➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Quailerino]

This has got to be my favorite thread. Just in terms of sheer quantity of adorable newborn quail chick photos...no other thread even comes close. ❤ ❤

 

[SavKel&RynKel]

I think I recall @Kiki commenting somewhere that quail chicks could get into trouble with the toilet paper tubes.

Oh yeah? Might have to look into that, I'd prefer not to have trouble if possible. Especially with these wild things.

 

[ButtonBag]

So cute! Perhaps if you cut the tubes lengthways they'll still have places to hide, but more chance of escaping if they get stuck?

 

[SavKel&RynKel]

So cute! Perhaps if you cut the tubes lengthways they'll still have places to hide, but more chance of escaping if they get stuck?

I think for that effort I'll just make the cardboard boxes early. Definitely a good idea, but as the rolls are already "seasoned", I'd rather start with something a little cleaner.

 

[Ravenlover]

Just wondering from these 3459 pages of extreamly experienced people o.o when will my button quail get a sense of day and night and when it does do i cut the light off or dim it i kept it on first couple days then started dimming it a bit for bed time thoughts?

 

[Sara L]

Just wondering from these 3459 pages of extreamly experienced people o.o when will my button quail get a sense of day and night and when it does do i cut the light off or dim it i kept it on first couple days then started dimming it a bit for bed time thoughts?

How old are the quail? Are they used to having light 24/7?

If they aren't used to the dark they will probably freak out if you just turn off the light. Having a dimmer is nice if it takes a few minutes to go from on to fully off; this will allow the quail to figure out it's bed time and get settled in for the night, instead of being stranded wherever they were standing when the light suddenly goes off.

 

[ButtonBag]

I was leaving mine in a gradually dimmed light overnight for the first couple of weeks, they understood the day/night cycle from the very beginning and went to sleep as soon as it got darker. Each night I just let it dim to a darker point until the light was completely off overnight after about 3 weeks.

 

[Fenrisulfr]

As the have no mother hen, I do not leave them without light in the night, till 3 weeks.

As they then go outdoor, dusk and dawn do the dim job

 

[Nabiki]

I found a sluggish fly on the floor this morning. I think one of my cats had been playing with it. I threw it in with the chicks, and it was so fun watching a chick grab it, then run away from all of the other chicks who wanted it too.

Quail chicks are so cute. They're growing and getting their feathers!

 

[violajack]

I have some definite pips, but it's a day early and they seem to be pipping in the wrong place on the egg. As it's my first attempt, there are definitely things I didn't get adjusted just right as I went, but I'm hoping I still get a few to make it out. I mean, nature's not perfect either, right? The next few days should be fun, I hope.