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I have 4 button quails. They all hatched together on 11/18/14. I do not know the sex of them. They all clean each others feathers constantly. I have yet to see them fights. When do they come of age and start being territorial over mates etc.? This is my first time raising button quails.



 
Sorry for the post above. I'm new to this message board. I'm in the wrong place......as I see this is for "coturnix"
 
tysonphotos said:
Do they go up the ramp? This is similar to what I have within my run as well. It was used for my chickens. But was thinking of using it for my quail only with the chickens just using the covered run. Because that would be ideal.
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My quail use the ramp and love the darkness of the 2nd floor. They will lay their eggs up there as well.
 
gartmand said:
I have 4 button quails. They all hatched together on 11/18/14. I do not know the sex of them. They all clean each others feathers constantly. I have yet to see them fights. When do they come of age and start being territorial over mates etc.? This is my first time raising button quails.



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I have 11 adults together; 2 males and 9 females, I've never seen any of them fight...
 
How thoughtful of you for putting all this information together.

Could people share how much they charge for quail chicks, adults, table eggs and fertile eggs?
 
When I do sell breeding groups, I usually ask $15 for an adult quad, and sell out pretty fast. Eggs 25cents each with the understanding they are fertilized! Chicks 50cents each straight run. I normally won't sell any, we use most of the eggs and birds ourselves. If I know someone needs some I will plan ahead to hatch what they need or save eggs.
 
So far this seems to be the message board anyone has been replying to. I'll find one soon I hope. I originally went with button quail because they are so small and I planned on keeping them inside my house. Plus I have a 4 yr old that I wanted to show her how long it took to hatch and I wanted to show her the stages of growth from hatching to the size they are now. She enjoys them so much. She watches them all the time and calls them her babies. She never handles them because she knows they are fragile. She feeds them from her hand and she helps me clean their cage weekly. It's helping me teach her so much about caring and loving animals at the age of 4.
 
gartmand said:
So far this seems to be the message board anyone has been replying to. I'll find one soon I hope. I originally went with button quail because they are so small and I planned on keeping them inside my house. Plus I have a 4 yr old that I wanted to show her how long it took to hatch and I wanted to show her the stages of growth from hatching to the size they are now. She enjoys them so much. She watches them all the time and calls them her babies. She never handles them because she knows they are fragile. She feeds them from her hand and she helps me clean their cage weekly. It's helping me teach her so much about caring and loving animals at the age of 4.
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yah its all fun and games until one passes! I don't want to sound cold or anything, but I'm warning you if these are her first pets.....
 

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