😂 He pulled the post down quick ! For those of you who aren't familiar with him,he's an egg hustler on ebay.He goes by the name Fisher on there. People complain about the dud,dirty eggs. He sent a friend of mine in West Virginia some eggs which were supposed to be Bensons. Only one out of a dozen hatched. It turned out to be a coturnix. One guy was on one of the Good Egg / Bad Egg sites saying that he sent him $175 and never got a thing from him.The guy has bad reviews but not enough. Like I've said before,not enough people have the balls to speak up for themselves when they get the shaft. I've never heard one good word about him and from my dealings with him it sure doesn't surprise me. So damn many people tell me about getting screwed by him but when I mention to them about speaking up for themselves,they cower and disappear. Well there it is,and there's plenty I left out too. Don't say I didn't warn ya ! I've had to give out a good bunch of "I told ya so's" about him and his buddies. Here is a warning to sellers of exotic quail of a guy to steer clear from. His name is Jimmie Young from Alabama and he's NUTS !
He's pulled this on me and also a friend of mine from down south.He called and messaged us about buying different kinds of quail,mine being Mearns,Mountains,and Elegants ( Bensons ) He contacted me sometime last summer.Sounded like a regular guy at first but little by little things changed.He wanted some of each variety and wanted to send me a deposit.I told him that I don't take deposits early but to stay in contact with me through the summer and I'd keep him updated as to how they're coming along and when the time comes to ship and when the birds are of age and size,that's when I'd take payment in full,and will ship them when the weather cools off in the fall.He agreed and sounded as happy as could be. A week later he contacted me again wanting to send the money in full for all of the birds. I politely repeated what I told him the week earlier.He was okay again until the next week pretty much insisting that he'd send me the money to be first priority.Where I was being pressed like that I said what the hell and told him okay - but if something happens and I have to substitute one breed for the other,or even send him a partial refund just in case of some bad luck or mother nature related reason comes up then I would. He was perfectly fine with it. I got the money,deposited it ,and put him on the top of the priority list and wrote his order in my notebook. This was sometime in August.I told him on more than one occasion that the earliest I'd be able to send anything would be in October.He said it's perfectly fine that that he understood. The next week I got a message asking how they're coming along and when I thought they'd be ready to ship.I told him that they're still anywhere from chicks in the brooder to young birds in the grow out pens,and that it would be a while for sure. He said okay but sounded disappointed. Elegant Quail here in Maine don't start laying until late June / early July,therefore the earliest chicks born in August are just maybe a month old and barely out of brooding stage. As far as the Mearns go,I did have some born in June that were getting some decent size but not nearly full colored but it was still to hot to ship that time of year. I could go on and on here But I'm trying to make it as brief as possible.The guy called me every single week through August and September to try to get me to send him his damn birds when they weren't nearly old enough and the weather was too hot to ship anyway.He pestered the living hell out of me until I couldn't take it anymore and sent him a refund in full for $1575. I never heard a thing until a couple days ago ( 5 months later ) when he called a friend of mine,Shawn Cecero,from Florida,who bought these types of birds from me and had them posted on his Facebook page,Cecero Family Farm.He's a guy with a good reputation. An honest guy. Young looked at the pictures and liked the looks of the birds.He wanted to buy some even though it clearly stated that he didn't plan on selling until 2020.He mentioned that he bought them from me. Then Young told him that he bought a bunch of eggs from me and that they were all no good ! I NEVER sold him ANY eggs ! Then he told him that he bought some Bensons from me and they were all rough,mangy things ! I NEVER sold him ANY birds ! Then he told him that I'm a punk ! He pulled the same thing on a friend of mine,Johnnie Thomas from West Virginia. Cherokee Quail Farm.Johnnie told him to fuck himself and sent his money back too. Steer clear from Jimmie Young from Alabama ! He's big trouble. Just think if I sent his birds.They'd be all perfect specimens and he'd still be bitching and complaining non stop I'm sure. You can't win with a guy like that. I knew there was something wrong with him but until now I didn't know he's a goddamn liar !! Here it is,the last week of February,2019,and this asshole's still on Facebook runnin' his gums about me.
