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post #1 of 5
4/27/12 at 8:54am
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Hey guys, so I had some cots hatch last weekend and put them in my brooder and ive had some Chinese painted (button) quail hatch today. Do you think I could put the new chicks in with the week old cots? I have another brooder on the go but its full of 3wk old cots!
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Tibetan tuxedo, a and m, golden Italian and cinnamon cots, chinese painted quail, 52 zebra finches, 2 java sparrows, one blue crowned hanging parrot, one blue crowned conure, 10 bengalese finches, 3 fife canaries and quail in the brooder!!!!!
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post #2 of 5
4/27/12 at 9:53am

So far my young cots have been real gentle except for the occasional one who thinks another's foot is a worm. I think the general rule for keeping young Cots together is 5 days age difference but I go about double that with no problems so far. I'm afraid the buttons would be smaller than a 5 day younger quail but you can give it a try. Week old cots won't kill them by trampling them

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post #3 of 5
4/27/12 at 10:03am

.I have mixed a group 2 days apart but a week may be too much. Is your brooder large enough to put a ¼ “mesh between them? Set your light half way between and the birds can share the same space but be protected from the larger cots.  

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post #4 of 5
4/27/12 at 11:49am

I always kept my buttons in their own brooder. I was too afraid that they would get trampled or dogpiled on and suffocated or beaten up.

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post #5 of 5
4/28/12 at 2:28am
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I normally keep mine separate. But, I too k a chance yesterday afternoon and put them in with the week olds... And after around 3 hrs of watching them decided they would be ok. One of the week olds seems to have taken up the postion of parent! When I woke up this morning the first thing I did was to check them. They seem to be fine!!!

I was ready with some wire whilst watching yesterday, so thanks for the advice. I think I need to start hatch-planning a bit better haha
Tibetan tuxedo, a and m, golden Italian and cinnamon cots, chinese painted quail, 52 zebra finches, 2 java sparrows, one blue crowned hanging parrot, one blue crowned conure, 10 bengalese finches, 3 fife canaries and quail in the brooder!!!!!
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Tibetan tuxedo, a and m, golden Italian and cinnamon cots, chinese painted quail, 52 zebra finches, 2 java sparrows, one blue crowned hanging parrot, one blue crowned conure, 10 bengalese finches, 3 fife canaries and quail in the brooder!!!!!
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