@genxmidwife There are so many that we haven’t counted them yet. In just a few days they say goodbye to their hatch mates and 2/3 go to their new homes. The remaining babies will get big brooders to themselves as this is not the long-term brooder. #quailkeeping #coturnixquail #quailhatchlings ♬ […]
Self-sufficiency
Lessons learned so far this year
August is a busy time on the homestead. Yeah, I know it’s our first year as an official tiny homestead, but still… it’s time for preservation, doing inventory on what we have for glass jars, and do we have enough, determining what needs to be restocked and where it’s resourced […]
The care and housing of Coturnix quail.
Currently, in my greenhouse, we have 1 stacked set that has 2 cages my husband built. Gary built them after watching youtube channels about quail with inspiration by those who have much more experience than we have. Based on their designs ours too have a roll-out bottom for catching eggs. […]
Of Quail and Dogs…
We have a full-grown hen that will not lay… She’s got 16 hours a day of lighting, proper nutrition and yet she is just too tiny to lay eggs. Our 3-week olds in the grow-up reptile tank are bigger than she is. Her days are numbered as we don’t want […]
She wanted to do WHAT?
It all started with a request for goats. And this request was echoed frequently for a couple of years. When the new wife moved into the house, there was a small jungle in the back yard – and goats were an easy and ecologically smart way to clearcut that yard […]