I first met him on Facebook. I guess it was 2016.He saw my page,Maine-ly Quail and messaged me,He seemed like a pretty good guy at first,not too swift but was okay. He asked me a lot of questions on everything around here with the three main varieties of birds that I keep. We shot the shit about other things too,like boxing. We're both fans of the sport.I actually liked talking to the guy for a while. He was mainly interested in Elegant ( Benson ) Quail and wanted to get a pair from me in the fall. We chatted a bit a few times a week with him asking me a variety of things about the breed,and like I do,told him everything I know. Close to 20 years of knowledge and tips in one summer I gave him,with all of my recommendations of the pen size and design, and basically everything from egg to adult bird. At the time he was 62,a retired toilet scrubber. I normally wouldn't say anything like that but this guy is a total piece of ignorant shit so I don't care now. He lives in a small house in the suburbs of California and up until then had never had a quail before. We talked about different things and people in the hobby / business and I informed him of the Three Golden Boys,Ohio Joe,Keith Zastrow,and Derek Wagner.I warned him of what lying con men and shitbags they are and some of the shit they pulled on me and other people that I know.Some being customers and some were others in the business.He didn't say a whole hell of a lot other than he likes to remain neutral and not say anything about anybody,or get involved. That was fine with me. He took all my information in. I told him that ol' Krazy Keith only had birds for two years at the time,failed miserably in his first season,and then in year #2 had a brand new fancy Facebook page,"Keith's Quail". "Professional Advice From A Licensed Breeder,College Degree,Desert Storm Vet.". He was amused by it but didn't say a whole lot. Well later that year I went on one of the Facebook dummy sites. Idiot conventions for newbies and dummies who don't know shit about quail and never will,and the predators who take advantage of them. Guess who I saw on there right in the mix ? Yup.Earl. It actually kinda surprised me after I gave him solid advice to see him on those asshole outfits sucking right up to everybody.He was asking the same exact questions that he asked me all season long,but was talking to the idiots and newbies like Keith. I'll admit it was kind of an insult to me. I still talked to him though and didn't say anything about it. So all of a sudden he put $30 in my PayPal account. I don't like to take partial deposits. I prefer payment in full right near the time when the birds are old enough to ship and the temperature to where I'm sending is cool enough. So okay. No big deal about that - until later on. So back then I was still looking at those beginner sites fairly regularly and he sure fit right in the mix well. He was on every one just as though he was a real player in the game. He didn't even own a pair of birds yet. It was kind of disgusting.I can't quite remember the time frame but he ended up buying a pair of Bensons from that con man,Sal Alvarez. He set them up in his new pen and after a bit they started laying,and man he was some proud !. He thought he was really something because his were laying and mine weren't. He posted on the groups every single time and day his hen laid. First I remember a post of him saying." I absolutely refuse to sell any." But not long after he was all of a sudden a marketing genius,describing his formula to make a profit. on selling eggs. He went on to say something like The birds cost him $150.He wanted $30 per egg,so 5 eggs would pay for his birds,so many would pay for his feed and shavings,then there was clear profit....... Sow now he's a master breeder and a business owner. I heard through the grapevine that he disagreed with my low prices ! Anyway,of course his started earlier than mine. He lives in sunny,hot,dry California,pretty much the same climate they're native to.I got reports that his eggs were nearly all duds. Mine take off here in Maine late June,early July and are always all fertile.And they did. And I hatched them all. The guy has absolutely nothing to do with his time but look at his banana tree and the beginner sites on Facebook. If you ever have talked to him do you notice it's always,"Here in California this,and Here in California that...". It gets old. Keith Zastrow and Sal Alvarez are his heroes. He now,I hear has got a pair of Mountain Quail,a pair of Mearns,and a rare pair of Banded Quail he got conned into buying from Sal for $1200 being fooled into believing that they're a young breeder pair. These are the same birds that Sal had for maybe 6 years.He used to tell me that he couldn't sex them,and they never laid an egg. Sal offered them to a friend of mine for $200 a pair a few years ago.Probably 2 males or 2 dud hens. Should have listened to me huh Jeff ? Then his old veteran breeder hero of 4 seasons just bought the other 2,a whole year after Earl bought his and