Quail Run Ranch — Hotel in Quartz Hill

Dangerous, lazy, and disrespectful. My mom and I wanted to do something fun and SAFE to get out of the house and be happy during this ongoing global pandemic. The woman who met us for the "tour" blatantly REFUSED to wear a mask, argued with us about it, and mocked us for wearing our masks. We told her that we know people who have died from Covid and to please put on a mask, and she told us that she knows people who were "killed by the vaccine"... an uneducated anti masker and anti vaxxer who even refused to wear a mask temporarily for her paying customers safety, and continuously disrespected us, scoffing and rolling her eyes at us trying to keep six feet from her. We ended up staying a total of ten minutes because of her disrespect to us and her complete disregard of our safety, and she still charged us full price, and then tried to pawn an egg off to us for $50... She even cornered us in this caged off corner and was like "if you don't mind me getting close, I'll show you something" and we said "we do mind, please keep your distance" and she scoffed and rolled her eyes again and came right at us anyway, ignoring our request for her distance and smashed herself into the corner with us while we jumped over a bench to get away from her before having had enough and leaving, oh and I got a splinter. Completely unprofessional and disrespectful. The ten minutes of the "tour" we endured, she spent starring at her phone anyway. The whole thing was offensive. She was so rude and never even smiled once. We drove an hour and a half to get there, just to be made unsafe and disrespected to turn around and drive right back home. Don't waste your time. Don't waste your money. Don't support businesses that scoff at your safety and measure instated by the CDC during a global pandemic that has killed over 500,000 people. I'm appalled. My mother is high risk and has been shut away for a year. This is what we get for trying to get some safe smiles into our lives. Major hills have eyes vibes... just.......

We took a family excursion to check out The Quail Run Ostrich Ranch and am so glad we did!!! We pulled into the Ranch (which has plenty of parking) and were immediately greeted by Jacquie, the owner. Jacquie is SUPER friendly and is quick to make you feel at home. She also is an incredibly talented artist with her ostrich egg art! They’re truly remarkable.

The tour started with being able to see and hold a fresh ostrich egg! It was very cool! They sell them for $40. Then we went over to one of the paddocks where we were greeted by three ostriches. I’ve been to Ostrichland USA before so I’ve had the experience of being up close with ostriches. But these three were WAY more docile than the ones at ostrichland! It was very cool being so close and having them just chill out while Jacquie told us about them.

They have quite a few ostriches on the property (I think she said 26 or something like that) along with chickens and some goats. I had a great time and will absolutely be coming back here in July when they have babies!!! The reason for 4 stars as opposed to 5 (5 being “as good as it gets”) is that I wish there was a hint more to the tour. It was pretty much just the one paddock and we were done. Don’t get me wrong, they invited you to stay as long as you wanted, but a few extra stops on the tour would have been cool. Full disclosure, unlike Ostrichland USA, where they are open as a tourist attraction, Quail Run is a working ostrich farm and they decided to start allowing guests to share these amazing birds with people. So it’s a bit of a different thing. But again... 4 stars (Yay, I’m a fan!!!) is pretty darn good!

I would absolutely recommend visiting!!! It’s only $5/person with free parking and available restrooms. I’m excited to go back!!!

Ps. You won’t get reception here so plan accordingly when going home or to your next stop. We guessed...

I drove 200 miles to this “ostrich farm” and was extremely disappointed. The elderly woman who met us was not friendly and never introduced herself or smiled. She refused to wear a mask even when we asked her politely if she would (she actually scoffed at me for asking and said she already had Covid so we could not get it from her). I’m sorry, but if you are running a business open to the public, you need to follow the CDC rules! Our paid “tour” was a one minute walk to see and feed a few ostriches, while the woman giving the “tour” was on her phone most of the time, like we were interrupting her day. She wanted to then sell us an egg for $50! When we declined, the “tour” was over. Five - seven minutes. It is NOT worth the drive or the price. Please do not support people who do not care for the safety and health of others. I know my friends will...