i'm thinking the same thing.......i'm actually entertaining the idea of building a coop and getting some quail for the summer, but i really don't know what i'm in for. i would like to get pup on some birds as soon as i can, but i'm not sure how to go about it around here. any suggestions would be very much appreciated.



Try hooking up with a local trainer,Mine has a freezer full of bird's
He also train's on saturday's(field trial setup's) and basically if you want to come out you can run your dog,
He chargess a couple buck's for live bird's.The training session's Really help's with sociallization, honoring etc. and get's them on real bird's.I also have frozen bird's in my freezer, I use em for blind retrieves and the dog's love it. I thought abought raising some bird's but decided it would be to much like work.Tossin around a frozen bird for the pup as treat would be a good thing keep it short and fun and he/she will associate bird's with good times. just don't let'm chew or keep em .