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my Buttons are currently raising nine chicks. They should be two weeks old next Wednesday. Today I found my male in the corner of the back of the cage making strange noises and the female answered. He got up and there is an egg! She is now sitting on it and building a nest! Is that normal...
I am new to Button quail and I am wondering what my male is trying to tell me. I separated him and his girlfriend yesterday because she started chasing another hen. First I thought my dog was snoring :D. He will pick the highest spot in the cage for this show. They are both almost 6 weeks old...
My buttons are 4 weeks old now and I can't figure out what gender Curt may be. He doesn't quite look like the rooster on the right side of the picture. On the other hand he does. Curt has some red tail feathers like his brother, but no red on his chest and the blue is more gray with speckles. He...
This year was the first time I took eggs from my own quail and incubated them. 4 out of 6 hatched and 3 were hens. I integrated them with the rest of the flock and everything was fine. Until now...
One of the hens is the most aggressive bird I have ever seen. Her name is Goldie. She literally...
I introduced a young rooster to my adult hens. I am thinking about keeping one for breeding. They didn't care about him at all, not until one of my hens spotted him. Her name is Granny, because she has a white mop on her head. Granny attacked him, it looked like she was trying to scalp him.
I...
I need your help sexing three of my 28 chicks. They are outside with the other chicks. I am not sure anymore if they are hens. The first one is one of my chicks. The second one has some speckles, but maybe not enough? The third one is my runt, still fits into my hand. They are all three weeks...
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I am raising and keeping coturnix quail for about 2 years now. I started with a cheap incubator and hatched 3 chicks. Luckily, two where hens. I re-read everything, brought a new incubator and now there are 11 fluffballs running around outside.
And since raising quail is a serious...