My hens eggs she was sitting on just hatched all 8 of them. My question can the babies stay with the parents or do I have to put them in a brooder. I have a brooder ready if I need to move them. Both parents seem to be taking care of the young. I placed water and crushed food in the cage for the...
I have a very mean button quail. Every time I put my hand in the cage to change the water, feed , Clean or take out the eggs. he charges after my hand and grabs hold of my finger, once he has hold of my finger he wont let it go. There is only 2 quail in the cage him and my hen who is nice as...
My female button was laying eggs fine then about 2 weeks ago she started to lay soft eggs no hard shell at all.
she gets fed 24% non medicated chick starter. (the feed store doesnt sell gamebird feed) I add oyster shell to the feed, Ive put her in a cage by herself to see if that helps. Im...
Im thinking about building my own Cage for my button quail, Ive found out where i can get the hardware cloth i need. My question is where can i get the tray for the bottom of the cage?
I have 2 hens in a cage together Ive had them since September no egg laying, Well I ordered eggs that 2 hatched out of at christmas (nice christmas present for me) Well any way the Hens started to lay eggs like crazy ever since the chicks hatched out, today I go to clean the hens cage and one of...
Ok so after worrying about my quail hatching I had and egg hatch today came home from the store and a baby quail was in the bator was happy and did my little happy dance lol well before i left for my daughters house today i checked on the baby and the other eggs in the bator 2 were hatching i...
Question can Button eggs be candled if so when is the best time to do it. My eggs have been in the incubator for only 2 days now.
also is there a way to make an egg candler?
This is my very first time trying to hatch eggs
I have one more question today my inubator shot up to 102. it was fine...
Ill be getting some button quail eggs for hatching very soon, My incubator temp is 101 and the humidity level is at 50 is this ok for hatching the eggs. Ive been testing the bator for 2 weeks now and Ive been keeping the bator around these temps.
thanks
kathy
hello my name is Kathy and I live in Baltimore Maryland
I own 2 button quail, 1 cockatiel, 2 parakeets, and 1 dog at this time. Im looking for more Buttons I fell in love with them.