I’m getting quail. I’m working on my design for the aviary now. I expect to have a couple of Coturnix by the end of the month – possibly a couple of Button Quail. I’m also going to be getting some Bobwhites. Quail eggs are rather tasty and Coturnix are prolific layers. Bobwhites also very good [...]
Ok - so I’m behind. There’s been a lot going on. A little over a week ago we had a bad storm. Lots of branches all over the yard, fortunately none on the house. We had some trees fall down. It’s a real mess I haven’t even had a chance to clean up yet.
This branch [...]
Today I spent sometime outside checking on the chickens. I was cleaning up some of the mess from the storms of the last few days which have left branches lying all over the yard when I noticed something strange about Aurora. She had a comb.
After closer inspection, she had a little red appearing on her [...]
Jessie has been acting a little sick lately. She’s seemed lethargic, not moving around much and sleeping a whole lot. We’ve been concerned, keeping an eye on her poop and I checked her crop to make sure everything seemed ok. She even started roosting down on a very low rung despite normally climbing her way [...]