Any OBers raise yard birds?

Used to have chickens, quail, and rabbits. Don't have any anymore

Good looking set up. My ladies should be old enough to lay in Oct. I've got a coupe on wheels. It's been working out pretty good where I have no dead grass and no mess. I've got 4 acres and could def set them up in the back where it really wouldn't matter but I'll be Moving soon. I've I pull the trigger on the property that I'm looking at I'll build something similar to yours. Again, very nice

my chickens are dumb, buffs and easter eggers... refuse to go in the coop to lay or roost, they go on top of it
my golden courtournix quails and pharaohs haven't given me any eggs in almost 2 weeks as well, I have no clue why not either. on strike?

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How much of an effort is it to raise quail? Do you have any pictures of your setup? Nothing better than a jar of pickled quail eggs

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I don't know about everyone else, but my birds are finicky as hell, and the young ones are fragile. but pretty much keep them fat, dumb and happy. the pens I have are 6 females to 1 male incase I feel like hatching and are made from mesh hardware cloth so when they shite, I don't have to clean up, it just goes on the ground. theyre 1 foot high, 1' deep and 3' long. pretty simple to raise, but I have no clue why they just stopped laying completely.
pretty tasty too when I get too many males from a hatch

Our quail have slowed down laying also. Haven't stopped tho. Big weather swings & stress (loud noise) effect egg laying. When they aren't laying they eat just as much feed as when the are laying. 1st year of a quail/chickens life is there best laying. As far as chickens laying all over the place, get some golf balls any put in the box. They should sit on them & start laying in the box. My wife has really gotten in pickling last couple years. She sales pickled quail eggs, okra, asparagus, green beans, a few others at the Pointe Coupee Farmers Market & a local sea food store.

I started to put a small lamp in the quail cages to keep them at least spitting out some eggs every few days, but I figure the rain messed with them.

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Here is our quail setup. Not hard to care for. Wife spends 10-15 minutes a day with them. Feed, clean water, & clean up.


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I can't seem to keep my replacements alive. ill hatch about a dozen or so every two weeks, but only one or two will stay alive. my brooder looks exactly like that. only thing I haven't tried is putting more electrolytes and stuff in the parents water

Are you regulating their temp? 100 week one, 95 week 2, 90 week 3. When they get their adult feathers we put them outside. We also start them out with feed on a paper plate. After 4/5 days they usually figure out the feeder & we pull the plate. We put rocks 1st couple weeks in with their water. Keeps the water clean & keeps them from drowning. 1st sight of a bully we kill. Male or female. We had a female kill 3/4 birds before we figured it out and got rid of her. Male wasn't doing his job either. Got to protect those hens.

Sounds like they are not eating/drinking. Thier yolk last 3 days. They can live 3 days on it with out eating or drinking Try putting thier feed on a paper plate & extra water. Make it easy for them.