➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

that’s already 9.3 oz!! i’d definitely be tempted to keep and re-weigh at 8 and 10 weeks!!

I could tell by just looking at him that he was a giant compared to everyone else.
That is one reason I was sure he was a girl.

 

[FortCluck]

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first pic is one of my pearl males, 2nd is one of my first pearl females, and last is pearl chick about 2 weeks old

Oh my I love them!!!! Beautiful

 

[muddy75]

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maybe....since the release they all kinda blend in!! I do need to weigh some though!! i’ve got at least 6 or 8 males really crowing again!! and little “dottie” and “pecker” just crack me up with their treat time antics! “pecker” will grab DH pant leg if he’s not getting her treats fast enough and “dottie” actually hops up knee level or higher to grab treats!

 

[muddy75]

Can quail live on the ground instead of on wire? Like if I built a quail tractor or is that a stupid idea?

this is my aviary.....it is currently home to 4 pheasants, 5 chukars, and 60ish quail. this will be first full winter for this “flock” so we are adding a room in the shed that can hold birds as necessary if temps drop too low and DH wants me to move all of my incubators and brooders out to the shed as well.

 

[Kiki]

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this is my aviary.....it is currently home to 4 pheasants, 5 chukars, and 60ish quail. this will be first full winter for this “flock” so we are adding a room in the shed that can hold birds as necessary if temps drop too low and DH wants me to move all of my incubators and brooders out to the shed as well.

Are you sure this is your yard? I don't see a dog in the pool.

 

[FortCluck]

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this is my aviary.....it is currently home to 4 pheasants, 5 chukars, and 60ish quail. this will be first full winter for this “flock” so we are adding a room in the shed that can hold birds as necessary if temps drop too low and DH wants me to move all of my incubators and brooders out to the shed as well.

Is that made out of PVC?

 

[muddy75]

I SAID I GOT A NEW EGG !!!

is it from pansy cage?? i got a “fairy” egg the other day....guessing from a new layer but no idea which one
i cleaned out an abandoned broody nest too and was surprised that she managed to get 6 or so eggs in there!! (it was in tree trunk hideaway)

 

[muddy75]

Are you sure this is your yard? I don't see a dog in the pool.

......nono dog in the pool and no keg yet!!! can’t be my backyard!

 

[Kiki]

is it from pansy cage?? i got a “fairy” egg the other day....guessing from a new layer but no idea which one
i cleaned out an abandoned broody nest too and was surprised that she managed to get 6 or so eggs in there!! (it was in tree trunk hideaway)

No not from one of the Pansy cages...from our newest baby's cage.
The one with the few girls in it.

 

[muddy75]

Is that made out of PVC?

yes, it is a 1” pvc frame attached to deck and 8 ft privacy fence.....gate is quarter inch hardware cloth and other fence is chicken wire. we just re-covered it with heavy duty aviary netting this past weekend. we ran electric fencing along top after raccoons from neighbors attic wiped out about 3 dozen birds