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Quinn’s Quails is our small, family-owned business in the Sacramento area, specializing in raising coturnix (Japanese) quails for restaurants and grocers, hatching eggs, and meat.
Spotlight on Poppy! She’s just out here living her best life 🥰. Poppy will be 10 months later this month and has quickly grown into her role here on the farm. She is a vigilant protector of her goats, bolting into action when needed. We are so grateful to have such a hardworking pup. It’s a good reminder that dogs thrive when given a job, especially the job they were intended to do.
Ivy fixing his farm truck yesterday evening with this stunning backdrop is one of the many things that makes all the hard work worth it.
Some of you may have guessed it, we have moved! We recently purchased 10.5 acres in El Dorado County and couldn’t be happier. We have so many plans (expanding our quail aviaries 🐦 , goats 🐐, more chickens 🐓, a livestock guardian dog 🐾, eventually a cow 🐄, and soooo much more) but for now we are just trying to unpack 😅. I can’t wait to share this new adventure with you all. And soon I will need to change our instagram name!
Big things up ahead for us ☺️
I had to taste test the Baked Potato Soup I made for dinner tonight. It’s sooooo good. It’s going to be hard to wait until this evening to eat some more, but Andrew picked up some bread for a bread bowl.
As usual I casually followed a recipe online. Here’s what I did:
Boil salted water, peel and roughly cube 3 large russet potatoes and drop them in the water. While the potatoes are cooking, dice a package of bacon and cook in a medium-large stock pot.
When potatoes are soft, drain the water and lightly mash the potatoes leave some hunks of potato in the mash.
Mince some garlic.
Remove the crispy bacon from the pot, leaving behind the grease. Cook the garlic in the grease for a few minutes and then deglaze with red wine (I used a cheap burgundy). Allow to deglaze for about a minute, scraping the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon.
Once deglazed, add a few tablespoons of flour to the stock pot and stir well. Allow to cook for a minute or two before adding 3 cups of chicken broth. Slowly add in some heavy cream (measure with your heart) and bring to a gentle boil.
Once bubbling, add in the potatoes and stir. Add sour cream, bacon, and slowly add in some cheese (I used a Mexican cheese blend). Leave some bacon, sour cream and cheese out to top your bowl.
You can add onions before cooking the garlic if you like (I don’t like onions so I left them out). And to make it a more authentic baked potato, garnish with green onions/chives (I don’t like either so I didn’t add any).
Enjoy!
Ivy’s school asked us to set up an incubator with quail eggs at the school entry. We happily obliged! I’m excited to share the joy of quail hatching with so many children and their families. These chicks are due to hatch the week of October 2nd!
Did you catch me on this morning talking about our Quail Raising workshops? We have classes in May and June, including this Tuesday at 5:30pm. I hope to see you there!
Hi, I’m Sarah and it’s my 🎉birthday!🎉 If you’re new here, welcome and let me tell you about myself and the journey I’m on. I’ve always been a bit of a tree hugging, earth loving, nature and animal girl - whether I was stalking (and capturing by hand) lizards in my childhood backyard, or hanging out the side of my car to yell at men twice the size of me for tossing trash out their window (yikes 😬). I could (and still can) get lost in the details and beauty of the natural world for hours. While I’ve always been very protective of Mother Earth, my sustainability journey didn’t start until 2014 when my husband and I bought our first house and our oldest was born. Even then I didn’t start to get “serious” until 2018 when we moved to our current home. Sustainability isn’t something you can achieve overnight and it’s something I still work toward everyday. I’m really glad you’re here and I hope you decided to stay even though my content creation comes in waves (thanks ADHD 😅). You’ll find that I’m no influencer, but I do hope I can inspire you to work with what you have (whether you live in an apartment or on acreage, or in the suburbs like me) and take steps to be a better steward of the Earth in any way you can.
I’m👏🏽Ob👏🏽Sessed👏🏽. ✨Asteroid✨ is a better mama than I could have hoped for. We had a scare last night when I went to check the coop and they weren’t in their usual spot. Andrew and I hunted all over the backyard for them with no luck. First thing this morning I hopped out of bed and went outside to check for them. Happily they were safe and sound. This morning Astro is out early with her babies teaching them how to dust bathe, forage and drink from puddles.
