@Faraday40 What a vicious stare that Hawk of yours has! You said you had a 1" mesh to house your quails? When I read the "post your chicken coop pictures here" BYC thread the experienced owners of poultry said to have 1/2 inch hardware cloth to use as wire -- keeps out raccoon claws, snakes, etc, plus it's much sturdier than 1" wire. The 1/2 inch hardcloth is not cheap either but in the long run owners claim its saved their poultry. But then little quails are such easy targets just because of their diminutive size, poor babies! So sorry you lost some of them! Is the Hawk still hanging around? I'd love nothing better than to see your Hawk flying into a hardwire and knock itself out like one of our Hawk fledling did this last Spring! Hawks and Falcons are gorgeous birds but not when they're in my yard!
THIS IS THE DOG KENNEL WIRE WALLS ON OUR COOP PEN
A picture of my Dana recuperating from the cut on her foot. Dana was my lightest color chick but at POL she looked the same as the other two Dom pullets. I took some pics of the paper tape before removing it. I love that paper tape, so pliable to wrap around the toes and durable to NOT unravel the way regular first aid or adhesive stretchy vet tapes do. OMG, I can't even get a band-aid to stick to my finger for more than an hour before it starts to unravel yet this paper tape stays put even with a chicken walking on it! Dana is going stir-crazy being in the house but I don't feel comfortable letting her outdoors until I feel she's 100% healed. She is so good about posing for pics or letting us handle her during first-aid. Such a people-friendly breed and chattering and vocalizing while picking at the feather in my hat or sitting down relaxed to look into my face and carry on her conversation with me. What I love about the looks of Dominique are their U-shaped back and spiked leader at the end of their rosecomb. Dana's comb is not as close to the skull like Jewlz' rosecomb but Dana has the nicer U-shape.
THIS IS THE DOG KENNEL WIRE WALLS ON OUR COOP PEN
A picture of my Dana recuperating from the cut on her foot. Dana was my lightest color chick but at POL she looked the same as the other two Dom pullets. I took some pics of the paper tape before removing it. I love that paper tape, so pliable to wrap around the toes and durable to NOT unravel the way regular first aid or adhesive stretchy vet tapes do. OMG, I can't even get a band-aid to stick to my finger for more than an hour before it starts to unravel yet this paper tape stays put even with a chicken walking on it! Dana is going stir-crazy being in the house but I don't feel comfortable letting her outdoors until I feel she's 100% healed. She is so good about posing for pics or letting us handle her during first-aid. Such a people-friendly breed and chattering and vocalizing while picking at the feather in my hat or sitting down relaxed to look into my face and carry on her conversation with me. What I love about the looks of Dominique are their U-shaped back and spiked leader at the end of their rosecomb. Dana's comb is not as close to the skull like Jewlz' rosecomb but Dana has the nicer U-shape.
