Gamble quail help

[FeatheryAttacker]

Alright, so I think i might leave them together unseparated for another day or two to see how they still go. I think the gamble only pecks at the other chick because it's new and thinks its eyes are food or a bug maybe. The pecking of the face significantly lessened more after they've spent more time together. But so far the two are actually getting along more than I thought! They are cuddling together and the button chick is actually helping the gamble chick eat more often with the behavior its learned from its previous group.

I have looked around other threads and blogs and so far it might be the case. Some separated with a mesh that they can still see through of but cannot peck through. Once they stopped trying to peck they were reintroduced and then even had a small mirror as extra security in case the chick wanted to try again but this time it would technically peck itself haha!

 

[Ntsees]

...the button chick is actually helping the gamble chick eat more often with the behavior its learned from its previous group....

I was just about to mention what you said, but you said it first. It'll show the gambel chick where and what to eat and drink.

 

[FeatheryAttacker]

Alright! It's been 2ish days and the gamble doesnt seem to be pecking at our bobwhite quail anymore. The gamble is eating more and displaying similar behavior now to the bobwhite. We are trying to see if we can still tame them both a bit more along the way. They like going inside our hands when we take them out to explore when it gets chilly for them. But most skittish is the bobwhite quail so far!

Top is gamble and 2nd pic is bobwhite
Last pic is both blending in with the couch

 

[007Sean]

For some reason Gambles, Valleys and some of my pheasants will peck at each others faces like you have stated...they eventually quit doing it, they don't ever peck at each other to draw blood...I think it's just a way they learn about their environment by pecking at everyone and everything.

 

[DK newbie]

You say the second pic is a button? It looks very strange to me. The beak is too wide and the chick itself seems too large for a button that still has no feathers.. Also the color seems strange. How sure are you it's a button quail?

 

[FeatheryAttacker]

You say the second pic is a button? It looks very strange to me. The beak is too wide and the chick itself seems too large for a button that still has no feathers.. Also the color seems strange. How sure are you it's a button quail?

Actually, I think you're right! I messed it up I think with bobwhite quail because they both start with B. So I rechecked with the store and googled how the chicks look and the 2nd chick is indeed a bobwhite.

Sorry for the mix up! I'll edit the other posts for future people. Thanks for bringing it up too! Otherwise I've could have messed up worse
later on!

 

[DK newbie]

That explains it I also think a gamble and a bobwhite is much more likely to be a good match than a gamble and a button.

 

[007Sean]

I agree with @DK newbie, if it was a button it would probably get trampled by the Gamble. I've raised/brooded Bob's, Blues, Gambels and Valley's all together and they did just fine.
If that's a pen raised Bob, it will teach the the wild chick how to find the feed and water.