Quail are the new backyard chicken! Hens start laying in 6-8 weeks and lay about 300 eggs annually. Come learn how to get started! If you’ve been thinking about lowering your impact on the environment and raising your self-sustainability, quails are the perfect way to easily and ethically source protein. They are great for suburban and HOA living as they make little to no noise, unlike chickens!
Check out the link in bio to sign up.
It was a great day at the today! We sold out our quail eggs again, but the kiddos lost steam since we brought enough eggs to last the duration of the market 😅. We will be back May 13th - can’t wait to see you then!
Catch me at the tomorrow, Saturday morning! We will just have quail eggs available this week but will have other items (microgreens, herbs, and eventually tomatoes) soon! Who knows, maybe more than that some day.
We are producing microgreens now! This tasty batch of arugula microgreens is headed to today. Arugula microgreens are nutty, peppery, and packed with flavor. They make a wonderfully crisp alternative to lettuce on a sandwich or topping to toasts, pizzas, and soups. Anywhere salad greens go, microgreens can go!
That feeling when you’re in a flow state starting your seeds and then you run out of seed starter soil 😩. Anybody else behind on their seed starting? I started veggies last weekend and this weekend I’m starting flowers.
Starting April 1 you can find us *most* Saturdays at the Midtown Farmer’s Market selling fresh, delicious quail eggs! 20th & K Street in midtown, Sacramento. Don’t miss out!
We’re rich!!!! I found 2 secret stashes!!!! Last year we lost our favorite hen, Hazel, and since we only had 2 hens remaining (Flora and Peanut) we opted to get some more pullets. We ended up adding Asteroid, Sage, and Alice to our small flock. We recently discovered Astro was laying but yesterday I discovered 2 secret stashes from Alice and Sage! It’s official, we don’t need to supplement our eggs from the grocery store any longer! The only hen who hasn’t pulled her weight is Flora - she hasn’t laid in over 6 months. However, I’m convinced she has a super secret stash somewhere with hundreds of eggs 😆 she’s a sneaky lil bitch so I wouldn’t be surprised.
Our girls refuse to lay in their nesting box these days. I caught Asteroid laying her first egg in our acid mix soil. The egg was pretty small but in this economy with an egg shortage, we will take what we can get! We are so proud of Asteroid and happy that she is finally earning her keep!
Small-space solutions for feeders! I needed a better solution for my quail chicks to help eliminate food waste that also didn’t take up too much space in my large and small brooder bins. I bought a few differently sized desk trash bins, drilled some holes for the feeder ports, and voila! Waste-free feeders! (Note: the feed all over in the photo was from before I put the new feeder in). I also use storage totes for brooder bins and needed something even smaller to use for day-week old chicks - the plastic food storage container is perfect for this!
Hopefully this helps you with some waste-free/low-waste solutions for your birds ☺️
Our latest hatch! This was a small group, but adorable nevertheless. They are anxiously awaiting their new brooder box to finish drying (check stories for more info) so they can move in.
Quail Taco Tuesday, anyone? I guarantee you’ve never had quail or tacos like this before! Oh. My. Goodness. These were so freaking GOOOOOD!!! Panko breaded quail topped with a Dijon mustard lime vinaigrette slaw and fresh tomatoes, drizzled with a turmeric and aleppo pepper sour cream. Yea. It tastes as amazing as it sounds. I’m telling you… quail is the new chicken!
Thinking about raising quail for eggs in your backyard or even on your patio? Can't raise chickens where you are? Quail are quiet, take up very little space, and very easy to care for. They are perfect for suburban neighborhoods, but also wonderful to have if you have an entire homestead. The eggs are delicious and taste just like the usual chicken eggs you're used to. Come learn all about raising quail on October 1st or October 2nd. You'll learn everything you need to know about raising quail and join an incredible community of quail-raisers. For more information and to register for your spot in the class, visit the link in our bio!
