➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[blackoaktammy]

Post #138 of 138
If any button quail folk on this thread could help me out with colours, I'd be much obliged.

I'm way far behind in the thread and trying to catch up. Was anyone else able to help out?

 

[muddy75]

since it looks like lil red is going to be a loner chick from this hatch, (hes actually very docile and hasn't really cheeped or gotten mad about being alone).....I think I will try to handle him and see if I can create a "house quail" His brooder is right next to the button/finch cage so he can hear and possibly see the other birds so its not like hes completely alone

 

[BantyChooks]

I'm way far behind in the thread and trying to catch up. Was anyone else able to help out?

I've gotten some conflicting answers, but I have a pretty good idea on most of them now.

 

[Nabiki]

I just set these guys. They've been collected over a while, so they're a few days to a week and a half old, so we'll see what happens with them.

I'm not going to complain, though because the person I got them from told me to keep my money and just gave me the eggs.

He has an amazing aviary with gouldian finches, clear red canaries, and button quail. The aviary wraps around his yard, goes into a sheltered room on the side of the house. The side area has a very natural looking stream that he made and that makes it so he can just hose down the floor of his aviary, and it all washes down the stream and into a lagoon where the ducks and fish eat it. I am in awe.

 

[muddy75]

I just set these guys. They've been collected over a while, so they're a few days to a week and a half old, so we'll see what happens with them.

I'm not going to complain, though because the person I got them from told me to keep my money and just gave me the eggs. View attachment 1993625

He has an amazing aviary with gouldian finches, clear red canaries, and button quail. The aviary wraps around his yard, goes into a sheltered room on the side of the house. The side area has a very natural looking stream that he made and that makes it so he can just hose down the floor of his aviary, and it all washes down the stream and into a lagoon where the ducks and fish eat it. I am in awe.

what are your avg and low temps? do the birds go into the sheltered area on their own or does he put them in there when temps fall?? these are the issues i’m trying to work out in order to keep the buttons and finches, etc in the aviary

 

[Nabiki]

what are your avg and low temps? do the birds go into the sheltered area on their own or does he put them in there when temps fall?? these are the issues i’m trying to work out in order to keep the buttons and finches, etc in the aviary

Our temperatures a pretty moderate. It rarely goes over 100 in the summer and while we get some freezing temperatures, it rarely goes below 25.
The birds go into the shelter on their own at night. If it's particularly cold, he'll close them in when they've all arrived.

 

[Kiki]

I just set these guys. They've been collected over a while, so they're a few days to a week and a half old, so we'll see what happens with them.

I'm not going to complain, though because the person I got them from told me to keep my money and just gave me the eggs. View attachment 1993625

He has an amazing aviary with gouldian finches, clear red canaries, and button quail. The aviary wraps around his yard, goes into a sheltered room on the side of the house. The side area has a very natural looking stream that he made and that makes it so he can just hose down the floor of his aviary, and it all washes down the stream and into a lagoon where the ducks and fish eat it. I am in awe.

Why oh why didn't you take pictures??

 

[Kiki]

I just plugged my bator in.
Will set these in an hour.

 

[Kiki]

@Matieus27 Do we count your recent hatch in the 2019 sheet?

 

[Nabiki]

Why oh why didn't you take pictures??

I should have asked, huh? We were talking about the birds the whole time. I was so busy looking that taking pictures just didn't occur to me.