Hopefully this is allowed, but just wanting to do a thread tracking the raising of 29 Aylesbury Ducklings from babies right up to eating and selecting those I want to breed in the future.
Background;
Ive always been fascinated with poultry, a passion I got from my Granda as he kept all kinds...
I live in the UK, so we dont have a huge selection of aerial predators but I do have buzzards, though few and far between and my new coop and run, roughly 5m sqaured is covered by a huge tree.
However I will no doubt get the attention of local crows, we have jackdaws and grey crow, thankfully...
Finally bit the bullet and got my first quail! 11 little babies, 2 at about 2 weeks and the others just about a week! In a big RUB with a heatmat, going to look about a heat bulb though as might be better.
The little guys are constantly trying to get under the biggest one so I might split the...
First time poster, long time stalker in the shadows of this forum! I've always loved birds but unfortunately at a stage in life where I dont have massive space for larger birds like chickens and ducks. I do have space tho for quail.
Im going to get only a few, and want a portable cage area...