never got an egg. Real bright huh Keithmeister ? Got a royal screwing and is now mad because I wrote a post about it with the birds being so old that the feathers on their rumps are white. But Keith will whine and cry to no end when he thinks he got a bad deal and call the seller every name in the book - BUT - it's okay for him to put therm on Facebook and try to dump them on some sucker for $1600 ! No bites of course. Back on the subject of Earl now. The shit hit the fan between him and I a couple years ago now when he was on a site advertising a dozen Benson eggs for sale for $30 each. These eggs were from one pair of birds. A friend of mine from Kansas spotted it the same time as I did. He called him out on it. A Benson hen at peak season will lay 5 eggs a week tops. It would take at least 2 and a half weeks to save a dozen ! Take that plus 3 or 4 days in the Mail by Priority Mail,maybe 4 or 5 might still be good ! Earl didn't like to be called out from someone who knows something. It embarrassed him. He started to go back and forth with Jack a little being a bit of a wiseass. By that point I had enough of Earl so I didn't care and I went on and told Jack that the guy has 1 pair of birds and doesn't know shit. BAM ! Right then and there Earl blocks me and to this day badmouths me to anyone dumb enough to listen. I decided to write this post almost 2 years later because today,he just went on Facebook on a friend of mine,Shawn Cecero's post about buying a variety of really nice Mearns,Mountains,and Elegants from me.Earl started telling him and everybody else on there that I'm a no good prick and a thief for keeping his deposit. HEY JEFF - I TOLD YOU BEFORE.TO GIVE ME YOUR ADDRESS AND I'LL SEND YOU YOUR BIG 30 BUCKS !!! EVEN YOU KNOW DAMN WELL I'M NO THIEF ! Then he goes on to tell everybody on that site that I need medication and I'm an angry madman who gets violent and makes fun and threatens of all of my customers ! Hey Jeff,I know you're a dullard with maybe an I.Q. of 15 but maybe if you look very closely at my posts then very slooooooooooowwly you'll comprehend that they're aimed at the Three Golden Boys,bird brokers,some other well known shysters and con men in the hobby / business,and an occasional other asshole or character like you who gets under my skin. A ton of people tell me they love and look forward to my posts. They're amusing and informative not only about the birds,but about the scumbags.I'm helping people with the birds and saving them a lot of grief and money at the same time. People thank me for it frequently. So see Jeff ? I've been in this for a good 20 years plus,have hundreds of customers,sold hundreds and hundreds of birds,and eggs,have repeat customers from way back.I still have people recommending me who bought birds from me during the old Game Bird Gazette days to others. Jeff,are you slooooooooooowwly beginning to understand ? Are you drooling down your chin trying to grasp the concept that I'm honest,take pride,unlike your buddies,Sal,Keith,and Derek,who've dicked around and fucked half of the people they've ever dealt with ? Right. I didn't think you'd get it Jeff. Then he makes a comment to Shawn to watch out because white feathers in a Mearns are a sign of inbreeding and to be cautious when buying from me ! What a fuckin dumbass .His buddies are the kings of breeding brother / sister birds together and selling a bunch of crippled birds with twisted legs,crooked toes,ruffled feathers,small size,won't lay,or will only lay soft shelled eggs. And Jeff - on your comments to Shawn,who did your typing ? I know that some of those big words are far too sophisticated for your limited vocabulary. You've typed back and forth to me in the past and don't even know the difference between there,their,and they're.Your spelling was like a 6 year old's. I'm addressing some of these points right to Earl but I know most of the other people on here reading this will understand what I mean about this drone and why I've had it with him. So if you see this loser on Facebook just laugh and don't waste your time with him. He's a joke. A WELL KNOWN CON MAN / BIRD JOCKEY BY MOST OF US OLD TIME BIRD BREEDERS lives a guy out in California. I'd love to reveal his name here but they'll have me in Facebook Jail again fast. I'm pretty damn sure plenty who read this will know who I'm talking about right away. After getting burned by him a few years ago myself,I finally had enough and washed my hands of him.I was talking about my experiences with him over the last few years before that with a good friend of mine from Louisiana who is quite the cage bird,dove,finch,waxbill,canary breeder and who also created a few of the first true color mutations of the Button Quail. He knows the joker all too well. He told me of another really top old time small cage bird breeder from California that I've heard plenty of good things about over the years.He told me that this man pretty much NEVER says a word about anybody ( complete opposite of me ) but told him a lot of years ago