The hits just keep on coming.
Our quail came the night before last. We weren't ready for them. The hatchery was supposed to call us two days in advance. And email. They didn't. We got a call from the post office, God only knows how long they were there. I had to go there after hours and bring them home to a broken brooder box. We lost a few of them the first night, and a bunch more yesterday while I was at work. But the worst part was, we left the door ajar and Haley got down into the basement this morning and demolished about 40 birds.
We're down to 25 live babies and 3 that don't look likely to make it. Plus, we don't have the right food; we have only adult bird food, not starter, so it doesn't have enough protein and nutrients. I was supposed to pick some up from the feed store after work yesterday, but wouldn't you know it? The truck battery died and I couldn't open the hood and by the time I got a jump, the feed store was closed.