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I was planning on getting some egg laying hens.I never thought of using 5 gallon buckets for housing.genius...

thanks for the link.

My parents have chickens on their farm (among other things).

Really not that complicated. Protect them from predation, feed/water them. Collect eggs. Occasionally put chicken poop on garden.

Tried to raise a newly hatched grey francolin chick. Poor bird guess was running from mongoose and ran to the sound of a generator. Bought uv lamp and feed, but unsuccessful. Glad to see francolins with chicks running around now. Hate mongoose with a passion.
You guys raise quails?
Only have raised love birds. Would like to raise some game birds.
Aloha!

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Tried to raise a newly hatched grey francolin chick. Poor bird guess was running from mongoose and ran to the sound of a generator. Bought uv lamp and feed, but unsuccessful. Glad to see francolins with chicks running around now. Hate mongoose with a passion.
You guys raise quails?
Only have raised love birds. Would like to raise some game birds.
Aloha!

kaneohe farm supply sells quail. they had button quail males and females the last time i was there and the guy said they also bring in convex or some other variety.  they also. sell guinea fowl or something like that.

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We've been raising chickens for a few years. very easy in hawaii. Not many predators here. Mongoose are only a threat to chicks, and cats/dogs are really the only other threat to chickens. Nice thing with chickens is they are hardy and aren't flighty. Quails are more susceptible to disease and are flighty, also with quail being smaller they are more susceptible to predation. The hardest part of raising chicks is predator proofing for the first 3 months or so, till they aren't threatened by mongoose anymore. After that all that is really needed is shelter, food/water, dust bathing area to control external parasites, and occasional deworming if they start dropping weight. We use a few small dog kennels we got from a friend as our nesting box, the holes in the side help with ventilation and keeping the chickens cool.

Mahalo for the great tips and info. Will PM if any critters come my way mostly pigs and goats.
Like to try birds again. Less noise and don't destroy your yard.
Aloha!

i got a pair of hens, (county regulation allows for only 2 hens and no roosters per family in Honolulu County, or something) built the coop.

About half the coop was made from salvaged material, had to buy the chicken wire, screws, hinges, etc. 
The other half was made from wood found on bulk pickup day, and got lucky when my neighbor tossed out a couple of those "virtually unbreakable" plastic corrugated sheets to use as roofing.

I pondered on the design for months, only because I wanted to use as much salvaged material as possible while accommodating basic natural ammenities for the chickens, for example there had to be enough space for a nesting box on the bottom and a roost at the highest point of the coop.  And robust enough to keep a cat out.

Got the hens as chicks from Asagi Hatchery Kalihi, hand raised them until they were about 8-10 inches tall.


I am very interested in QUAILS (and also rabbits).
I have little to no experience handling them hence my next project.

Q have you raised them before?

any easy durable coop ideas?  i was thinking of making a frame and attaching poultry netting to the frames to act as walls.

how do they sleep?  on branches or on the ground huddled?

do they need enough head room to take flight?

what types of foliage do they consume?  will they eat koa haole leaves?

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i got a pair of hens, (county regulation allows for only 2 hens and no roosters per family in Honolulu County, or something) built the coop.

About half the coop was made from salvaged material, had to buy the chicken wire, screws, hinges, etc. 
The other half was made from wood found on bulk pickup day, and got lucky when my neighbor tossed out a couple of those "virtually unbreakable" plastic corrugated sheets to use as roofing.

I pondered on the design for months, only because I wanted to use as much salvaged material as possible while accommodating basic natural ammenities for the chickens, for example there had to be enough space for a nesting box on the bottom and a roost at the highest point of the coop.  And robust enough to keep a cat out.

Got the hens as chicks from Asagi Hatchery Kalihi, hand raised them until they were about 8-10 inches tall.


I am very interested in QUAILS (and also rabbits).
I have little to no experience handling them hence my next project.

Q have you raised them before?

any easy durable coop ideas?  i was thinking of making a frame and attaching poultry netting to the frames to act as walls.

how do they sleep?  on branches or on the ground huddled?

do they need enough head room to take flight?

what types of foliage do they consume?  will they eat koa haole leaves?

quail eat the same thing as chickens, bugs and stuff.  for my chickens i feed them vegetables and fruits tthat fall of the trees at work and see other chickens eating, i also have wood chip mulch they scratch through. i hardly give them feed. i try to give them the same habitat they would have in the wild.  I would do the same when I raise quail.
for cages I've read that you want the cages longer instead of taller. reason being you don't want the birds to take flight, they might injure themselves.
if you keeping males with females i think the ratio is 4 or 5 females per male.
for cage ideas, i saw a post where people bought a roll of wire, i forgot what size square and folded there own cages so they were custom sized. i don't have my notebook with me right now so i don't got all the info on hand sorry.

Are you raising rabbits already? i want to get into it but not sure if the ewa heat is too hot. trying to figure out ideas to keep the cool.

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