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My buttons are not exactly friendly, no. It's relatively easy to get them tame enough to eat treats from your hand and as long as I move slowly they don't panic while I'm cleaning their cage and will even come to investigate after a while. But they won't let me touch them.

I have 5 chicks this morning ^^ All dry and fluffy and mom just took them with her from the nest - which means they crossed a roughly 1 inch high barrier, as seen on the picture. Daddy was there too, but he left when I opened the door to grab a pic. So they hatched somewhere between 7 PM last...

I might take back the hatch during evening thing. It's 7:20 PM here, I just got home from work and I'm pretty sure I hear chicks. I haven't seen them yet, mom is still on the nest and I suspect she'll stay there till tomorrow morning. I think daddy hears them too, he was standing a few inches...

I basically feed the same feed to chicks and adults. It's already crumbled. Some pieces are too big for the chicks, but there is plenty they can eat. I do use a different dish for the chicks though - a very low one - but I don't add that before the chicks are actually there as the adults make a...

I only have buttons, but as far as I know, most of it applies to coturnix as well: Usually they hatch in the evening or during the first part of the night - at least I assume so, as they are usually dry when I first see them and that is nearly always in the morning. Mommy might have stayed on...