What did you do with your flock today?

[kurby22]

Well so far today the totals for hatches are 4 of my friends Call ducks. They are either a Blue or Black bibbed and a silver appleyard. I had my own little Call baby hatch too! And a Cemani, and a chick who I know his daddy is a Bantam Cochin but came from one of my bigger girl brown egg layers. I may never know who the momma is but I bet as this little one gets older I might be able to come close. The first 4 pics are my babies and the last 2 are my friends.

Beebies!! I’m so happy your friends duckies are hatching!

 

[ChicksnMore]

Was looking for building plans for fly boxes and came across this..hope it posts ok!
https://pin.it/23SQJqk

 

[PopoMyers]

Here’s the first baby!!!

Joy! Congratulations

 

[PopoMyers]

Thank you. Not sure what’s going on but it’s been about a week…

Daylight saving is messing with me, maybe him, too?

 

[PopoMyers]

It's only about 1cm across, barely anything. Told you it sounded more dramatic than it was! I was about 17 at the time too so it's faded a lot.

That alone could be devastating to teen's psyche. Face damage is a real downer. So glad it's faded.

 

[PopoMyers]

Well we got creative and a bit lazy in order to get the quail moved out of their crappy pens for something better. I opted to buy what I needed instead of building it since we are running out of free time and the rain delayed things for sooooo long. I’m happy with how it worked out and hoping it remains as sturdy as it appears to be!

This run fit exactly on top of the metal frame of the garden bed! We laid down pavers, then hardware cloth, then 70 lbs of sand, 3 cu ft of organic soil, and some pine shavings. Hoping this means no gross water/heat mixtures for maggots and keeps out rodents! Plus they will be easier to keep cool come summer since they are on soil that can drain. They seem sooo happy!

That looks and sounds perfect!

 

[Shetland lover]

Well we got creative and a bit lazy in order to get the quail moved out of their crappy pens for something better. I opted to buy what I needed instead of building it since we are running out of free time and the rain delayed things for sooooo long. I’m happy with how it worked out and hoping it remains as sturdy as it appears to be!

This run fit exactly on top of the metal frame of the garden bed! We laid down pavers, then hardware cloth, then 70 lbs of sand, 3 cu ft of organic soil, and some pine shavings. Hoping this means no gross water/heat mixtures for maggots and keeps out rodents! Plus they will be easier to keep cool come summer since they are on soil that can drain. They seem sooo happy!

Looks great and your quail certainly seem very happy! Gorgeous birds btw

 

[Shetland lover]

Well so far today the totals for hatches are 4 of my friends Call ducks. They are either a Blue or Black bibbed and a silver appleyard. I had my own little Call baby hatch too! And a Cemani, and a chick who I know his daddy is a Bantam Cochin but came from one of my bigger girl brown egg layers. I may never know who the momma is but I bet as this little one gets older I might be able to come close. The first 4 pics are my babies and the last 2 are my friends.

Just beautiful!

 

[Shetland lover]

A neighbor brought me a little bantam chick. It's mom died a while back and it was trying to get another mom to adopt it, but the hen wanted nothing to do with it and kept pecking it. Poor little thing. Guess it's been a little while. She looks stunted to me but hard to tell not knowing her breed background or age. She teeny tiny and seems oh so grateful to have a full crop and warm bed. Not sure what I'll do with her long term. Can maybe put her with Kimi's roo, Manchego when she's a little older. She might be happy with them. Couldn't make myself say no to taking her.View attachment 3435065View attachment 3435066

What a cutie!
I wouldn't have been able to say no either. She certainly looks very content in your hand. She sorta looks like a naked neck or a showgirl but if she was getting pecked a lot, that might just be feather loss.

 

[Shetland lover]

Was looking for building plans for fly boxes and came across this..hope it posts ok!
https://pin.it/23SQJqk

I had their calender last year, it was sooo funny! Sadly couldn't get this year's.