Do my birds love spring as much as I do?

[@connieboucher5546]

Your beds look great. For sturdy trellises to grow melons etc. on, cattle panels from IFA would be easy and work great!!!

[@birdnerd]

Thank you! Yes, I am planning to install them this week and hope to have a successful summer growing.

[@Scottishfinch]

Hi Chris Still enjoying ur podcasts and videos u post really helping me in my first year with finches I have 6 young shaft tail chicks just out nest last week doing ok I bred them in a cage I tried star finches but they didn’t feed chicks so I lost them but put next round eggs under zebras and they hav hatched out 2 chicks last week Keep up the good work ur doing sharing ur experience

[@birdnerd]

Thank you! I appreciate your support. Congrats with the shaft tail chicks and hopefully your stars will give you another opportunity. Thanks.

[@buuzbee]

Thanks for posting... love the veggie beds. We have a 150+lb tortoise that we grow the green for! Pls post your "recipe" for the egg food mix you made, tks!

[@birdnerd]

Awesome! Is it a sulcata tortoise that you have? My egg food consists of fresh chopped carrots, and hard boiled eggs with the shell. I do add any and all green veggies that are available and in season. “Romaine, kale, broccoli, spinach, etc.” I also add Higgins dry egg food mix. I put all of that together and lightly blend.

[@buuzbee]

@@birdnerd Yep, he's a sulcata! Do you put it in the food processor? It looks pretty fine in consistency.

[@birdnerd]

Yes I blend my carrots and broccoli first. Then i empty those into the container and then blend my lettuces and eggs together and the add those to the container with the carrots. I then add my dry mixes to the eggfood and stir them all together.

[@maryannwhitlock8429]

Hi Chris, love the channel and the podcasts... I'm wondering if you can tell me how long I need to keep button quail under a light......? Their about 4 weeks now ...I have some new ones hatching today.And need brooder box for them. It's autumn here and nights are down to 12c

[@birdnerd]

As long as they are fully feathered they should be ok. With it getting cooler there it may be beneficial to still have a heat source for them at night when it gets cooler. Once acclimatized button quail can be fairly hardy to cold temperatures.