Birdnoob's quail adventures

[Chickeria]

Wow

 

[All4Eggz]

LOVE THEM!

 

[birdnoob]

What the hell? So apparently California quail chicks can fly at less than 2 weeks old. Well, they can fall with style and jump up almost 2 feet. At least they're getting used to me grabbing them so only one escape so far. At this rate, they'll be just as good at flying as my coturnix within 2 weeks.

 

[FloorCandy]

What the hell? So apparently California quail chicks can fly at less than 2 weeks old. Well, they can fall with style and jump up almost 2 feet. At least they're getting used to me grabbing them so only one escape so far. At this rate, they'll be just as good at flying as my coturnix within 2 weeks.

I recently had a 6 or 7 day old Coturnix fly out of the 21 inch tall brooder, and waddle down the hall to the kitchen.

 

[birdnoob]

I recently had a 6 or 7 day old Coturnix fly out of the 21 inch tall brooder, and waddle down the hall to the kitchen.

Mine wouldn't have been able to do that till 2-3 weeks old. Maybe its because mine were jumbos?

 

[FloorCandy]

Mine are somewhere between jumbo and standard. It seems like the ones I brood under a ceramic heat bulb instead of a light bulb, either white or red, are earlier flight trainers, they seem to start running jumping and flapping much earlier than chicks I raise under light bulbs, making them stronger at an early age. I look at them and think there’s no way they can fly with that level of feathering, then one flaps 3 ft straight up in the air right before my eyes haha. Maybe it’s the normal day night cycle without artificial light making them attempt more natural behaviors earlier. Even eggs hatched from shipped eggs were early flight trainers, and most of them are very large, I anticipate many jumbos among them.

 

[FloorCandy]

Mine wouldn't have been able to do that till 2-3 weeks old. Maybe its because mine were jumbos?

These are 2 weeks and 3 days old, they could cross the yard with ease if I let them escape.

 

[birdnoob]

Mine still have down almost everywhere except their wings, I'm also raising them under a red heat lamp in a room with no windows. I'll take some pictures once I'm done with lunch.

Edit: forgot I had one on my phone from yesterday.

 

[FloorCandy]

Mine still have down almost everywhere except their wings, I'm also raising them under a red heat lamp in a room with no windows. I'll take some pictures once I'm done with lunch.

Edit: forgot I had one on my phone from yesterday.

California quail develop more slowly than Coturnix. They’ll start off at similar growth rates, but if you keep them side by side, you’ll see the calis get further and further behind.