Are there other options if I'm not able to put the cages next to each other?
I could try but the lower level of the cage has a layer of opaque plastic so the wouldn't be able to see each other through that
Hi again,
So my quail just hatched four chicks a couple of days ago and they were in the cage with the parents, everything was fine, the mother was caring for them and the father was leaving them alone.
Last night tho, the male first tried to mate with the female and then attacked one of the...
Hi everyone,
my quail hatched four chicks two days ago and they are doing great; but she was brooding six eggs and when the four I mentioned before hatched she just left the nest.
So I took the other two eggs since she was ignoring them, I looked at them through light and saw that they were...
Sorry to bother again, but after the chicks hatched you left them with the hen for how long before removing them and reintroducing the male?
Or did you just remove them after a couple days/weeks from the hatching day?
Because I don't think mine will be able to stay separated, I had to do it a...
At the moment the male (he's a chinese painted quail too) is sitting next to the female and near the nest most of the day every day, he's not bothering her but I'm afraid he may become aggressive with the chicks if they hatch.
Hi everyone, this is my first post on here because I need some insight from someone more experienced than me in this "field".
I have two button quails (male and female), they are now a little over two years old, but just about 6 days ago the female became broody.
She kind of tried in the past...