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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: hughesy on January 29, 2011, 09:33:50 am

Title: Quail in the veg plot?
Post by: hughesy on January 29, 2011, 09:33:50 am
Someone has told the missus that keeping quail in the veg plot is a good idea in that they eat slugs etc but don't bother the plants. I'm sceptical having seen what chickens can lay waste to in a few hours! Anyone any experience of this?
Title: Re: Quail in the veg plot?
Post by: black_feather on January 29, 2011, 07:32:25 pm
They will escape unless there's small netting all the way around the perimeter and a net above, and god knows how you would get them back. My advice is don't do it.