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My Gambels flew the coop LITERALLY

post #1 of 17
7/14/12 at 9:04pm
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I had hatched 12 Gambels and fell in love, well one by one I lost them to weather and then somehow found a hole in the wire and lost 4 more, so had 2 left I triple checked the cage and was very secure, I was getting the waterer out and poof one flew out as I looked the other flew also.

Well they are happy now and actually have been sticking around their cage. I feed them and have water, they are gorgeous!

Ayda

Mother of 2 boys, 8 horses, 4 dogs, 3 cats, 36 (now 90) laying girls, 1(now6)+ roosters and 2(+4) turkeys and wanting to expand next year!!(chickens that is)(Well already expanded lol) oh yeah and wife to one heck of a guy!!

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Mother of 2 boys, 8 horses, 4 dogs, 3 cats, 36 (now 90) laying girls, 1(now6)+ roosters and 2(+4) turkeys and wanting to expand next year!!(chickens that is)(Well already expanded lol) oh yeah and wife to one heck of a guy!!

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post #2 of 17
7/15/12 at 7:27am

Well, that's one way of restocking.  Hopefully they will survive.

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post #3 of 17
7/15/12 at 8:20am
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Originally Posted by Wyogirl View Post

I had hatched 12 Gambels and fell in love, well one by one I lost them to weather and then somehow found a hole in the wire and lost 4 more, so had 2 left I triple checked the cage and was very secure, I was getting the waterer out and poof one flew out as I looked the other flew also.

Well they are happy now and actually have been sticking around their cage. I feed them and have water, they are gorgeous!

Ayda


 Im sorry to hear this Ayda.... Hurts your heart to lose your whole flock! I should be able to "Gift" you eggs in the spring if you'd like.  Bill

 

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post #4 of 17
7/16/12 at 2:24pm

I had a male Gambel escape last week. And I'm currently listening to him call in the distance right now smile.png So he's hanging around the area. That's the first time I've ever had a quail escape. 

 

Chickens: Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Delawares, Silver Sebrights and Golden Polish (bantams)

Ducks: Mallards, Khaki Campbells and Black East Indies

Wild Ducks: Northern Pintails

Geese: Pilgrims

Others: Ringneck Pheasants, Gambel's Quail and Emu

 

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Chickens: Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Delawares, Silver Sebrights and Golden Polish (bantams)

Ducks: Mallards, Khaki Campbells and Black East Indies

Wild Ducks: Northern Pintails

Geese: Pilgrims

Others: Ringneck Pheasants, Gambel's Quail and Emu

 

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post #5 of 17
7/17/12 at 6:15am
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I hope they survive the winter am planning on making them an outside protected area to live in as they go under the chicken coop right now and I do have catssad.png

Ayda

Mother of 2 boys, 8 horses, 4 dogs, 3 cats, 36 (now 90) laying girls, 1(now6)+ roosters and 2(+4) turkeys and wanting to expand next year!!(chickens that is)(Well already expanded lol) oh yeah and wife to one heck of a guy!!

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Mother of 2 boys, 8 horses, 4 dogs, 3 cats, 36 (now 90) laying girls, 1(now6)+ roosters and 2(+4) turkeys and wanting to expand next year!!(chickens that is)(Well already expanded lol) oh yeah and wife to one heck of a guy!!

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post #6 of 17
7/30/12 at 11:33am
Gambels quail are wild birds and so sooner or later, they will leave even if you did raise them from chicks. Cats are a big problem for quail.
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post #7 of 17
8/19/12 at 6:51am
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Here he is, one of my Gambels has been hanging out in the rooster pen!! He is getting big and sometimes can't squeeze into the fence LOL. I'm thinking its a he but ???? 

Ayda

Mother of 2 boys, 8 horses, 4 dogs, 3 cats, 36 (now 90) laying girls, 1(now6)+ roosters and 2(+4) turkeys and wanting to expand next year!!(chickens that is)(Well already expanded lol) oh yeah and wife to one heck of a guy!!

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Mother of 2 boys, 8 horses, 4 dogs, 3 cats, 36 (now 90) laying girls, 1(now6)+ roosters and 2(+4) turkeys and wanting to expand next year!!(chickens that is)(Well already expanded lol) oh yeah and wife to one heck of a guy!!

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post #8 of 17
8/19/12 at 12:25pm
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Here he is, one of my Gambels has been hanging out in the rooster pen!! He is getting big and sometimes can't squeeze into the fence LOL. I'm thinking its a he but ???? 

Ayda


Nice, he appears very healthy.  It is a male.

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post #9 of 17
8/19/12 at 1:24pm

do any of you guys have 2 year old gambles or 18 month old blue scaled?

I lost 2 and have 2 left and i only have males left

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post #10 of 17
8/20/12 at 12:22pm

I had a pair walk out the pen door that didn't close tight. They hung around for a while then the hen flew down the block. The male stayed for a couple days until he heard her call, then raced off to find her. I built a "call pen" funnel into the pen with the other pair I had, and when the escapees came back in the yard, with in 2 hrs were back in captivity. Kind of sad, but they are safer and I built a large hoop house where both pair live.

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