This is the hardest part for me. I thought my girls were secure, and something got into the coop and took out 2. We made it more secure, put them in at night....a racoon actually opened the door. We were heartbroken. I didn't even want to get more, but we had just one. I felt so bad for her. So...
I am reading all the comments and wringing my hands, lol! My first time boiling quail eggs. They are in the boiling water now, timer set for 4 minutes, ice water bath at the ready! We'll see what happens! :fl
No. We hadn't put it on yet. This was when we were in the process of building. It is actually quite tall. The floor is at my waist level and I am 5'4". I wanted to be able to scoop out the bedding as easily as possible. We put a door that just swings open in back for easy access.
Here are some pictures we took as we built. We got everything free, so it was interesting to come up with ideas! The zigzag pieces are in front at the top. They were stair frame pieces. We put them together with a gap and put wire in the opening for ventilation. The long skinny window is up high...
I am amazed at how much they eat! I hear the eggs are very nutritious though. I have 5 hens as well. I am a vegetarian, so I am happy to get the eggs. I'm a big softie and I think of all my birds as pets. They are just amazing to give me breakfast! Not like the other free loaders- dog, cats...
We started with 2 pallets as a base. Added legs so it was at a comfortable height to clean, then built around it from there! Plywood floor (over the pallets), plywood walls with windows, and roof of plywood with roofing shingled. We covered the windows with real good small wire so it is super...
So, I have 10 coturnix quail. They will be 8 weeks on Friday. I had them inside and 3 were crowing. I put them all outside in one pen, at 5 weeks- it is quite hot, so I knew they would be ok. 2 are obvious males. They are the only 2 golden colored ones, and both were crowing. I have separated...
I have fertile quail eggs set to hopefully hatch the 20th. I am so sad that I haven't been able to find organic quail food! One place has a 50 pound bag of turkey starter, but I am only getting food for maybe 12 chicks. So my question is this: if I give my chicks a turkey starter, what do I NEED...
My 10 year old was thrilled to hear he could cuddle the tiny chicks! We are all a bunch of softies and our birds are very much on pet status. Our sons favorite chick (with our 1st batch ever) wound up being a rooster and we had to re home him. It was really heartbreaking for us. They were sexed...
Thank you so much for all the information! Quail are supposed to hatch at 17 days, so I plan to read, read, read til then! ;) I feel bad letting her hatch them and not getting to be a mama. I live in town, so roosters are a no no. Quail chicks were something I wanted anyways, so I figured I...
I had to separate her because the eggs are tiny and the other girls will get in the nesting box. My coop isn't really set up with any way I could block her off. Hopefully she'll settle in. We only moved her last night. In the dark as advised online, so she is probably pretty confused. In...
Ok. I bought fencing to block her from seeing the old coop. I'm going to remove the little run area and just let her have a sectioned off area of the run that her coop is in. I watched a few people on youtube who let hens raise baby quail, but I have a brooder I can set up if needed. Thanks so...
That is great! I'm wanting quail too. I have 5 hens now and I am trying to get the broody one to hatch out fertile quail eggs. We'll see if it works! If not I will just buy some already hatched. Just figured it would be nice for Lottie the hen to get the chance she was asking for! Enjoy those...