Recent content by BeccaaStancil

our main predators here are raccoons coyotes and opossums, we have bobcats for sure but I’ve never seen one in person even with having chickens for years. I am planning on adding a frame and sandwiching cloth wire in between… if that makes sense, but on all open areas, so walls and roof! I hope...

This is beautiful! I’ve also been looking at landscaping for inside the run. I wonder if there’s anything chicken-safe that thrives in shade because inside the run only gets sunlight for a couple hours and only in a small area. If I plant bushes and vines it’ll probably knock it down to pretty...

This is the initial reasoning for renovating. Since our birds can’t free range much anymore we started tearing down the run to reinforce it. I guess during this process I realized how much I hate the way it looks lol. The tiny coop has been predator proofed to the best of abilities (cloth wire...

straight to jail.

My dad was so offended when I told him about the renovations and how chainlink panels make my ocd scream, so I had to add a disclaimer 🤣 I’m told often that I am hard to please lmao

Gonns have to excuse the absolute wreck this is, it’s been under reconstruction for a couple weeks now. Took down the bird netting from the roof to build something sturdier. we’ve put up bird netting twice and it does good for a bit but eventually a branch from that massive tree falls and ruins...

Oh yes! Got my marigolds just gotta plant them! I just hate that they won’t be there year round which is why I got some ever green shrubs for winter.

Does anyone have experience with framing a chain link chicken run with wood? Or actually, just any tips to make a chain link run look less hideous. I don’t know what happened but I can’t stand chainlink. I used to think it looked nice. My entire yard is fenced with chainlink and my chicken run...

Sorry I made that confusing, that isn’t my setup! That was the setup they came from. I was saying I didn’t have the link to the post they were advertised in, but I found a picture of them that was posted in another livestock group (I got them off facebook) I have 12 hens to 2 males now, I’m not...

I have one separated because he’s not very active but everyone else is in the same cage! I can try on the video, is there a way to link a short video here? I don’t have a link but I did find a picture from the same gentleman posted to another group on facebook that shows setup.

So sorry for the late replies, I got home from tractor supply and immediately got a call from my mom and had to leave again. Here are a few pics of the quail. Unfortunately the chicken did not make it through the night.

Could you by any chance send me the product used and dosage? At tractor supply now googling like crazy but I’ve actually never had to treat for coccidiosis and am completely clueless! especially about dosage for quail. Is it Corrid?

They are eating Tucker Milling game bird layer/breeder, it’s what the gentleman we bought them from feeds and he gave us a decent amount with them. It is locally made but I’m not sure if it’s good or not because I’m not entirely sure of quail dietary requirements yet other than needing higher...

This is long, please stick with me I am new to quail and have no idea what to do here. So a rundown of the recent happenings… Bought 15 adult Coturnix quail from a local gentleman who breeds, we picked them up last week. 3 males and 12 females, some are 10 weeks old and some are 11 months old...

Will guinea fowl stay in my yard? I am on an acre and half and have neighbors that wouldn’t appreciate them in their yard. Will they bother the garden? Can I lock them up with the chickens at night? I know nothing about them.