Saturday, May 17, 2014

Post Holiday Argument

After such a memorable holiday, for whatever reason the truly qrazy quail are fighting again!!!!!!
Rusty was behaving very oddly, and we thought she was just having a quail menopause, as she stopped laying eggs lately....but then we saw Ermentrude chasing her around, quite viciously!

We put Ermentrude in the cage (within the green house) for a couple of days.

We let her out...

She went STRAIGHT for Rusty!

So we put Rusty in the cage for a couple of days.

We let her out...

Ermentrude went straight for Rusty......!

Final and ONLY solution - STEVIE the Decoy Quail.
Cleaned, re-painted, and improved Stevie, all ready to go.

"Now then, ladies..."

"I'm here to sort you two out!!"

By moving Stevie into different locations occasionally, the real quail seem to think Stevie is real (or just a strange object in different locations...).

Oh no......not her again!

Two qrazy quail seem too busy thinking about Stevie, and there have been no sign of war for a day and half... Let's hope that everyone can live in peace now.

Saturday, May 3, 2014

We are going on a summer holiday...

Well, maybe not summer, but it was warm(ish) today, so Qrazy Quail went on their holiday in the garden! 
We bought a Fellside Animal Pen from Charlecote Pet shop, and we put it around a currant bush. Netting which came with the pen wasn't big enough to cover over the bush, so we used a different net. 

SO.....HAVE FUN, LADIES!!

Ermentrude (left) and Rusty (right)



They seemed really happy! 
They were bouncing around, pecking, digging, and dozing off in the shade....



They were out for about 4 hours. 

Meanwhile, their house got cleaned thoroughly.....and look what we found!!! 



This cute mouse isn't a permanent resident, and there's only this one about (so it seems.....!). We put an extra glass at the bottom of the greenhouse (one side was just netting) to make it hard for anybody else to get in.

Quail are now back in their mansion.
We are going to buy another pen to extend their holiday area. Roll on summer!