button quail

  1. I

    injured quail leg please help

    about two hours ago i checked in on my week old button quail to see one of them limping. she is running around and seems to be perfectly fine except one of her legs is at an angle and instead of walking on her foot she is using her whole leg. this is the best photo i could get i would really...
  2. S

    Need help with quail eggs

    I am including one quail egg at the moment as our hen stopped all of a sudden and she was only successful with one egg out of 12 so are not sure how far long it is But we saw quite a big chick when candling it and it was moving a lot so a day later we put it in lockdown because we guessed from...
  3. Qualien

    Shrink wrapped chicks

    I'm hatching button quail. So far three have hatched, and one is shrink wrapped still in the egg. My incubator is fairly difficult to keep the humidity regulated. Two of my hatched chicks hatched on their own, but one I assisted in hatching because it was shrink wrapped. I'm following the...
  4. aticiabray

    Button Quail - Seeking Info

    Hello all. I have been thinking about getting some button quail and not having a ton of luck finding care info. I have some basic knowledge but my main question is how to house them indoors and if that is ok or not. If it is ok to house them indoors, what kind of set up would I do? I am...
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  5. Pigglebottoms

    Button Quail Question

    Hi! I have been researching Button Quail with the intention of getting chicks in a few months. However, plans have changed and sometime over the next few days I'm supposed to be picking up three little ones that are supposedly a little over a year (picture attached). They will get a whole new...
  6. Songbird21

    Our newly hatched button quails!

    We got some button quail hatching eggs and they hatched today. OMG. They are so friggin tiny. The eggs these babies are standing next to are chicken eggs, for a size reference. I can't wait for the 24 hours to be over so I can hold one!!
  7. 2 many chickens

    What color is this button quail? Strange coloring

    I have a button (king) quail that hatched 6 weeks ago. I have many (over 30) and none have ever looked like this. He has two sisters that hatched with him, they look like him but obviously no white bib and no red or blue feathers. He has female red breasted color pattern.. but he is a male...
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    • button quail help identify king quail thanks in advance
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  8. D

    How to keep your quail's feet clean?

    This is my first time owning quail, and I've loved every second of it, except for this one problem. It always seems that my button quail keep getting their own poop stuck on their claws, turning them into little orbs of fecal matter and feathers hanging off their feet until I clean it. I've had...
    • Dakota14breyer
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  9. Pennys Mama

    Wanted: Button eggs for hatching

    Looking for Button hatching eggs. Would be my 1st Button Hatch, so would like to take it easy on my 1st batch. (Is this posted in the right place?)
  10. M

    button quail incubating and set up

    hi, i’m going to be incubating button quail eggs (friends gave them to me but their most likely not fertile) and i would like to know about a set up, food, water etc. i heard they like baths, and would they need more ground space or height? also what set up should i use because i have 3 ten...
  11. J

    My button quail is sick, what do I do?

    Hi! Before I talk about my button quail, some background info. One of my hens had hurt her foot. I’m not sure how, but I noticed it about 3 weeks ago. There was a large scab on her leg, and some of her toe nails are either missing/regrowing or bloody. I trim the nails every now and then when...
    • JackH
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  12. Quailbert Quailington

    Cage cleaning with a brooding hen...?

    I keep my Button Quail in one of those giant sterilite containers, which I've modified. Usually my buttons have no interest in sitting on their own eggs, but recently, my sweet little Hen Wen (yes I named my quail after the pig from the Black Cauldron) has been sitting on six eggs. Welp, the...
  13. LalinOwl

    Male button behavior change

    Hi, I have a lovely male button I hatched a few months ago. He had one female as a pair and used to call me to eat with him. But since I introduced another female from another flock while she recovers from starvation, he keeps pecking me when I "pecked" at the feed with my finger. It's like he...
  14. seespotbitejane

    Button Quail Beginner Questions

    Hello, I have kept chickens and finches in the past but I do not have any birds right now. I would like to get a pair of button quail. They'd be apartment pets (I will not be hatching any chicks) and I'd like to build an elaborate habitat for them of the kind some people make for hamsters with...
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  15. Murphy_the_Hooligan

    Button Quail chick feet problems?

    My red breasted female and White male Button Quails hatched three babies about 2 1/2 weeks ago. A few days before I lost the brown one last week, I noticed it was holding it’s right foot up into its wing and didn’t want to walk on it. I assumed it got broken from being stepped on. This morning I...
  16. D

    Dusty quail egg?

    I recently got a weird looking egg from one of my button quail hens. It's blotchy in color, and I thought at first it was dusty. I tried to wipe it off, but the blueish whitish color remained. Her eggs are usually the reddish tan color you can see between the blotches in the picture. Does this...
  17. R

    New from Colorado - looking for Button Quail(s) for pet

    I don't have any chickens but this seemed like a good place to look for a possible button quail. I'm hoping to either get either very young chicks or eggs. I'm still doing research on this and am pretty new to the whole thing but am hoping to learn. I also have a pet dog.
  18. Murphy_the_Hooligan

    BUTTONQUAIL SEIZURE?!

    Hi everyone, I just so happened to be walking by one of my cages that had a basic brown female buttonquail (and her mate) in it, when I noticed the female flopping around belly up all over the cage. The male wasn’t doing anything. After a few seconds, she landed on her stomach, with her head...
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  19. Quailbert Quailington

    Help! Button Quail chick w/ Black toes? Spreading!

    Hello! I'm fairly new to button quail. I have five adults (my male has four girlfriends and they are very happy and adorable together.) I've hatched seven of their eggs, and all are healthy, but today I noticed that one has an issue with their feet. This is my 'noisy' chick, so I'm not sure if...
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  20. Murphy_the_Hooligan

    Button Quail water container?

    Hello everyone! I have had buttonquails for almost 2 years now, and have had lots of hatchlings. I currently have 7 adults, 3 less than a week old babies, and some more ready to hatch soon. I have always used a jar for the adult’s water, but I have noticed they spill it quite frequently, poop...
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