I got a box from alaska - quail

[RioLindoAz]

Show us pics!

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Miss P.- Is that camera broken? You usually have pics posted by now!

 

[MissPrissy]

No, just lazy. I keep forgetting to take it up with me when I go to check.

I am working on a PVC tractor for my chicks.

 

[gumpsgirl]

Ooooo... I want to see pics of that tractor when you get it complete please! I know it will be awesome with your ingenious brains!

Any more hatching yet?

 

[MissPrissy]

Here is some more and a photo of my homemade brooder.

They poop alot. I didn't notice how much until i took the photo.

I have more pips still.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Wow! They are eensy weensy!!!
Congratulations!

Hopefully my little chicks decide to hatch and I'll have little ones again too. They are due today but, taking their own sweet time-1 pip.

 

[Hoover67]

How cute!!!! I love your home-made brooder. I may have to steal your design if you do not mind. I have been using a box for my chickens. Now I guess I will need to use something with a lid. My button quail should hatch a week from Friday or Saturday!

 

[Mrs MIA]

The coturnix are tiny, the buttons are eensy weensy.

Such sweet little babies. After they're a day or two old, my DH likes to scoop his hands gently into them and see how many he can pick up at once. I think his record is 12. They're like little fuzzy cockroaches, all squirmy and tickly!

I'm always afraid I'm going to squeeze too hard.

Um... I forgot to tell you about the pooping. They DO poop a lot, and so do the Buttons. After 2 weeks I put the Buttons on 1/4" hardware cloth, and change out the papers once a day. I don't have the luxury of being able to keep them outdoors yet.

Did you know our HIGH for the day was 53°F?

 

[Wolf-Kim]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

Did you know our HIGH for the day was 53°F?

ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?!

It was in the 90's here! That's it, we're movin' to Alaska.. I'll inform Adam in the morning.

-Kim​

 

[Ace_king_brahma]

For such tiny things they do poop a lot! I didn't real notice until I was raising 60+ of them. I started wondering if they poop more than they eat.