BROODY QUAIL :D

[Kel60]

it has happened

i went in to check on the girls this afternoon and spotted something strange....

a pancake

hmmmm

what could be under this incredibly flat birb??

16???

Jesus girl :/

my coups not that big

after getting a drink and a good stretch she was right back on them.

a good mama for now


now i know people say that quail are really bad at incubating their own eggs. but someone in this coup cooked up three babies in late fall last year and i dont know who. i think i now have a suspect.

im going to get a bin and heater ready for when they hatch but im gonna let her incubate them if she can. iv got a security camera i spy on my chickens with that im going to move over so i can keep an eye on her and on the big day. im not sure how long shes been on them. but im guessing between 2 and 5 days. so mark your calendars guys

any thoughts on things i could do to make her more comfortable? i only have 5 quail in a fairly large coup. with so little crowding do you think she might actually brood and care for the chicks? it would be awesome to let them grow up with their mom. can i move her and have her keep incubating do you think? i know you can with chickens. but quail are so finicky i think she'd abandon them.

also if i thin out the clutch do you think she'd abandon them?

16 is a bit much for me. id rather her only have maybe 5-7 of them. anyone near Saint Charles IL want some organically hatched quail if she pops them all? XD

they will look just like their mom probably. the rooster in here is almost her twin.

...she needs a name now. i dub her Pancake

 

[Nabiki]

Good luck! Keep an eye on her, since she may not stay on the eggs for the full time, or she may keep collecting eggs until she has more than she can cover. You may want to mark the eggs she has so you can remove any new ones.

Have a brooder ready in case she doesn't take care of the chicks.

 

[Blue Penguin]

Plump birb

 

[preciouseureka]

Go Pancake go!

 

[Kingbobkingdom]

My calendar is set! I'm curious about what is going to happen because my quail girls never showed any recognition to any egg they laid. Just "plop", egg song, and the end. Hopefully, Pancake successfully hatches the eggs!

 

[Kel60]

you guys are gonna love this!. Got my little spy cam in there. And look what I caught! My little roo romeo is cuddled up to pancakeThe closer bird to the camera is the roo. Pancake is behind him. duffus is ready to be a dad.

 

[Kingbobkingdom]

At first I mistakened the log to be a quail! But I love the part about a spycam!!

 

[Kingbobkingdom]

Ah, now I see. The big jumbled white-tan thing is two birds!

 

[Boppo]

So exciting! thank you for posting! I will follow this thread. I am new to coturnix quail and interested in whether they will brood.

 

[George the quail keeper]

it has happened

i went in to check on the girls this afternoon and spotted something strange....

a pancake

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hmmmm

what could be under this incredibly flat birb??

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16???

Jesus girl :/

my coups not that big

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after getting a drink and a good stretch she was right back on them.

a good mama for now


now i know people say that quail are really bad at incubating their own eggs. but someone in this coup cooked up three babies in late fall last year and i dont know who. i think i now have a suspect.

im going to get a bin and heater ready for when they hatch but im gonna let her incubate them if she can. iv got a security camera i spy on my chickens with that im going to move over so i can keep an eye on her and on the big day. im not sure how long shes been on them. but im guessing between 2 and 5 days. so mark your calendars guys

any thoughts on things i could do to make her more comfortable? i only have 5 quail in a fairly large coup. with so little crowding do you think she might actually brood and care for the chicks? it would be awesome to let them grow up with their mom. can i move her and have her keep incubating do you think? i know you can with chickens. but quail are so finicky i think she'd abandon them.

also if i thin out the clutch do you think she'd abandon them?

16 is a bit much for me. id rather her only have maybe 5-7 of them. anyone near Saint Charles IL want some organically hatched quail if she pops them all? XD

they will look just like their mom probably. the rooster in here is almost her twin.

...she needs a name now. i dub her Pancake

Mine has just hatched 6 chicks, 2 didnt make it but the others are all strong. I just dont know whether to leave them with her or if its too risky?! Also I think the male is fighting her for them and sitting on them as well. all very strange, no idea what's going on!!!