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Those are only 4.5 square feet, definitely not 16. EDIT: I still don't know if I'd worry about her setup if the birds weren't acting stressed. I've had so many people quote me "minimum space" requirements per animal that were actually "minimum space with zero hides and enrichment" or "minimum...

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Yeah, I figured this out after I got all my state requirements sorted out well enough I knew I could meet them. At least I didn't bother with any of the paperwork. :/ I'm in OK. I think I'll just hang onto them until they can fly and what will be will be, not like anyone will come poke around...

Girlfriend brought home an abandoned pair of what she thought were starling chicks because one of her coworkers was bawling her eyes out over them. They're about a week old and really malnourished when they got here so it wasn't a case of someone freaking out over normal partly-fledged nest...

People mistake cause and effect in the whole area of helping chicks to hatch. Of course the ones that had to be helped tend to be weaker. That's not because they were helped, it's why they were helped. Even for the ones that were just turned wrong or too dry, trying to struggle out of an egg for...

If she does go broody, she won't try to incubate until she has laid all the eggs from her clutch. Often buttons lay eggs all over then collect them into a nest in one swoop when they're ready to sit on them. Clutches can be half a dozen to over a dozen so if you want to see if she's interested...

They do like fake plants and things like evergreen boughs that they can run around and hide in for cover. It makes them feel safer. I am also curious what sort of toys they might like. Parrots love things they can manipulate but I have no idea about game birds. I never tried giving my old pair...

:oops: Sadly I'm not going to keep too many more than I wanted originally, so most are going to wind up being rehomed once they grow out enough. Never mind that I kind of want an entire wall of button quail now. I do have some restraint. Some. Anyone know which genes give dark feet? It seems...

If you both are right, hopefully I can bypass them going wild by handling them a lot in the first week.

:D First set that dried off: And the only little guy whose color I can pick out for sure. He was pretty uncoordinated after he hatched to the point it looked like there was something wrong but he's pretty much okay after some hours learning to walk. I thought the chicks were supposed to...

Wanted a half dozen pairs of button quail, ordered 50 eggs to cover losses and unfriendly birds, got 120, incubated them all (of course), borrowed a crappy styro bator that wouldn't hold temp, lost power twice, and of course they are all popping like fluffy little corn kernels exactly on...