Yesterday, we started building our new coop! Its a 6x3 tractor with a slanted tin roof and coop with nesting boxes and a roost. So excited!! I have two OEGB and they have been making do in the "temp" tractor for about 2 months now. They seem to like it alright, no stress just some boredom...
I am pretty sure, like 75% sure, that only one of my ladies is laying. She is significantly larger and eats so much more, that I can't believe the little one is laying. Only one is laying, I get 3-4 eggs a week which I think is normal for bantams. Since the larger one eats so much more, she...
So excited, my first batch! I am a little concerned because I have to be at work until 6pm - 6 more hours. None had pipped as of 8am this morning but I'm worried still! Do you think they will be okay until I get home or should i go check at my lunch break?
They started laying (yay!! ) but they lay at 7pm every night.... is that normal?? I assume it isn't a problem, but its funny. just curious - when do your hens lay?
So I was planning on building a stationary, wire bottom, roofed coop off the ground as per the general consensus is that wire bottom = healthier birds.
Does anyone use a tractor style coop for their quail? If so, is worming the only thing you need to worry about if you don't own any other birds?
Well, I guess they are not technically babies anymore since they are crowing and such ... but anyways. I have fallen in LOVE with my quail - the personalities!! They just seem happy. I have never owned birds before but they look happy. Oh and I will no longer be reintroducing their hatch-mates...
The friend I got my chicks from just got a job and has to move. Its a long drawn out story but short version is he cannot keep his birds. They have been in a brooder (room sized) in a separate pen than chickens and guineas but sharing airspace. If I were to 'rescue' his 2.5 week old quail...
I just wanted to thank everyone for their wonderful posts, replies, and advice. Through searches, browsing, and my own posts - y'all have helped me out so much! Whether you know it or not!
I'm a 24 yr old girl living on her own for the first time with a mini-farm going on in the backyard/garage...
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I am so so so sorry if this has been posted about a lot, but I have been looking on here for hours and I cannot figure my problem out.
I have 8 coturnix quail, about 1 week old living in a rubbermaid bin (uncovered, with a heat lamp offset, rocks in the water, and chick starter) until...
Hello,
I am so so so sorry if this has been posted about a lot, but I have been looking on here for hours and I cannot figure my problem out.
I have 8 coturnix quail, about 1 week old living in a rubbermaid bin (uncovered, with a heat lamp offset, rocks in the water, and chick starter) until...
Hi, Looking for a few coturnix quail in north Florida, near Gainesville. Chicks preferably, but eggs are considered. Right now we are looking at only a handful - 3-5. but if they work out we will be looking at a larger order.
We are just getting deeper into raising quail, so we want to start...