lol the bugling they do is sort of funny. The first time my foster kids heard that... well they are city folk... they thought somebody was skinning a cat or something. They helped me chase down my big dog one day when he broke his old chain....... we had to follow in the car.... he ran right...
Actually I don't worry bout the sound too much... I have a neighbor (well does 1/2 mile away count as a neighbor?) that has a small elk herd he keeps enclosed... (elk farm? Pets?) and you can hear them for miles and miles. I think of my lil roo's crowing and laugh... probably as loud as an...
Hm.... Maybe I wont move them around too much then.... But after seeing how lightweight and strong the hoophouse I'm putting up is, thats why I was considering doing the cages out of this. I found some lightweight yet strong plastic poultry netting 3x25 for about 15$ and was thinking about...
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coturnix quail is a great way to start with birds... They are small and super easy to care for... They don't require big coops with runs just a small hutch food and water! Plus they mature quick So you get lots of eggs too! My kids LOVE the eggs (me too) Plus guests go nuts over tiny...
Thanks for all the info. I've been lurking on here for a while. I'm on day 7 of a 49 egg incubation. Crossing my fingers. I tried button quail as an experiment to see how hard it would be to incubate quail, and good thing. My wife and girls think the buttons are so cute they've already...