Button quail are not Cold Tolerant and they must be bred in pairs

[Delta3013]

Im just reading all the posts trying to learn more about buttons, and man are they're some funny posts made....

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Sorry, but it's not one bit funny. At least once a month someone comes on here saying "It was only 45/50/55 (etc., etc.) degrees outside, why did my buttons die?" It's really sickening and I have a pretty good list of people I won't sell eggs or birds to. Why subject them (the birds) to people that can't take 5 minutes to do a little bit of research???

 

[awesomefowl]

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I would like to point out, that sometimes it is less newbies making mistakes so much as newbies having bad luck. I had 23 button quail eggs in the incubator, 2 hatched and only one survived past day three. So, at the moment I've got one button quail (whom I need to check the vent on, if the part about the red feathers is right) and it is is the brooder with three young chicks that hatched at the same time. And, contrary to everyone person who told me that this quail baby would die (what are baby quail called anyways? I'm not sure i've actually seen it anywhere?) because it was in with the chicks, so far it is doing just fine, and it has been almost two months.

i'd say in terms of surviving, this one is pretty darn good eh?

granted, I will have to seperate them, but for the moment all is well

I hatched four Button chicks and one chicken chick, the 5 of them have lived together since they hatched and ate turkey starter. All the chicks are healthy and got along fine. They often cuddled up under the chicken chick at night and she sat on them like a mommy hen. I know very little about Quail, this is my first time having them but so far everything has been smooth sailing raising them with chicken chicks!

http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx123/ChickensAllTheWay/312.jpg

SO tiny!

 

[Robo]

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Sorry, but it's not one bit funny. At least once a month someone comes on here saying "It was only 45/50/55 (etc., etc.) degrees outside, why did my buttons die?" It's really sickening and I have a pretty good list of people I won't sell eggs or birds to. Why subject them (the birds) to people that can't take 5 minutes to do a little bit of research???

Yes, if you are going to get the birds you should research them, and at least house them properly. I have one button male that stays in the bathroom, and I don't let it get below 65 in there. It is sad that people won't put 5 minutes of research into their birds before buying eggs on ebay and sticking them outside in the freezing cold. Buttons are made for a tropical climate, and should be kept at a higher temperature. People can do what they want to even though they're gonna kill a ton of birds for no reason.

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

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Sorry, but it's not one bit funny. At least once a month someone comes on here saying "It was only 45/50/55 (etc., etc.) degrees outside, why did my buttons die?" It's really sickening and I have a pretty good list of people I won't sell eggs or birds to. Why subject them (the birds) to people that can't take 5 minutes to do a little bit of research???