that if you hear the name,S.. A...... , - RUN ! I wished I'd known about that sooner ! As far as Facebook goes,he's trolling all over every single bird page there is from pro to Mickey Mouse,and in between,looking for more new victims to take advantage of. This is a guy who wants,wants,and wants everything but who has almost NEVER paid for a bird for himself,with his own money,for as long as he's been at it.Here's his usual method of operation - By trolling the sites on here or even looking through back copies of The Game Bird Gazette,and The APWS,he'll look to see who's got what he wants.He usually will call them or message them and ask them about their birds and then he'll ask the price.Real friendly to talk to.Loves to talk about the birds. It's all part of the act to set people up for his next move. While chatting with the potential victim,he feels them out and finds out what they like and want for birds,then makes his move ! If the person has something he wants he'll usually try some type of trade.In most instances it's,"Okay. You send me the birds or eggs,and "my friend" will send me some from Central America,I'll hatch them and send you the birds ". It's always,"my friend" will send this,and "my friend" will send that. "My friend",being whoever he's getting something from,wherever or whoever it may be. He has connections everywhere,especially in Mexico,Costa Rica,and even across the pond in Europe.What happens is the person will go for it and never get anything in return but promises,then lies. I fell for it. I was Mr. Nice Guy too many damn times for this clown until I finally wised up ! I've sent quite a few expensive eggs all over the map to all of his "friends",and never got one damn thing in return. His excuse was always that the eggs they sent him didn't hatch so he had nothing for me - "BUT IF-you send "my friend" from another country some eggs,he's gonna send me an even better deal and you're most certain to have some birds then !"
Like I said,after blowing hundreds of dollars worth of eggs that I could have sold or hatched myself,plus a shitpot of money on international Express Mail,that was it for me with that ! He always got a little something out of it though. That's how you see the really rare breeds that he posts pictures of. (always with the scientific name in parenthesis next to the name of the bird,with a long description quoted word for word from one of the books,or straight off of Google ) The people on the Mickey Mouse sites eat that shit right up and think he's a scientist and a quail god .I did have one last thing to do with him after that shit though. He called and came across a deal about some Bensons straight out of Mexico,smuggled across the border around maybe 5 or 6 years ago now. I wanted some and another guy I know from Ohio (no,not that prick 😉 ) wanted some too. We ended up paying a hell of a price too ! He called me one day frantically,like there was a gun to his head,begging me to send him $600 by overnight Express Mail ! He did the same with the guy in Ohio,who wasn't able to send it as quick as I did. He was right panic stricken that if he didn't have the money for the "mules" the next day,that they were going to kill him or something ! I shoulda not sent the money !😂But I did and got a couple nice pairs of Bensons. He gave me one of my original males back that I sent him along with them and acted as though he did me a huge favor,after I lost hundreds of dollars to him already.People like that soon forget. Then every so often I'd hear from him wanting this and wanting that... . I finally had enough and unfriended him on here,and never spoke with him again. Good riddance !!! So anyway,I see he's still at it of course.He stung "my friend"😂from Michigan . I love it. I saw on one of the sites a while back a long line of bullshit from him on "how after many years of working with this wonderful breed,I finally feel comfortable with letting go two pairs of young breeders"......,not quoted word for word,but something along that line.He had some pictures of some of the Banded Quail he smuggled in from Southern Mexico. These were the same four birds he's been telling me about for years that he swore were all males,but he couldn't sex them,and they never laid !😂These were either males,dud pairs,or hens that wouldn't lay ! I guess "Mr,Professional Advice" fell for that one hook,line,and sinker.How I found this out was that on my Facebook homepage,this dumb redneck hick from Tennessee that I know shared the guy's video of the pair of birds that I'm told he paid $1200 for !😂👍👍. He actually put them in one of his little 2' by 2' garage cubicles and didn't even clean the damn thing first. I could see Mearns feathers in the dirty shavings ! I looked at the video and sure enough - the same OLD birds. He actually thinks he got a fresh,young breeder pair ! Just one look and anybody that's had birds for some years would take a look at one of their rumps and see all of the white feathers = old bird. My oldest Mearns hen is six.Her rump is almost all white now. One of her daughters,a year younger,is getting a few white feathers there now. I've had Mountain Quail live 10 or 12 years and during the last few got some white feathers here and there. I looked in one of my books and also Googled Banded Quail and they must show young ones because there sure isn't any white on them !