Ducks and Geese around the watering hole |
Well, not fine exactly. The horses decided to break the water trough. (Second broken one). We had one more spare and then, if they bust that we've got to buy a steel one. Someone told us to use the plastic troughs and that has been a huge mistake. A friend of mine told me I had bored horses, and given the size of the pen, not a huge surprise. We're going to have to figure out how to expand in the spring. How, I don't know.
Troublemakers |
Lastly, I've been playing with the idea of getting quail. There are a number of good reasons for this: 1. Quail takes a short time to mature and within less than 2 months, you have a bird that lays eggs. 2. Their eggs are expensive and quite a delicacy. 3. They taste good. And 4. They don't need a lot of room.
The problem with purchasing quail is that you either have to order them by the dozens and pay a lot for the birds and shipping, or you get eggs mailorder and hope they hatch. I don't mind hatching eggs, but my little incubator can only do about 12 or so at a time. When someone is offering more than 50 eggs, it gets silly. So, when I saw someone in Missoula selling pheasants that might have blue scale quail, I decided to check them out.
Blue Scale Quail |
They're skittish little things. Right now, I'm keeping them in a crate, but I will probably figure out a nice pen for them.
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