Sounds interesting! And a good excuse to get more birds.
So regarding the quail, when you say they don't interact like chickens, do you mean they aren't as friendly as the chickens? And can they not free-range at all or do you just prefer not to free-range them? Not to bombard you with a bunch of questions or anything.
And they are a lovable bunch, aren't they?
Oh, yeah! Ramsay has been crowing since he was 4 days old--yes, four DAYS--and another one started at about a week of age, though I don't recall if it was Rigby or Lucky. I could really tell that three were boys by 4 weeks old because these boys already had red combs and wattles! Here is their 'album cover' shot at 4 weeks old--Rigby, Ramsay, and Rowena.
Just talked to Orchard Farm Supply in Mooresville...they have australorps, brown leghorns, golden and silver laced wyandottes, speckled Sussex, new hampshires, araucanas and buff orpingtons....I am thinking about getting a couple speckled Sussex....but question for those that raise...if I put them under a broody hen (Taffy the D'Uccle) how do I go about making sure that both Taffy and the chicks are eating correctly? do I put down both starter and adult feed? Taffy is indoor outdoor right now until the big coop is finished and she has some other grown friends, can the babies go out with her into the small pen in the evenings and when I'm home other times? Will they still need a heat lamp? I've not raised except for under a lamp before!
Here's the final design. The shirts will be $10. They are super soft & don't shrink (tri blend, only 25% cotton, pre laundered). Let me know if anyone would like one & what size(s) you'd like! I work in Broad Ripple, so I figured that's where people could pick them up! I can ship to you too if you don't live close to Broad Ripple!
Busy day! At one point I had 15 people in my living room. So far 29 visitors have stopped by & I haven't had time to count all the chicks. Cookie's other choc cuckoo chick hatched this afternoon, so I moved her & the chick into the bog brooder. I’ve been slipping the incubator chicks under her. Poor gal can’t count, but I wonder if she realizes that she’s adopting about 20 more chicks. That’s a lot of babies from one egg! LOL
Some quail eggs have pipped, and the 1st just hatched. (a brown one)
Here are a few of my fav pics....
Last night around 10:30pm when I 1st tried going to bed. See those lonely 2 chicks.
This morning at 10:30am. A very crowded incubator!
Here are 3 of the choc cuckoos. The one on left is darker.
Here's the darker choc cuckoo next to a black orp.
Here are a couple lavs. I think I have 4 (but more may hatch)
Black orps
This chick had something important to say.
Cookie in the brooder. (in the garage)
No Chick dust in the house!
Chicks can go under hen & the overflow can snuggle under the Mama Heating Pad.
