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greenhouses, their construction, and growing un-seasonal plants.

I like to grow tropical fruit trees

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I went out to my greenhouse today and heard the peeping of baby quails. It seems my button quails had a few clutches hatch overnight and my wife and I counted at least eleven babies. A robin seems to have flown in then open door and seems really interested in the babies. I always remember the "birds are dinosaurs" trope and spenta solid half hour chasing him out... the robin really did not want to leave.

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[โ€“] tlongstretch 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are for entertainment and pest control. They stay on the ground and eat the bugs that might otherwise eat my plants. The adults are the size of a tennis ball, and the chicks when hatched are the size of bumble bees. You can easily hold a dozen chicks in your hand.

Here's a few pictures, hard to get any good ones because they are running around so quickly

[โ€“] NanoTriffid 1 points 1 year ago

Aw that looks brilliant and cute.

Thanks for the share . I think we need more bumble bee sized baby chicks in our lives. I'm off to go google more....