Unfortunately, I know exactly what you are going through right now, as I recently had one of my quail fly off on me. One suggestion I was told to try was to leave a couple of quail outside overnight to see if the missing one might return to sleep next to them. I tried leaving out one of my...
Adorable photo. Ditto to what the other posters have stated. I just wanted to add that when my quail eat more protein than normal (either more bugs or back when I was adding cat food to their feed), they also had runny/frothy stools. Once I cut back a bit on the bugs and eliminated the cat...
Yep, I also use "5" on the turning angle setting. I have two of these incubators, and have been very happy with them. The only difference from the posters above is that I have set the turning time to 45 minutes, rather than 120-180 minutes (for button quail.) That's not to say that I have had...
I currently have a pair of button quail housed in a flight aviary, mixed with cordons and orange-cheeked waxbills. I have a separate flight cage that houses another pair of buttons housed with a pair of yellow canaries. Most recently, I've added a pair of Harlequin (Coturnix) quail to my...
Ditto to what Quilsong mentioned. I think the elephant in the room here is that itty-bitty cage you are using to house four adult button quail. Keeping in mind that quail are ground-dwelling foragers, they need more leg-room than what your current hanging cage is allowing them. A new and...
Thank you for the suggestion, Jessie. I'll go ahead and move a few of my other birds outside to see if they call back and forth. I think I'll sit out there for a while later this evening to listen for any possible crowing as well, although I haven't heard him/her crow yet (which was part of my...
Well, I did the unthinkable, most idiotic, thing I could do today. I was having some trouble sexing one of my button quail. So, in a moment of pure genius, I thought it would be a good idea to take a photo of it in natural sunlight...outdoors - while holding him in my hand. Somewhere out in...
I use Repti-Sand, but I only have a handful of quail right now. I pay about $6 for a 5lb. bag, so it may be a bit costly if you have several birds and need a greater quantity. I would just stay away from potting soil with perlite in it (those tiny styrofoam-like white balls) and also avoid...
Hopefully, this link may help you identify what color varieties you have...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/565880/japanese-coturnix-quail-color-varieties
I'm kind of laughing at the previous responses entailing scissors, neck-wringing, decapitating, sauteing, blood-draining, and butchering...
I'm wondering if he is climbing into the hole because he thinks it is a sand bath for him. Have you tried offering a separate open dish filled with sand for him to roll around and bathe in? You may end up needing to use a hanging type of feeder with smaller holes that spill into a tray (see...
That's a bold number of eggs to start out with on your first hatch of buttons! I've never done that many all at once. Your temp is exactly where I set mine at now. Good luck on your hatch, and please keep us posted!
Sonia, your username startled me at first glance, as my real name is also Sonia (spelled the same as well) - too funny! On my first hatch of button quail, I really didn't know what I was doing. I had hatched chicken eggs before, but only in a simple box with a standard light-bulb strung...
I have buttons with varying personalities, just as I've seen in other birds I have raised. I've had a few hatch that seem to immediately run away from their own shell, more jumpy, more fearful and nervous, and more difficult to tame. Others have been very easy to tame, climb up and nestle in...
Definitely agree with you about the probiotics and added nutrients, especially right after hatching. I don't have any parrots now, but basically feed all the same to my other birds, as they all eat both pellets and seed. Live crickets are a favorite with all of them, but sprouts, broccoli...