Recent content by Joe Prepper

I never thought about it until I saw this post, but I have never had a duck die from eating grapes off the vine. I would imagine free ranges they would not eat enough to harm themselves. Crazy, but animals are alot of times smarter than humans when it comes to free range eating.

My Quail Layer cage.

I have never experience any negatives issues with a male and two females, but we only keep them that way for a week or less....usually collecting a dozen eggs that we want from specific male/female combination. So there is no confusion, we separate females from males for 4+ weeks then chose...

I just wanted to update how the cage has worked out with a few tips if you are considering this cage style. First of all...I get alot of emailed questions about this post and wanted to ad some of the answers here. Still feel free to email me if you have any questions or suggestions. I really...

It is... you can see the float valve in pic 2 on the side. The pvc drops from 3" where the float valve is(for easy accessibility) to 2" and around the corner down the long side with watering holes. It is attached to a 6 gallon container that is filled off a 250g rainwater barrel.

Congrats on the successful incubation. Funny about the youngin getting up early..... mine d othe same thing when we have new babies. I'm thinking of using that little trick to my advantage by timing my hatch/gestation due dates around when I need the kids up early. Maybe garden picking day! :)

I saw a video on Youtube on a quail cage design I liked so I made on similar. I just added the auto water system and have the auto feeder done but not installed. The eggs roll out onto a catch area. The finished cage works well and thought I would share the results. I posted more about it on my...

I went out tonight to lock the chicken coop a little late and my dogs were going nuts. Long story short, a mama opossum was on the steps leading into the chicken coop where everyone was fast asleep. A few weeks ago we lost all but one egg from a brood hen who fought something off losing feathers...

Do your quail go in the little castle house?

Good idea, I have yet to hear my "male" crow. The man that sold them to me banded him when he heard him, but not a peep in 3 days. Waiting to see if I start getting three eggs :) Actually I an building a few cages and will vent check him when I place them in their new pen.

I purchased a trio of white Japanese Coturnix (Texas A&M) this week and got my first egg's yesterday. It weighed in at .6 oz. I'm trying to decide on an incubator, but if these quail turn out good I might just buy a group from the same seller to grow out. Hopefully I will learn a lot about...

Found it. Framed with 2x2's. This guy is a carpenter.

I saw a youtube video of a guy using 2x2 scrap wood and it turned out nice. I think if you are going to add wood siding to help with the structural integrity then you should be good. I will try and find the video.

Just wanted to post a pic of the new grow out pen we got up this weekend. The tin on the back wall is there because there is a compost bin behind the wall and it radiates heat. Also did a quick writeup on the blog if anyone wants more info.