Wouldn't you need a way to hatch the quail?
You could double up on the veggies in 5 gal. buckets if you grew those listed upside down and planted lettuce or herbs on top.
We have a rat snake but I have yet to find him in the nest box. I am 98% sure there is a black racer nest under the "duck house". I have to crawl on my hands an knees to get the duck eggs and will be correcting that situation VERY soon.
Couldn't find my safety goggles so I stuck with the wait and see approach. Thankfully I have 4 females, 1 male and 1 unknown. It was a good lesson. What a difference a few days make!
This is good to know! My ducks are in the rabbitat with the quail. Little duck picks on the bun but the ducks do a good job cleaning up after the quail and chasing flies. If i moved the ducks in with the chickens, I could lock them up at night again AND make room for some banties in the...
I have got to get out of the city!
My 7 girls are spoiled with an 8x8 coop and a 30x18 run. It's not that big by comparison but it takes up well over half of the usable space in my tiny urban yard.
I tried to vent sex my A&Ms. Not much luck. I have 1 male brown but he was too foamy for a good comparison and all the A&Ms looked the same to me.
One A&M male was crowing so that was easy. I started trying to match behavior to my Browns. One (and only one) white bird was always pretty chill so...