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😂 I had a rooster start crowing at five weeks old, once! Others at six weeks old. The five-week-old shocked me, It was my first hatch and I wasn't expecting crowing till eight weeks.

I just noticed this exact same thing on my male coturnix. He's nearly nine weeks old now. Checked the others in the same cage and he was the only one with it. What happened with your birds?

And Air Conditioning 😂 Mainly air conditioning

Our electricity finally came back on and I can finally bring my quail chicks back home! 😂 Three days without was starting to get a little irritating.

Lol, yeah, the cool weather didnt last long 😅 Already back up in the 80s and expecting more severe weather this evening. Hopefully we get power restored soon, it's too dang hot

We got hit hard this morning. 80mph straight line winds and we got hit with a tornado just a mile from home. Been without power since 6, almost the entire area is without power. Crazy morning! Thankfully our neighbor has power and let us move our 4 day old quail over there to brood. Don't know...

Right! This morning felt so good, but then around 11 the humidity kicked in. Uhg, it's so gross out

Certainly, sounds like a worthwhile investment! I've done similar set ups with tarps mainly, usually while at work. Something I'd suggest if you go this route is to secure your poles good, either by burying them down a foot or two or whatever other way works for you. Wind won't affect netting...

Yikes! Please stay safe! You've been drawing all the short sticks for the weather. Let's hope it comes to an end soon!

Ah, yes! That's certainly good advice. Thanks!

I figured someone would mention that. I'm in a very urban environment, only critters we have to worry about are cat and opossums. The cats could care less about the chickens and don't mess with chicken wire. My only real concern for the opossums potentially getting in is at the door. I'm...

Well, I just realized I never shared how the run came out. 😂 Ended up utilizing a 10'x13' space on the backside of my current run and built it directly into my fence, wall, and other run so that all I had to do was close up gaps and install a roof and door. Pretty happy with how it came out, I...

I want to thank the judges and Brinsea again! The incubator just came in and it's exactly what I needed! I wasn't expecting it to ship so fast. Lol. Can't wait to use it! Thanks for having these contests to support your members, this will be a great addition to my little homestead.

Well, I finally ended up buying Game Bird Flight Conditioner. Its 19% Protein, figure it's the best I'm gonna get around here 😅