Recent content by tacothechicken

@Little Chickadee thanks 😞 unfortunately I'm very familiar with the coopers, as I used to own racing pigeons. This new loft has 8 pigeons and 3 quail as of this morning. I'm using 1 inch square on the aviary which is smaller than my previous loft where I never had in loft casualties, I think it...

Usually when I see blood in poop it's coccidia. Treat their water with corid to be sure and it should go away after a bit👍

...how does one break a quails neck by chance?🙁

I have antibiotics and blood stop on hand. I only have 3 of my original 5 left and ones a roo so I'd prefer she survives since no is selling quail around me currently and I don't want to do a hatch. She seems shook and in pain but it is a survivable wound if I can get the bleeding to stop😬 I'm...

@Nabiki nothing keeps ours away, we have too many squirrels to count along with rats and songbirds, toads etc. He still goes for the quail and pigeons 🤷. And that's with mockingbirds, owls, big dogs, and a cat and noisy roosters to dissuade them😞

Trying to catch her🤦

So my birds have been in the aviary for around 2 months now and as I ran to the store for last minute groceries the cooper decided to get quail for Thanksgiving! My cortunix hen Goose was napping along the fence and I believe it got ahold of her somehow and skinned her stomach entirely like it...

Hi guys I wanted to start a thread and see if it could give any more insight to others on culling of birds in a racing flock. I myself have never culled and have had no reason to but I'm curious how often others cull birds and for what reasons/causes. Alot of people in my bird groups on fb tend...

Flooding standard for our yard ☹️

@Mamatomany123 on concrete blocks where we are in texas everything floods...unless you want to pay for a million dollar property you can either risk flooding or get a house that doesn't flood but a yard that does. We're in a area most resistant to flooding and still get 6 inches in 3 days easy...

This seems a little difficult to do with chickens, have you considered meat pigeons? Giant runts, king pigeons etc can all be kept in a set up suitable to what you want and will excersize themselves as long as they have a wide enough loft to flap their wings. Quail can also be kept in stacked...

How did you do the frame for your coop out of curiosity? Were about to do a 6x4 and trying to decide if lengthwise or hieght wise is better

Hey guys I'm starting on the adult coop for our silkies as they are currently in our old duck coop. I need it 20" off the ground so the birds can shelter under it and to stay above flood water here in Texas. Are pine 2x4s suitable or will I need to do full 4x4s to get proper support? It's being...

Unfortunately she gave out sometime early morning, she had been eating and drinking a bit as late as 11:40pm and was pooping although not substantially, I can only assume something quit working in the days whithout and failed on her upon startup post reacue ☹️ I have been considering getting...