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I have no idea why they do it, but I love it. I've just got 5 hens right now, no roo, so I like to imagine they're just celebrating each other 😅 Sometimes when one sings an egg song, one or two of the other hens will run over to investigate. No idea why 🤷‍♀️

We have 18 inches of siding as a "skirt" around the entirety of our aviary. It seems to provide adequate protection from wind, plus keeps the neighborhood cats from spooking the birds. But even that plus the roof wasn't enough to keep out all the sideways rain this past stormy winter! We will be...

We're still just getting 2/day! The other 3 girls have decided it's not spring yet (and in their defense, it hasn't been very spring-like in CA)

Alchemist Farm looks awesome. If my husband and I ever decide to get chickens, we'll most likely get them from there.

🤯 WOW this blew my mind, I had no idea, how neat!!

Your birds started laying already?? I'm so jealous! Mine petered out in August/September and still haven't started yet! I don't supplement light though. I did have one strange week in January when just one bird was laying an egg every day, then it stopped! So weird. My husband eats a lot! 😅

Thank you! I've been watching your YouTube updates even in my absence here 😊 You've been busy!

:frow omg, it's been so long since I've updated! All the ladies are still doing well. I've had some major life events over the past few months (illness in the family, then I got married!, etc.) and haven't been spending much time online... BUT all is well, and things are chugging along in the...

Seems as though my poor girls have been molting for over a month now... I feel so bad for them. I can tell they're uncomfortable, and I worry that this is what has been contributing to the strife and conflict in my aviary for the past ~6-8 weeks. I know they're molting, because it's the right...

The two that made it through shipping survived just fine. After getting them over the stress of shipping they did well and integrated into the aviary without issue. The falb fee was always the most nervous of the flock but I think that's just her disposition. They've both been having behavioral...

I give a small handful of BSFL to my 5 birds probably once or twice a week. It probably works out to maybe 4-5 worms per bird? I've never counted. So I guess if you amortized that out over the course of the whole week, at the top end, my birds are probably getting an average of 1-1.5 BSFL per...

As for the behavioral issues we've been having... I've had limited success with the various episodes of isolation and reintroduction. Pearl and Jenny (the falb and pearl fees from SWGB) still seem to be the centers of the issues. The routine goes: 1. Isolate aggressive quail for 7-14 days...

The plants are probably nearing the peak of their summer growth 🌱 The thunbergia vine should be evergreen in our zone, and it's by far been my favorite. The quail love eating the flowers, and the vines that have grown into the aviary provide a great place for them to hide. It's a twining vine...

It's taken me a while to come back and update this thread with pics, but the roof has been on for a couple weeks now! So far so good. We elected not to do a pitched roof for a couple of reasons, the main reason being lack of time. We don't get any snow here, and rainfall is usually minimal, so...

I don't know if you need any more, but here are a few of my faves!

We're putting the roof on weekend after next! Will definitely come back and update here once it's on

Treats my birds have enjoyed in order of how much they like them: Dried insects Black soldier fly larvae Mealworms Fresh greens Basil Alfalfa sprouts Microgreens (baby sprouts of arugula, broccoli, amaranth, beet tops, parsley, kale, etc.) Wheatgrass Dandelion greens Spinach Butter lettuce...

*SIGH* Still having lots of quaviary drama... So, the falb fee (Jenny) was reintroduced about a week ago and she's actually been fine. After a full week in isolation, she went back into the aviary and seemed to reintegrate without any dominance issues. However, then the pearl fee (Pearl)...

I’ve got some California native grapevines, passionflower, and black-eyed susan vines growing on 3 of the walls. By this time next year I’m sure they’ll be really well filled out!

We did ours 8’ tall just so we didn’t have to cut more wood than absolutely necessary, and the studs came 8’ long by default 😅 Some days I wish we had just done 6’