was doing my evening check, collect eggs, and freshwater - to my surprise, there was a little mouse running around in the coop - will that become a problem? pretty difficult to set a trap or poison.. what happens if his friends move in.? ideas?
thanks
tom
Quail Coop Keeper (Version 1.1) or QCK'er
find my self working too much and associated stress - my wife suggested I find some sort of hobby to keep me busy instead of TV (I had Finished Game of Thrones ) Being in Minnesota and the weather turning into fall - I decided I will need to...
i have two more that hatched - just last night. - one us up moving around exploring the incubator - seems healthy and active - the other seems to just push himself around without standing up - not sure if his legs work(?) sometimes gets on his back and just flops around - if I pick him up...
so about 17 days ago i decided to see if I could hatch a couple of my eggs - looked online built a small little incubator, temperature relay and whisper fan (my wife and friends thought it was a little bit crazy) put two fresh laid eggs in, next day I added to more - lovely rotated the eggs as...
four quail, 2 eggs a day, is pretty exciting - except - looks like a have two males and one is getting beating up pretty bad, his eye does not look good, feathers on the head are looking 'plucked'. I separated him and now he is very vocal and seems to miss the company - pacing around the cage...
i have looked at contradicting information on Quail - originally i had my 'coop' sitting with a partially open bottom on the grass ( i could move the coop around ) - so they had a bit of a free-range, - I loosened up some of the grass and dirt in the area - they seemed to like the bugs, and to...
after getting 4 quail - you need someplace for them to live - searching Amazon and Wallmart - you can buy some (some of dubious quality) for $100.00 and up. I took a look in my garage, and basement, I came up with this.. largest expenses was the wire .. we are planning to raise it up - @ 6' x...
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Brand new , my wife wanted chickens (no) - she decide Quail and surprised me.
(2). Four little quail in the back yard
(3) What breeds do you have? That's a good question - can I post pictures and you tell me ?
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? They...