Hey everyone,
Long time no post!
I have an incredible thing to share... I have a coturnix quail hen that went broody, sat on some eggs and hatched a chick!
Only one so far, but she is a caring and protective mum....
I know how rare it is, I have a very special quail!
Very sad, but as others say, nothing you could have done.
I had a little chick recently that failed to thrive no matter what I did.
I force fed her every hour, forced her to drink, and I did it for 2 weeks.
She never once took any food or water on her own. At two weeks she was 36 grams, when her...
Another lot of quails hatched last weekend - 23 of them !
It was fertility check for the young birds that hatched through September and October and it is very good.
They are offsprings of your quails Satay
So not just my garden then.
I do like their clucking noise out my bedroom window, and miss it this summer.
Still have the dwarf green tree frogs everywhere though.
Nothing changed in my ponds for years, same fish, same vegetation.. oh hang on, I did cut down a big tree, so perhaps less shade...