how big do buttons get compared to other birds

[Fowl97]

i am very curious how big they will get and the minimal tank size thx
also would you reccomed male and female or female female or male male

 

[MissPrissy]

When they hatch they can comfortably sit in a coke lid.

 

[skyape38]

I have 2 female together with no problem and they are in a cage no bigger then a 10 gallon fish tank,
as a matter of fact I did have my first button quail in a 10 gallon tank.

 

[Fowl97]

would it matter the sexes

 

[amyquilt]

 

[amyquilt]

Quote:
OMG I can't even imagine!

 

[citalk2much]

I have had both two males and two females in a cage together with no problems. Always put them in the cage together at the same time

 

[kooltex]

My buttons are a tiny bit bigger than a parakeet. They are two months old.

 

[JJMR794]

My Buttons Are About 15-20% Larger Than The Skeeter I Just Swatted To Death.

Got 'em! He He...

Fresh Hatch Chicks Look Like Fuzzy Small( Cant Stress This Enough--- S M A L L!) Jelly Beans With Feet And A Beak.

 

[shelleyd2008]

lol JJMR!!

Let's put it this way, when the babies hatch, they are about as big as a bumble bee, their eggs are about as big as my middle fingernail, and the adults can easily git through an opening 1" square, without any trouble. So they are pretty tiny. Budgies (parakeets) are bigger than buttons are

You can keep pairs of any sex-combination together, just so long as there aren't a whole bunch of males in a group. My groups have too many males, and some of my poor girls are looking a bit haggard.

ETA: I guess my right hand was feeling a bit left out, that is supposed to be 'get', not 'git'...I'm not that much of a hick!