Hi everyone!
I gave all of the babies and the cinnamon set of parents to my friend as planned. They are doing great. No more baldness!
I kept my original pair, the silver male and cinnamon female, and was able to introduce the red breasted female to them successfully after a few weeks of using...
Darn! I was always told I could keep up to 3 females with one male.
Originally I moved the baby into the cage with the other babies and parents when she was a newborn. The other babies pecked the heck out of her so I moved her back with her mother. When the newborn was in with the babies, she...
Hi Dk Newbie,
The youngest chicks parents aren’t plucking her, but I had to separate dad out of the cage. The mother was chasing him down and ripping out his feathers. They were stepping on the baby and could have killed her.
I plan on keeping her with the other parents and giving the other...
Thank you so much for your response! I have just noticed that the mom is picking the feathers off of that one chick. Since they are 3 1/2 weeks old, and I don’t plan on keeping them, do you think I should remove them from the parents? I plan on keeping the younger red breasted hen, she is about...
hi everyone!
I hatched my second clutch of Button quails on July 1st! Out of 5 eggs, four hatched. Three cinnamon and one silver! Of course I was so excited to have another silver one, but he passed at 15 days old. Not sure why :he
Anyway! The other three cinnamons are 20 days old and getting...