Natural conditions for coturnix quail (lotsa pics Page Two!)

[FenDruadin]

Promised pics.

Here is the critter compound:

Shed on the left holds all their supplies & feed, next pen over is for the goats (who were out roaming when I took this), next is ducks, and finally the quail. Closer in:

And inside:

And here is our no-longer-lonely-virgin guy, Mr. Tumnus:

He's very proud of himself:

Here's our pretty new girl. She's twice as big as Mr. Tumnus, lol. Her name is Freckles (I have kids, what can I say):

But really, given her not-so-subtle seduction of Mr. Tumnus, she really ought to be named Mrs. Robinson. See how coy she can be?

And here are the three younger girls we picked up, in a growing-out pen. They are named Blackie (told you I had kids, right?), Whitechin (kids), and Lucy (me--to go with Mr. Tumnus):

And here's Mr. Tumnus again, enjoying (i.e., hiding from Mrs. Robinson I mean Freckles behind) the Virginia creeper:

There will be more pictures & story up on my blog... eventually.

Oh, two more--in the early pictures, you see the chain link. I did not completely enclose it in hardware wire today, but I did make progress:

And across the back:

I'll work on it a bit each weekend and have it completely covered in about a month I'm guessing.

 

[TwoCrows]

Love that little white quail! Looks like they have a nice home. Keep up the good work on the aviary and good luck with all your new birds!

 

[FenDruadin]

Thank! I think she's a very pretty girl, and kinda wish I'd gotten a couple more like her. But, whites are harder to sex than the browns, so it's probably better if I stick with mostly brown. This one is def a girl, though, lol.

And by the way, my son really doesn't look like a little devil in person. He was hamming for the camera. He's a very sweet boy. Really.

 

[snyd08]

very nice. im sure that will be one happy little cock bird.(and his girls) they should live a nice happy long life in an enclosure as roomy as that. 1 male to 4 females will be perfect for your little colony.. gives the male plenty of variety

and the females a chance to have a break from the feisty little guy