😂 So,the video said,"click for more". I did,thinking that I'd see a little more of the video of the birds.Instead I saw a little of his sickening,pathetic site ! I quickly looked at a couple of foolish things he had on there. One was that he listed the names (all three) of the people who bought his birds this fall.One was one of the other Golden Boys from Florida,and there were two others that I didn't recognize.Next to one of the names he highlighted in parenthesis,"(repeat customer !") ! Now,come on !!! That's pathetic !! This guy needs attention and praise so bad that he has to do that ? !!! WOW !! Imagine if on here that I listed the hundreds and hundreds of peoples' names that I've sold to throughout the years,and highlighted the repeat customers ? !!! Man I'd look some foolish !That's some sort of inferiority complex or something !! His home life must be so goddamn rotten that Facebook and that fraud page is his entire world. If he wasn't such a prick I'd feel sorry for the guy. Anyway,those two dubs deserve one another.Good team !😂 I've been doing this for a lot of years now and look forward to every April when the Mountain Quail start laying.I have quite a list of people who pay me in advance for their eggs throughout the winter.When the birds are just beginning to lay it's one here,two there for a week or so until they all get rolling.All of those I put in my own incubator and do a fertility check around the first 5 days or so. As long as everything looks good and they're all fertile,then I'll start to send orders out. They always have been for me. I keep a decent ratio of males to hens in the pens. So then,in the order in which people pay me,I go down the list and send them out. I've been packing my eggs over the last few seasons in mostly batches of 10. I bought some of the clear plastic quail egg cartons which hold 10 eggs.I pad the bottom of where each egg goes with tissues folded up and cut to fit snug,but not too snug.I place the 10 eggs in,and on top of that i'll fill in any gaps with cotton and / or tissue.I then fold up a whole tissue and place it over the top,close the lid,then tape it shut. After that,I wrap a piece of the "big" bubble wrap around the carton and tape it. I ship in the medium sized Priority Mail box. I put about 3" of either shredded paper or packing peanuts in the bottom.On top of that,a piece of newspaper,then right in the center of the box go the eggs. Then all around the eggs go more peanuts or shredded paper,On top of that,another piece of newspaper,then peanuts or shredded paper all the way to the top of the box. That keeps the eggs suspended right in the center of the box,not laying on the bottom,against a side,or up against the top. I have good results that way. I set a batch of eggs each week in my incubator and candle to make sure fertility is still good as I'm sending out peoples' orders. Here's where it gets difficult.... I have quite a few people who have good results with my eggs,but you wouldn't believe the adventures that I've gone through with some of them. I deal with a lot of idiots and nuts.There are one hell of a lot of them in this business or hobby ! Here's a good example. Last year a guy from Michigan called me in the spring He was interested in Mountain and Mearns eggs. I had a funny feeling,a strange intuition about this guy. He sounded plenty smart enough,but something wasn't right. He asked me a lot of questions about the birds because he never had these two types before.I'm always glad to help about anybody out when they buy from me.Anyway,he sent me the money for 10 Mountain and 10 Mearns eggs. When the Mountains were ready,I let him know,and sent them.He called when they arrived and questioned me some more about everything.A real intense,high strung guy. He told me about his super expensive deluxe model incubator,an XD 53 - 00A model,such and such and all of it's features with the automatic humidity,and the thermometer that reads accurate to the thousandth of a degree. He asked me again about my humidity readings. I told him that I don't know what they are.I explained my method that's been a proven winner for me for quite a while. I incubate mine in a GQF Sportsman cabinet incubator for the first 22 days. I have the moisture pan on the top full,but no extra wick pads. During the last 3 days I put them in GQF circulated air Hova Bators with very little moisture.I use a plastic yogurt container,cut down to about 2" high. I hog ring a piece of hardware cloth to the top so the chicks don't jump in and drown.It's only about 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter,which is plenty of surface area of evaporation for the right amount of humidity. I like close