Hey everyone! I’ve been working on an app called Eggspert for people who hatch their own eggs.

It helps keep everything for a hatch in one place instead of trying to remember dates or keep notes scattered everywhere. You can track incubation progress, candling dates, temperature and humidity, egg weights, hatch results, notes, and more.

It supports chickens, ducks, quail, turkeys, geese, and other poultry, and you can keep a history of your previous hatches to look back on.

I originally started building it because I wanted something simple that was actually focused on incubation rather than a generic farm-management app.

Eggspert: eggspertapp.com

If you hatch eggs at home, I’d love for you to check it out!

Hi! I’ve settled on building an 8x4 walk in aviary and planning to keep around 10-15 quail. Making a material list and the costs become staggering lol.

The plan was to cover the entire thing in 1/4 hardware cloth which I knew would be costly but it’s going to be around $550-600 just for the mesh alone as I’ve got over 200sqft to cover 😅🥲

We get rats and raccoon regularly so I’m not trying to cheap out or put my future flock at risk, but if you see a way to make this more cost effective without compromising safety, please share your insight! I would love to hear it.

I’ve also adjusted my aviary design a bit to minimize waste. If it goes to plan, we will have avoided almost all waste which is pretty great so that method is covered!

Thank you!

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He was in perfect health on Sunday but when I went to feed him on Monday, he couldn't stand and at the vet, she said he had fluid in his lungs and threw up the glucose she gave him, which is exactly what happened to Yiyi without warning. He was a really hardy bird which makes it so shocking. Almost had him for three years but he seemed younger and energetic. This will be my last quail as we find it too heartbreaking. It is really surprising how something so small can give such joy when it is there and such sadness when it goes. Treasure your quails because you will miss them when they go.

Yesterday I posted about a male quail I found wondering in my front yard. I'm pretty sure no one is looking for him (I named him Gomez btw). I searched my neighborhood high and low for his family. I think he may have been dumped for being a boy.

Now time for the good part of the update! I have decided to adopt him and I got him a girlfriend so he's not lonely. He was crowing all night until I brought her home! I named her Dolly! She went strait to bathing when I got her home as you can see. I wanted to get more, but she was the only female I could find on such short notice. I'll be acquiring a decent coop soon, then they'll be set for life!

I wanna thank this community soooooo much for offering so much help and advice in my last post! You guys saved me a ton time in getting these sweet borbs set up and cared for properly. 💕