This week, we moved our latest batch of broiler chickens to their growing space which comprises a small hut (for night quarters) and a large strawyard.
To offset the gloomy conditions in the shed where the quail are housed, I've set up a light on a timer to provide an artificial day length of 16 hours. If you can control the amount of light to which quail are exposed, you can manipulate their breeding cycle.
In response, our new quail hens produced their first egg, and the distinctive call which signals the onset of sexual maturity in the cockerels, is becoming more frequent.
Recent rains (a rare thing lately) and the onset of spring weather have produce a flush of growth in the grass and weeds around our block.