to a dry hatch for all of my quail. I don't fill the moisture rings on the bottom,and I have a glass,mercury stick thermometer at about 99 - 100 degrees. So he started to question me.He went on to say that the book says to have this much moisture,and a wet bulb reading of that much,and on the 22nd day,it has to be this much and so on...... I again told him what I do and that it works really well,but to do what he wanted to do.He started arguing with me about what the manual and the book said again. So,I thought that it was the end of that and I'd send his Mearns eggs in a couple of weeks. Boy,was I wrong !! About 4 or 5 days later he called me again. Really upset and kind of nervous acting. He said that he candled his eggs. Out of the 10 eggs,he saw veins in so many,I don't remember exactly,and described all of the eggs to me.He questioned me all over again. 5 days later,the same thing. He candled and about 6 were developing and 1 had a blood ring,and a couple had stopped developing.. He started to question me again and wanted to know how mine were doing. I told him around 100%.It really bothered him I could tell. Every 5 days or so until he stopped turning on the 22nd day I went through this. In the meantime I sent his Mearns eggs.He had to give me the progress report on those every 5 days too. This was driving me nuts but I tried to keep my composure. So on the 22nd day on the Mountains he was watching those eggs like a hawk. I don't think that he even slept all night for 3 nights. He had to call me and e mail me to tell me that he had 2 pip,then later another 2,then another 1.... He couldn't stand it.He didn't see them wiggle,and couldn't hear a peep,so he opened up the incubator and picked up the eggs,felt and listened,then called me of course..I told him that he shouldn't disturb them at that stage at all. He couldn't help himself. On the 25th day,hatch day,he was climbing the walls. He called me at least 3 times. They didn't hatch. By that night he couldn't take it anymore. He was so impatient,that he took surgical scissors and cut all around the air cells on the 5 or so that he didn't kill already. He helped them all out of the shell prematurely. Their yolk sacks hadn't fully absorbed into their bodies yet.They had rough navels.Premature birds. That means the temperature was too low. Probably the moisture too high too. He just couldn't leave them alone ! I had to hear all about that,and meanwhile,all about the Mearns every 5 days too still.Same thing when those were in lockdown.He ended up with about 2 out of 10,and of course everything was my fault. I thought that I was finally rid of him,but a week later I looked at my e mails. There was one from him, First sentence was,"Okay,level with me man,your birds are suffering from malnutrition and infertility issues." He went on to say that I don't know what I'm talking about and that I have zero people skills,and all kinds of foolish nonsense like that ! By then I was boiling !!!! I sent him an e mail right back and went right up one side of him and down the other. I told him what a psychotic nutjob that he is,how I knew that there was something wrong with him from the start,and that a grown man doesn't act like that unless there's something drastically wrong ! I went on for a while telling him everything that's wrong with him and everything he did wrong after I did nothing but help him from day one. Didn't faze him one bit. He sent me an e mail back,calling me every name in the book and that I owe him eggs,and all this and that..... He sent me e mails every day for weeks,calling me a dumb Irishman,a dumb fisherman from Maine,and begging me for eggs,pestering the living shit out of me !! I decided to use a little reverse psychology on the mental case. I sent him an e mail right back and said something like,"Okay,you got me." "Good one." "I'm bein' Punk'd here,right ? !" He came back,thinking that I was stupid to think such a thing,and said yes and that he was only kidding around !! I rolled with it. He said that he got rid of the fancy incubator and got a new one.He blamed it all on his incubator instead of me,all of a sudden.
Just to get this goddamn nut off of my case,I sent him another 10 eggs. To this day he acts like we're buddy-buddy.I hear from him once in a while,still asking me how to do this and do that... He had a little better hatch the second time with the Mearns. Now he's got his own site,offering professional advice from a licensed breeder !!!!!! He's advertising Mearns and Mountain eggs and started chicks. Big prices,twice the cost of mine !!! He has 2 pair of Mearns to supply all of these and 4 Mountains of which he sent me a video of the other day,asking me how to sex them. It was a bit difficult to see,but to me ,it looked like at least 3 males out of the 4. So folks,the moral of the story is,"Think twice before getting into the hatching egg business " I have many more stories for upcoming posts about the characters on my "bird-shit list" |
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