Sarah - Quinn’s Quails shared a post on Instagram: "Fresh new jumbo white quail babies headed off to the farm! I will never get tired of how adorable and sweet these little “popcorn chickens” are. They are soooo tiny and fluffy! Jumbo quails are larger than standard quails. They also lay large...
📣📣📣ANNOUNCEMENT: We are adding weekly doorstep quail egg delivery. Delivery is free if you purchase 2 cartons of 15 eggs for the week. (Currently only serving downtown/midtown Sacramento, Pocket, and Elk Grove)
Corn-free/Soy-free/Non GMO - $9/carton
Standard - $7.50/carton
(Pay via Venmo, Cash App, Apple Cash, or Square invoicing)
All birds are raised humanely and ethically in large aviaries where they can comfortably live without over-crowding. Raised in areas without pesticide or herbicide treatment.
Leave a comment or message me if you are interested. Please share to your friends and timelines as well to help support this endeavor, thank you! ☺️💛
We had an incredible turnout this weekend for the Quail Raising class! I am so honored to be taking over the classes so that Linda (GullyRumpus Farm) can take time to focus on her upcoming quail projects.
I have added 2 dates (including a Saturday class) to the calendar for August!
Hi all! We are not currently taking pre-orders on quail chicks as we scale up our flock. Please stay tuned - we will post pricing and availability soon!
Current Hatching Egg prices:
Celadon (blue eggs) and standard speckled eggs are $14 a dozen. Feel free to mix your dozens!
Eggs are porch pick up only in Elk Grove currently.
Our Story
We are Sarah and Andrew. Quinn’s Quails is our small, family-owned business in the Sacramento area, specializing in raising coturnix (Japanese) quails for restaurants and grocers, hatching eggs, and meat. Sarah graduated with a degree in Veterinary Technology, and Andrew graduated culinary school and works as an Executive Chef for a National sports entertainment catering company.
In 2019, living in the suburbs, we decided as a family to begin a new journey toward sustainability and self-sufficiency. We started out with some vegetable starts, an herb garden and not a whole lot of knowledge.
In 2021, as our home garden and know-how grew we decided to invest in raising quails. What started out as 12 young Jumbo Pharaoh Coturnix Quail hens living in a rabbit hutch, quickly turned into many more quails living in large aviaries and a small hatching egg business.
In 2022 as our egg business became larger we were ready for expansion. Currently we are supplying a few businesses in Downtown Sacramento with eggs, as well as continuing our hatching egg business. Our business continues to grow at a steady pace.
Sacramento, CA
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The morning routine with the goats ☺️💛 I missed recording a few elements, but you get the idea 🙃 . #nubiangoats #nubianmini #nigeriandwarfgoats #morningroutine #babygoats #eldoradocounty #eldoradocountyfarms #forestfarm #shinglesprings #shinglespringsca #goats #greatpyrenees #workingdogs #lgd #livestockguardiandog #goldenretriever #housedog
It was another great day at the Farmer’s Market! We sold out of all quail eggs and herbs an hour early. I can’t wait for our strawberry mint to propagate - the smell is heavenly! Catch us again next Saturday, May 27 ☺️ . #midtownfarmersmarket #quinnsquails #farmersmarket #sacramentofarmersmarket #visitsacramento #sacramentoquail
I’ve been watering some volunteer California poppies and chamomile in this little fence crack for the past week and decided I should just seed the whole thing with native wildflowers. My favorite flowers and plants are always the ones that pop up on their own and surprise me. (You’ll see a volunteer calendula in the video too) I let the weeds grow and then I pull them for the quails to munch on so that’s why you’ll see a bunch.I’ve really learned to embrace the fact that weeds are just plants that haven’t realized their potential, so I tend to let them do their thing until they are big enough to be useful (like quail snacks). Please excuse my sad little “secret garden” area… the chickens got in while Ivy was playing and wrecked the bed 😩 . #californiapoppies #californiawildflowers #nativewildflowers #goldenpoppies #wildflowers #seeding #calendula #chamomile #sacramentogardening #zone9b
