Reviews by Debbie292d

It's a beautiful coop, but nothing tells us how you built it or what you used to build it.

Great coop with a super story and good explanation of how you built it. Some of the picture links are broken. I love the artwork!

You have a good idea here, but maybe paint those storage crates white or some light color. The chickens are going to bake in there.

Great explanation how you took old stuff and made it into something! I'd love to see another picture in the spring when you spruce it up!

I too cringe about the electrical set up inside of a plastic bag. Hunt around for an electrician friend of a friend to help you wire it up properly.

Good reference for anyone into breeding for particular colors or wanting to know what theirs is. I would have like to have seen a few pictures of different colored quail for examples of some of the more difficult to know colors.

Ingenious! Very cool idea! Great pictures of step-by-step how to do it. Nice!

Good story with some good tips. No pictures though. I'd take a few pictures of your mallards and put them in here.

Also, you could link an article about mallards for folks wanting to learn more about them.

You've covered all the bases here! We border a forest and have everything from bear down to weasels. Dogs and motion lights are the two most effective for us.

Excellent information for all poultry owners who have lost, or possibly face losing a precious feathered friend.

This is just a few pictures to show it but no instructions of how to build it.

Nice coop. Would have liked to see the finished version with the roof put on it.

Some good instructions for some of it. Gives at least a good example if someone has an idea like this.

Very nice coop and loved the story behind much of it.

Nice but there's not much for explaining how this was built. A materials list would help too, as well as a few more pictures demonstrating some of the vital elements of building it.

What a great coop! Load of pictures and explanations of step-by-step.

A blueprint or measurements and a materials list would be helpful.

This needs a better main picture, and a couple more to demonstrate and explain better how it was built.

This is a great resource piece! Nice job!

Very insightful with direct knowledge of raising different breeds of quail with parrots or other usually caged birds. A lot of great information, pictures, and tips.

I would love to see a couple of links if you have gotten any material from a source or of sources for further reading for anyone wishing to combine quail with other birds.

Nice but butted up against a forest, this should definitely be made out of 1/2" hardware cloth. Also, varments will dig under that so it needs an apron, ie. dig down 18" and put HWC or bend it outward at the bottom and bury it then cover with rocks. I'd hate to hear you lost ducks, as this just looks like a trap at this point.

This doesn't explain how you built it or a materials list with lengths of boards and posts, which would be extremely helpful.

This looks like a wonderful brooder, and pretty cheap to build. The directions seem pretty clear for most of it.

It definitely needs more pictures, if you have any from when you built it. It would be great if you could divide your explanation between the pictures.

A good overview touching on incubators, comparing breeds of layers, and feed.

I would note where "mash" is mentioned, most of us call their crumbles or pellets mixed with water "mash," so I was guessing your mash is made of scratch maybe as otherwise, there's nothing to pick out of the traditional mash. Mash is a staple with all of ours, as they're spoiled.

Also, I would add where you say extra roosters may have to be culled or rehomed.

You could add that after 12 weeks (or from the day they hatch), all-flock is a choice as it's better for roosters due to less calcium and it can be fed from day-old chicks to old chickens. With that you have to provide an oyster shell to laying hens. That's fine explaining how you do it, but there are options in a few places that would enhance your article.

If put together with the same fonts, without big gaps, and broken links, it would be a pretty good article. I found it not a smooth read as is, even skipping the links.