Wife called me to let me know we had our first escape today , looks like Dad was trying to be helpful move the tractor ( we tell him not to but it goes in one ear other the other , guess he's just trying to be a good father in law) to a part of the yard that was too unlevel and too short of grass and left a gap it crawled under on the bright side it hung out around the tractor with the rest till she showed up.....then proceeded to run around the yard

Proceedes to do a video call where she cussed it out 5 ways while it played hide and go seek

Think imma get this picture framed


So yeah looks like I definitely need to add that heavy net skirt I was thinking about
Now excuse me while I try not to laugh my but off while she rants about how easy they blend in .....yeahh I'm gonna be in the dog house for a little

This is all your fault, WD. Even though you weren't there and had nothing to do with it, still your fault. And this may come up years from now when she is mad at you for something else you may or may not have done.

Prayers sent!

First time, right, get a long handle net

Flush it up and fry it up.

Swear we had one in the shed but apparently not well I gave her a credit card for a reason she's only 10min from the bait shop and Walmart lol

Lol I married a complete weirdo , she admits she wrong more in a week then I've seen most women do in a life time . Pretty sure she might just be a FBI agent but we to deep to do anything now

One good thing about coturnix is that they usually don't fly far.
I use them for pup training for a few weeks, until the hens start laying at 7-8 weeks.
Best flight birds I raised are Austrian Fawn X British Range cross, smaller body with a larger wingspan.
The Pharaoh meat birds like you have could barely fly.
Never had much luck with recovery traps , they just don't seem to have covey instincts like Bob white.