Fantastic Button Quail Hatch!

[cuckleberry]

I'm proud to say we had an amazing hatch! We had 9 out of 12 eggs hatch, but we kept the last 2 in the bator. (The 12th egg cracked half-way through)
This is awesome!! Sadly, our 3 week old button quail did not like the new company, although she was fine with them when they were all on a blanket. I assume this is because of her either being territorial, or because they scare her. She seemed to freak whenever they got near her.
(We moved her to a 10 gallon tank for the time so she can see them, while enjoying her own space. I think she's happier with us rather than the chicks.)

If anyone would like to help us identify them (unless they're too young), that'd be awesome!

 

[Melky]

So cute. Congrats! I don’t raise button quail but thought you could use some celebrating.

 

[cuckleberry]

Awh that's okay! It's a relief to know we managed to do so well with our second clutch. Props to the person who sold them to us, I think he made sure to give us some fertile eggs.

 

[Melky]

So do you already have quail layers or ones that are older as first batch?

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I see tuxedo, white, wild, blue breasted, possibly red breasted, smokey, and some red breasted silvers. Congrats!

 

[cuckleberry]

So do you already have quail layers or ones that are older as first batch?

I just have one 3 week old. She was apart of our first clutch, but we ended up with a lot of infertile eggs. We assumed doing a second clutch and introducing her to the chicks (having them side by side) might work, but I had a feeling she'd peck at them. I've heard they can be pretty nasty for birds the size of hamsters. And apparently females are more likely to fight over territory?

 

[cuckleberry]

I see tuxedo, white, wild, blue breasted, possibly red breasted, smokey, and some red breasted silvers. Congrats!

OOOU, how exciting! I had a feeling we had a blue-breasted one. This is awesome!!

 

[cuckleberry]

I also wanted to ask, seeing as I got mixed reactions from other threads.
Because they all hatched at once, should they be okay as a group? I've read that buttons tend to work best as pairs, but others say that they're fine as long as they hatched together. Also, will our 40 gallon work for them? Should I consider upgrading to either a larger tank, or a rabbit cage? I saw a post talking about how the odors can affect them, and I know most birds have sensitive respiratory systems.
I can provide them all sorts of hiding places as we managed to snag a lot of fake plants from a Petco that was going out of business.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

OOOU, how exciting! I had a feeling we had a blue-breasted one. This is awesome!!

I love mine!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I also wanted to ask, seeing as I got mixed reactions from other threads.
Because they all hatched at once, should they be okay as a group? I've read that buttons tend to work best as pairs, but others say that they're fine as long as they hatched together. Also, will our 40 gallon work for them? Should I consider upgrading to either a larger tank, or a rabbit cage? I saw a post talking about how the odors can affect them, and I know most birds have sensitive respiratory systems.
I can provide them all sorts of hiding places as we managed to snag a lot of fake plants from a Petco that was going out of business.

sorry, once they feather out they MUST be in pairs... I have personal experience..... Someone I gave a pair 2 added more from the same clutch... All but one was killed.