My Gambels flew the coop LITERALLY

[Wyogirl]

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

 

[sourland]

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

 

[Fat Daddy]

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

 

[BayGoose]

I had a male Gambel escape last week. And I'm currently listening to him call in the distance right now

So he's hanging around the area. That's the first time I've ever had a quail escape.

 

[Wyogirl]

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 cats

Ayda

 

[Ntsees]

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.

 

[Wyogirl]

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

 

[Ntsees]

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.

 

[the outdoorsman44]

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

 

[Sister Mary Michael]

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.