I have Bobwhite quail on the ground. We recently had a snow storm and the snow was so deep some of our fence line went under the drifts. However everything is rapidly melting and we have streams flowing through our yard and our quail run and pen are wet and soggy. Fortunately they can get off...
I have been ill and my husband has been collecting the eggs. Somehow we missed a broody hen in the barn and yesterday, December 1st, my husband heard peeping and we now have 4 chicks. I never had winter babies before and am concerned about it because our weather is regularly dipping into the...
He was my baby and I'm so sad today. He was gimpy for about 4 1/2 years now from getting in a fight with a dog protecting his girls when he was young, and I nursed him back. Since nursing him when he was healing from a broken leg, he and I bonded. I even brought him in the house and put covers...