Harry horse & Charlie adventures! Horse chat & much more! Everyone welcome!

[sassysarah]

Is Harry a thoroughbred? He is BEAUTIFUL!!

Looks like a thoroughbred to me.
He's very pretty.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Happy Birthday @TwoCrows!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Is Harry a thoroughbred? He is BEAUTIFUL!!

Looks like a thoroughbred to me.
He's very pretty.

He certainly is and thank you both!

 

[TwoCrows]

Happy Birthday @TwoCrows!

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Awww....that is so sweet of you Kim!!!!! Friends just don't get ANY better than you. Gosh that cake looks good, now I want cake!! LOL Judd kept asking me if I wanted cake or candy and I said NO!! But now I do!!

Thanks a BUNCH for thinking of me Kim. You are a star!!!

 

[TwoCrows]

And I didn't get you ANYTHING this year!!! Well, now that I know what day your B-day is, it's coming for you next year.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Sorry about your quail Kim. Quail are one of those creatures that any predator can smell for miles off. Seriously. EVERYTHING eats quail. If you have access to railroad ties...what I do when building quail avaries is dig a wide deep trench all around the perimeter. Set one railroad tie in this trench even to the ground and then another tie on top of the sunken tie. They are secured together and then the pen/aviary is built on top on the top tie and attatched. The trench is completely filled in, you can even use cement. Pack it heavily. If you have access to rocks, boulders, even gravel or pea stone, then a heavy layer all around the ties.

Predators use their sense of smell, sensing air movement even through dirt to see if its feasible to start digging. They dont waste their time and energy randomly digging. So by digging down 12 inches, burying some sort of lumber or ties, packing in dirt and then covering that with stone, there wont be moving air from underneath and they wont dig.

Thank you for all these tips Leyla and sorry I’m so slow in getting back here! Bedlam Bedlam and more Bedlam here!!
Touch a large piece of wood I have had no more losses. We dug out and down along the edge and have put concrete down which seems to be keeping the bleeping things out. I have to agree though that these quail have a smell all of their own and I can see why everything is attracted to them!! I need to get rid of some males which I can decipher on the brown Japanese ones but not on the white one’s and I have absolutely no clue on the Harlequin! I can’t seem to find much info on sexing them at all

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Awww....that is so sweet of you Kim!!!!! Friends just don't get ANY better than you. Gosh that cake looks good, now I want cake!! LOL Judd kept asking me if I wanted cake or candy and I said NO!! But now I do!!

Thanks a BUNCH for thinking of me Kim. You are a star!!!

And I didn't get you ANYTHING this year!!! Well, now that I know what day your B-day is, it's coming for you next year.

You are most very welcome Leyla I really do hope you have a fantastic relaxing day! Now now, don’t you be worrying about mine!!

 

[TwoCrows]

Thank you for all these tips Leyla and sorry I’m so slow in getting back here! Bedlam Bedlam and more Bedlam here!!
Touch a large piece of wood I have had no more losses. We dug out and down along the edge and have put concrete down which seems to be keeping the bleeping things out. I have to agree though that these quail have a smell all of their own and I can see why everything is attracted to them!! I need to get rid of some males which I can decipher on the brown Japanese ones but not on the white one’s and I have absolutely no clue on the Harlequin! I can’t seem to find much info on sexing them at all

Great that youve had no more break ins!! These predators are just brutal! As for sexing Harlequins, the male should have a very bright patterned face, a tan colored crest that goes backwards over the neck. The sides of the bird are darkish grey with white and tan markings. The female will have a more browner mottled dull face, small crest, very mottled all over the body, some streaks on the chest. Can you post pics here? Maybe I can figure it out for you. Some quail are hard to sex!

 

[TwoCrows]

You are most very welcome Leyla I really do hope you have a fantastic relaxing day! Now now, don’t you be worrying about mine!!

 

[TwoCrows]

Oh you know Kim, those Harlequins are going to be slow growing yet. You may not be able to sex until they are 3 months of age.