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I bought a Brinsea Mini Advanced and the small egg disc, sourced some coturnix quail eggs locally, and crossed my fingers. This was my first hatch and I am very happy with the result. So far 7 of 12 eggs have hatched. One of the chicks only lived a few hours and expired but the other 6 seem to...

I'm planning on getting some meat birds this spring and growing them out in a tractor. I've never done meaties before and my hens live in a fixed coop. I am at a loss for what would be a good way to make sure the meat birds have water available but that will move with the tractor and be easy to...

A few weeks ago I welded up a tool which helps me quickly and easily take apart shipping pallets which I can collect for free at my office. I have been using this free reclaimed lumber to make a few projects around the house. First I built a brooder to keep baby chicks in until they feather out...

I've found someone who is going to sell me some week old baby coturnix quail but she lives about 30-40 minutes away from me. If it were baby chickens I'd just throw them in a cardboard box and not give it another thought but I understand that because quail are so much smaller that they require...

I purchased a bag of Purina Game Bird Startina BMD 50 crumbles from my local feed store and I intend to feed it to newly hatched Japanese (Coturnix) quail. The bag only says that it is labeled for pheasants so I wanted to clarify if this is an appropriate feed for young coturnix quail. I have...

When I built my coop, I added a vent right at the level where the two roost bars are positioned. In the summer time, the most common prevailing wind blows through this vent and (I hope) helps keep the birds a little cooler. Now that cold weather is here, I needed to block this vent so the coop...

Howdy and thank you for taking a moment to look at my hand forged sweet corn chicken treat feeders. These feeders start life as pieces of 3/8" solid mild steel stock which is heated over a coal fire and formed by hand with a hammer and anvil. While there are probably many different ways these...

My wife and I are throwing a "Coop Warming" party now that the girls are settled into their new home. Yes, this is just an excuse to throw a party but to make it seem more legitimately about the chickens we were hoping to have some chicken or egg themed games to play with our guests. My wife and...

So the coop is about 95% complete but with the beautiful weather today I couldn't resist letting the babies out of the brooder to scratch around in the earth today. This picture was taken just moments after I let them out for the first time. Prior to this they had never seen the outside...

I was so excited to receive my stickers in the mail today. Here is some BYC love on the back of my car and I've got another one going on my truck. Haven't talked Mrs. HandsomeRyan into letting me put one on her car yet but I'm working on it. Feel free to post your own pictures of BYC love...

Howdy all, With almost a dozen ladies in the brooder I knew I needed to get something going on building a proper coop/run for them. While framing and wood construction are not something I have a lot of experience with, I am fortunate to have a large workshop full of tools and some handy...

Howdy everyone. My wife and I live together out in the country in Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (about 40 miles north of Washington DC). Usually I am the one in our relationship who is constantly coming up with new hobbies to pursue. I'm a hobby small engine mechanic, metal fabricator, quilter...