Recent content by bcontento

Bachelor pad completed. I build another coop and hung it next to the first one. Big enough for 4 or 5 males. I also Rebuilt my watering system (hanging 5gal bucket, piped into the two coops with drip nipples). Now, I just need to find some birds! Seems like the availability has just vanished...

Yeah, as I started thinking more about it, I think I'll expand the coop. I definitely need 3-4 birds to train with and don't want to use females. The training stresses them out pretty heavily I would think...don't want to do that to my egg-layers. Maybe I'll build a bachelor pad and keep just 5...

I had my first group of quail last fall. We got a new bird dog puppy and needed birds to train her on. The intent then was purely for training which meant no real concern for breeding or egg-laying. I bought adults, trained with them, then butchered them. It's time to continue our quail efforts...