Meet the bird-obsessed farmer who is best friends with his exotic quails and loves to dress them up in tiny hats.<br /><br />Bernard Henry, 28, has 52 themed bonnets for his Mearns quails – who he has named Finn, Quinn, Jake and Daisy.<br /><br />He first started raising birds when he was 17 and now has 150 of the feathered friends - including peacocks, chickens, ducks, and button quails roaming around his farm.<br /><br />But Bernard keeps his Mearns quails - which cost him £832 for four - close by and lets them have their own room in the house.<br /><br />Bernard loves spending time with the pets and dresses Finn and Daisy up in cute hats – such as a frog and jester hat.<br /><br />Now the duo has a collection of 52 themed bonnets.<br /><br />Bernard, a flower farmer, from New Milford, Connecticut, US, said: “I keep them close by.<br /><br />“They love attention, they are like Golden Retrievers.<br /><br />“They have their own room but like to hang out on my window in my room.<br /><br />“I get woken up by bird song every morning.<br /><br />“They are my best friends.<br /><br />“I bought a random hat and tried it on Finn, and he loved it.<br /><br />“The frog one is one of my favourites – it’s so cute.”<br /><br />Bernard started raising chickens at age 17 and has grown his bird collection from there and now has seven species on the farm.<br /><br />His Mearns quails are the latest addition to his pets, and he spends two hours a day socialising with them.<br /><br />Bernard will chop up fruit and feed them sunflower seeds every day and clean their enclosure every other day.<br /><br />He said: “I love it.<br /><br />“I used to be glued to my desk for medical school and miserable.”<br /><br />Bernard spends hours a day with the birds and loves to try out different themed hats on Finn – such as a cap and beret.<br /><br />He said: “He loves wearing the hats.<br /><br />“I want to get him and Daisy a little tux and wedding gown after they mate.”<br /><br />Bernard also has two dogs, two cats and seven goats on the farm and spends his days harvesting and planting flowers.<br /><br />He gets up every morning to feed and let out the birds and animals so they can roam freely over an acre of land.<br /><br />Bernard said: “I go through about 200lbs of feed a week which costs £166.<br /><br />“We feed them sustainably and cut down on waste.<br /><br />“I also cut the nails and file the beaks of the quails and do a health check once a week.”
