take a five gallon bucket over to a landscape supply company and it won't cost much at all. Probably a dollar or so. Stop by a construction site and they will probably give it to you.
Mine is 'The Culture of the Quail' by C Gross, it can be downloaded free from Project Guttenberg. It was written in the 1890's and is an enjoyable laugh.
I know when I once stupidly combined flocks my best rooster got his eyes pecked out, besides the scalping. If thats harmless pecking...
I thought that because they were all hatched out together I might get by with it.