I have two coturnix japanese isabelle quails. A golden and a white one. The goldenI know is female feather sexed.
Today I was making sushi in the kitchen, and then heard the music stopped. I went to check and I found out the white quail had scaped the brooder for the first time. It has two latches on the cover but even tho so it managed. It had passed on the keyboard and stopped the music.
The last 5-6 days or so the white quail has been very anxious and making so many noises, pecking the walls of the brooder and making complaining noises nonstop, pecking the other quail, pecking me, getting more and more violent by the minute. I really still don't know what's going on and why so much violence.
I let it roam free in the living room to blow up some steam. It pooped several times and I was watching it roam. Then it started pooping again, and I was like, I am really gonna watch a bird poop? Well ok maybe I haven't really ever watched it from a good angle, maybe I can see if anything's wrong. Then it started like really
bumping and I was like, what kind of poop is that? Is it ok? And it layed an egg!!!!
My very first egg and I could see it directly!!! So it's a female
I have two females!!!
It's not even 6 weeks old, just almost, and an egg already! I wasn't expecting it, also had heard that they may not lay in winter.
I am still a bit concerned about the white bird's behaviour. Is this normal? Is it puberty?
The white one has always been definitely more active and meaner than the other one, which is so calm and cuddly and good. But this has gotten totally out of hand.
I guess they don't need the lightbulb anymore? I can move them out of the brooder already? In the night here it gets pretty cold. Outside minus degrees inside below 10ºC. For now I just had them the bulb at night until 10AM.
The pic was taking just right after she layed the egg
It's a bit small but I guess that's normal now.
I am so happy! Two females and first egg!
Today I was making sushi in the kitchen, and then heard the music stopped. I went to check and I found out the white quail had scaped the brooder for the first time. It has two latches on the cover but even tho so it managed. It had passed on the keyboard and stopped the music.
The last 5-6 days or so the white quail has been very anxious and making so many noises, pecking the walls of the brooder and making complaining noises nonstop, pecking the other quail, pecking me, getting more and more violent by the minute. I really still don't know what's going on and why so much violence.
I let it roam free in the living room to blow up some steam. It pooped several times and I was watching it roam. Then it started pooping again, and I was like, I am really gonna watch a bird poop? Well ok maybe I haven't really ever watched it from a good angle, maybe I can see if anything's wrong. Then it started like really
bumping and I was like, what kind of poop is that? Is it ok? And it layed an egg!!!!
My very first egg and I could see it directly!!! So it's a female
I have two females!!!It's not even 6 weeks old, just almost, and an egg already! I wasn't expecting it, also had heard that they may not lay in winter.
I am still a bit concerned about the white bird's behaviour. Is this normal? Is it puberty?
The white one has always been definitely more active and meaner than the other one, which is so calm and cuddly and good. But this has gotten totally out of hand.
I guess they don't need the lightbulb anymore? I can move them out of the brooder already? In the night here it gets pretty cold. Outside minus degrees inside below 10ºC. For now I just had them the bulb at night until 10AM.
The pic was taking just right after she layed the egg
It's a bit small but I guess that's normal now.I am so happy! Two females and first egg!
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