A very good boi defends his girls (video)

[Kel60]

just finished fixing up the coup for the cold snap this weekend. had a leak that was rotting all my straw but its all nice and fixed up. this little boy is so angry at me messing with his stuff ^_^

im just disapointed that the video doesnt really pick up all the noises hes making. hes squeaking and yelling at me the whole time

 

[sourland]

He'll get you when you are sleeping.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

He'll get you when you are sleeping.

 

[Sammi_0411]

My boy is a scaredy cat lol he runs away from me he crows when i walk away waits til im out of sight my 6 gals fiester then he is

 

[muddy75]

just finished fixing up the coup for the cold snap this weekend. had a leak that was rotting all my straw but its all nice and fixed up. this little boy is so angry at me messing with his stuff ^_^

im just disapointed that the video doesnt really pick up all the noises hes making. hes squeaking and yelling at me the whole time

i have one boy in the aviary (grau fee) that I named squeakers early on because he is extremely vocal and will stand up to any human or bird......one of my most hilarious quail in the bunch!!

 

[RoosterML]

That looks like a pretty nice comfy setup for the quail. Can you share more pictures of it ?

 

[Kel60]

That looks like a pretty nice comfy setup for the quail. Can you share more pictures of it ?

Sure, I'll but Im finding it had a few major design flaws this winter so it's getting completely rebuilt in the spring. The lid had two parts it was supposed to make it easy to get into but I cant reach the far corner unless I crawl inside after winterizing it and of course they've figured that out and are laying in there. The lids also making the water all sluce to the center and inside inside of shedding properly. I just had to put a sort of canopy on it with a tarp to make it actually shed water. But its managing to stay good and warm even with the current weather. Lowest it went last night was 17. And it hit -8 before windchill, still negative this morning but the dark tarps warning it up, at 22 right now. -26 with windchill.

Its 8 feet by 4 feet by 3 feet tall. Has five quail in it right now. But it originally Had 7 before I had to move romeo and his girl inside so cujo from the video up there wouldnt kill him.

 

[RoosterML]

I think you should wack cujo mafia style

 

[Kel60]

I think you should wack cujo mafia style

It is being considered, hes very aggressive. And when I add the new hatches iv got if he so much as looks at them hes dinner.

 

[RoosterML]

One word of advice on the idea of access from the top. As you have figured out it stinks. I had a chicken tractor with access from the top and did not like it. So now the meat birds are raised in a walk-in style A-Frame. I would consider something similar for quail. This looks like it would work pretty well with fold down sides for access.