How do I get my buttons to breed or?....

[jfulcher]

Take it easy on me I am a noob. I got my quail about 3 weeks ago they are about 8 weeks old. I wanted to know when they would be able to breed. And hoW I would know they were getting ready to lay. I have one male and one female.

 

[punk-a-doodle]

Put on some Barry White, dim the lights...

I'm not sure about age, but I hear providing cover helps encourage them.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Buttons usually start laying between 6 and 12 weeks old. Since you just got them and they are on the 'low' end of the time spectrum, I would give them at least another month before you start to worry. Just make sure they have a good diet of crumble feed, finch seed, and calcium (like oyster shells) and they will start as soon as they are ready

 

[jfulcher]

Haha barry white.. Thank you, both for replying, I do have them on everything but oyster shell but I will make sure to put them on it.

 

[shelleyd2008]

You can use cuttle bone if you prefer, oyster shells can be kind of big. Cuttle bone is the same thing, they just peck off what they need.

 

[jfulcher]

Okay I was wondering about that.

 

[Stellar]

THe dust on the bottom of the bag of oyster shells become a delicacy for cbbq

 

[shelleyd2008]

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If you have other birds to feed the non-dust to.

 

[jfulcher]

lol matter of fact I do

 

[Sumatra503]

I just place a chunk in a ziplock bag and roll the rolling pin over it and it makes cuttle bone dust. Mine were a bit too lazy to peck off chunks themselves.

Nothing laying here either, but they are a bit young.