Chinese Painted (Button) Quail..........Share Your Pictures!!!!

[DK newbie]

I wouldn't keep 2 pairs in the same aviary, unless it's downright huge - and even then I'd be very careful doing it. One roo is very likely to bully the other and it will stress everyone - and stress is not good for breeding.
A picture of the aviary would help, but in general - make sure they have some dark corners. Mine usually make their nest behind spruce branches I place in the corners. They'll probably like hay or shavings as nesting material in these corners. And they need around 14 hours of daylight - sometimes a little less might be enough - to lay, if you don't have that you'll likely have to wait till you do.

Other than that, make sure you feed them correctly ~24% protein and give them crushed oyster shell or similar in a separate bowl for calcium.

 

[CoturnixCurt]

If the buttons are too old then they may already be past their egg laying prime. It might be time to get some more buttons lol.

 

[spotsplus]

Some of my current birds. I cut down my button flock by 2/3 recently but kept these

 

[poultrymad]

Wow, lovely birds.

 

[Violetsfeathers]

I have been asking for buttons for about a year now, I think they are so cute I especially like the silver and cinnamon types (is cinnamon a type?) and it would be cool to have a white one named snowflake.
I have chickens and I love birds, they're almost like mini chickens! (I know not to keep chickens and buttons together)
When I learned there was a darth Vader type I thought that was so cool that they were named after darth Vader, if I ever have a male of that color I would name it darth Vader.

I've been looking for places to get them and so far I've only found eggs on eBay. Which is cool, I can hatch them under a broody bantam hen right? I don't think I would let her raise them though.

 

[MageofMist]

You can incubate quail eggs with a hen, but due to their size they are very fragile to being stepped on, so they need protection. The guy in the vid below used tea infusers to act as armour to protect the eggs from damage.

Also, with the quail pics, here are some pics of my babies!




And here is one with their feathers coming in, this is also the one that crows in response to it's dad crowing.


And here's three in my hand, they grow so fast!


And here are my adult Quails.

 

[Violetsfeathers]

What color is that tan one in the last pic? She is SO pretty!

 

[JaeG]

Here's my daughter's pair, Marvin and Matilda. I've seen Matilda's colour described as Caramel but I'm not really sure. We don't have many colours in my country so it's great seeing all the ones available overseas.

And here are their babies that I am currently raising (Matilda incubated them perfectly until they started pipping then she got off and did not return to her nest, so I took the eggs inside and hatched them - hopefully she'll do a better job next time). They are so tiny and fast! But very sweet. Four like their Mum and one little Silver. I love the gingery coloured ones - very pretty.

 

[Dani xxx]

So cute ! X

 

[MageofMist]

What color is that tan one in the last pic? She is SO pretty!

The tan/white one is a red breasted from what I heard, and indeed she is very pretty and is also a bit of a glutton. ^^ While my male is either a tuxedo single factor or a double factor blue face, and is a very silly bird with an obsession with dust-bathing.

The babies look like mini-versions of their dad, and also a little bit like bear cubs.