Button eggs for sale

[Parront]

WOW! really? That's amazing for such a big bird! yes quail would not understand, quail find their own food from birth. and cannot perch or fly. and they must walk around. wich a parrot would be very confused with

Might be fun to watch! Foster mom, like a chicken when the baby ducks go swimming. Chicken mom goes nuts!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

yes! I have seen that before! by neighbors banty hen hatched out a duckling!

 

[Peep boy]

Hey! Wondering how buttons do in winter! I am from Minnesota, so winters are a bit more harsh here. They would be in a building, but without heat. Could snuggle with coturnix. (If mixable)

 

[DK newbie]

Most people on here will tell you they can't handle frost. The buttons you have in the US might be lees hardy than the ones we have in Scandinavia, so I won't tell you these people are downright wrong, but I will tell you that mine fare well outside in the winter. I have a group in an unheated bilding and another in an outdoor aviary that is covered on all sides except for the door in the winter. Temperatures of 14 F are not uncommon and occasionally the temp might just drop into the negative F's. If your winters are colder than that, I don't know if they can handle it.
In general I wouldn't mix them with coturnix. The coturnix are much bigger and could easily beat buttons to a pulp. Some people do keep them together - and some do it for a while with no issue, then suddenly one of the cots won't stand the buttons anymore.

 

[Peep boy]

Most people on here will tell you they can't handle frost. The buttons you have in the US might be lees hardy than the ones we have in Scandinavia, so I won't tell you these people are downright wrong, but I will tell you that mine fare well outside in the winter. I have a group in an unheated bilding and another in an outdoor aviary that is covered on all sides except for the door in the winter. Temperatures of 14 F are not uncommon and occasionally the temp might just drop into the negative F's. If your winters are colder than that, I don't know if they can handle it.
In general I wouldn't mix them with coturnix. The coturnix are much bigger and could easily beat buttons to a pulp. Some people do keep them together - and some do it for a while with no issue, then suddenly one of the cots won't stand the buttons anymore.

Thanks! Thinking of keeping some buttons as broodies for my coturnix. Thoughts?

 

[DK newbie]

Hmm.. I guess it might work. But some people keep buttons for years and - just like most of those who keep coturnix - never have one go broody.
And with coturnix eggs being a lot bigger than button eggs - particularly if your cots are jumbos - a button might only be able to cover 2-4 eggs, so if you want significant numbers of chicks you need your buttons to go broody quite a lot. Mine do, but you might not be as lucky. Then there is also the possibility that the buttons won't accept the coturnix eggs at all - I've never heard of anyone trying.

 

[Peep boy]

Hmm.. I guess it might work. But some people keep buttons for years and - just like most of those who keep coturnix - never have one go broody.
And with coturnix eggs being a lot bigger than button eggs - particularly if your cots are jumbos - a button might only be able to cover 2-4 eggs, so if you want significant numbers of chicks you need your buttons to go broody quite a lot. Mine do, but you might not be as lucky. Then there is also the possibility that the buttons won't accept the coturnix eggs at all - I've never heard of anyone trying.

Dang, I was really looking for a good natural broody for my coturnix. Any thoughts?

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

sorry, they are inside pets only

Hey! Wondering how buttons do in winter! I am from Minnesota, so winters are a bit more harsh here. They would be in a building, but without heat. Could snuggle with coturnix. (If mixable)

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I had a button quail die inside because it got to cold. they would not survive outside. and they are really small. and would get out very easily.

 

[Peep boy]

I had a button quail die inside because it got to cold. they would not survive outside. and they are really small. and would get out very easily.

Thanks! One day I'll have to keep some buttons. They are the cutest!