Meet the farmer making $100k-a-year showing off his pet quail online - posing them in customised miniature hats.<br /><br />Bernard Henry, 30 regularly posts videos on TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube of his Mearns quail, Finn, sporting one of his 100 personalised bonnets. <br /><br />With 1.6million followers on TikTok, Bernard earns $100k annually via the creator fund - where creators are paid depending on how many people interact with their content. <br /><br />The flower farmer purchases tiny hats for Finn to wear from a woman on Etsy, who brings Bernard’s creative visions to life. <br /><br />Finn also receives 10 to 20 hats a month from his fans and Bernard’s favourite is a full Sherlock Holmes outfit one follower handmade. <br /><br />Bernard loves spending time with the pets and dresses Finn up in cute hats – such as a jester hat and a flat cap.<br /><br />Bernard, a flower farmer, from New Milford, Connecticut, US, said: “None of the other animals enjoy wearing hats but Belle - who is a California quail - likes to wear sunglasses.<br /><br />“I wanted to make the farm open to the public for Easter because the tulips look amazing but sadly I’ve been too busy. <br /><br />“I love all my birds and some of them I’ve had for 14 years.<br /><br />“My grandparents had a farm and my parents always had birds in the house so it's normal to me.”<br /><br />Bernard - who lives with his husband, Michael Cefalu, 30 and 200 birds - is now gearing up for Easter. <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 five 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 my other bird, Daisy, a little tux and wedding gown after they mate.”<br /><br />Bernard and Michael have been married for a year-and-a-half, but together for more than a decade. <br /><br />“Michael’s more of a dog person, but I tell him it's either the quail or the highway," Bernard said. <br /><br />“I don’t think anyone loves birds as much as me.”<br /><br />Bernard has captured his love for quails in a children’s book centred around Finn called 'The Imaginary Adventures of Finn' - which has sold 2,000 copies this year.
