Squab is a young domestic pigeon, typically under four weeks old. Pigeons bred for meat are generally called squab and are harvested from young birds, mostly utility pigeons. Pigeons grow to a very large size in the nest before they are fledged and able to fly and in this stage of their development they are called squabs and are prized as food. The meat is close in taste to dark chicken meat. Squabs are raised until they are roughly a month old, that is when they reach adult size but have not yet flown, and that is when they are best for consumption. Usually considered a delicacy, squab is tender, moist and richer in taste than many commonly consumed poultry meats, but there is relatively little meat per bird, the meat being concentrated in the breast. Squab is dark meat, and the skin is fatty resembling that of a duck. The meat is very lean, easily digestible, and “rich in proteins, minerals, and vitamins”. It has been described as having a “silky” texture, as it is very tender and fine-grained. It has a milder taste than other game, and has been described as having a mild berry...

                    Quail is a collective name for 130 species of small short tailed game birds placed in the order Galliformes. Old World quail is found in the pheasant (Phasianidae) family and New World quail is found in the family Odontophoridae. Old World quail are smaller plain birds, shorter and stockier than their New World counterparts. Quail come in many different species from all different parts of the world. Quails are mostly small birds but many of the common larger species are farm-raised for food and egg consumption. Quails are omnivorous animals, they tend to have a mostly vegetarian diet consisting of seeds, grain, and fruit but they will also eat insects. Quail meat and eggs are considered a delicacy in many parts of the...

            The Turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris gallopavo, which is native to the Americas. One species, Meleagris gallopavo commonly known as the domestic turkey or wild turkey, is native to the forests of North America, mainly Mexico and the United States. Males of the species have a distinctive fleshy wattle called a snood. As in many galliformes, the male is larger and more colorful than the female. Turkeys are in the family of Phasianidae (pheasants, partridges, francolins, junglefowl, grouse…). Europeans first encountered turkeys in America and they incorrectly identified the birds as a type of guineafowl that is a members of a group of birds which were thought to typically come from the country of Turkey. The name of the North American bird became “turkey fowl” and later shortened to “turkey”. The wild male turkey is roughly 50in. long and weighs about 22lb, though average weigh less. The female turkeys weigh only half as much as the males. Domesticated strains can be much...