It's the Little Guys against the Littler Guys :-)

[rarebreedeggs4u]

My Jumbo Brown roos (4 weeks old today) learned to crow...yesterday. Now the Serama boys in the next pen have stepped it up and so have the little Quail boys. What a hoot to hear, CROW, squeaaaaak, CROW, squeaaaak~LOL

On a great note, so far it looks like out of the 23, I have 6 roos..and six pens, go figure

They have all been seperated over a week, 1 boy/3 girls in 5 pens and 1/2 in the last pen.

I've been using rabbit feeders (the pens are reclaimed hutches). The feeders are new and are lined to prevent the feed from falling through, but of course they rake it out into the trays and waste it. I tried slipping quart sized cage cups under the feeder bottoms today while I was cleaning and feeding and it just might work! They are still raking it out some, but it's falling in the cage cups. They're way too fat to get in the cage cup since part of it is under the feeder bottom. If this works, I'll get a pic

 

[Chicky Tocks]

So glad I don't have quail to compete with my serama roo! He has enough competition with the big boy roosters! Little stinker starts at 4:30 a.m. and his crow can't be mistaken. It's very high pitched and he crows no less than 30 times in a row. I'm sure the neighbors hate me and are plotting his demise.

 

[rarebreedeggs4u]

Here are a few photos of the double feeders I mentioned. So far, fingers crossed, the spilled feed is in the bottom cage cup, not the poo tray

 

[Schroeder]

I use the same type feeders, but I narrowed the opening by riveting a piece of sheet metal along the length of the opening. They can't get their feet into it so there is not as much wasted.

 

[rarebreedeggs4u]

Great idea!