IM CRYING!!!

[MageofMist]

yes. I would let them hatch the out and sell them! on amazon. a brand new ten gal fish tank is 20$ and at Walmart 14$ and they would fit in there until you sold them. also you can use a Rubbermaid tub

It is less getting the enclosures, and more of finding the space to put them... I got homemade pens using large cardboard boxes and wire mesh that I keep many of my quail in, and they work beautifully. I also have a large parrot cage that has some quail in, and critter tubs and fish tanks I use as brooders. I have already sold 4 of my spare males and intend to sell some more when the local pet store has the room. ^^

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

 

[MageofMist]

A few of my pride and joys, all from breeding and wacky genetics from a pied-winged Blue-Faced and a Red Breasted.


I also have a regular tuxedo male who's still quite young, having a black back instead of a silver like the hen in the pic... But he is especially special as he is super tame despite me handling him exactly the same as all the others who turned out rather wild in nature. I intend to breed him with that pinkish caramel/cinnamon (not sure if she is a caramel or cinnamon) as she is quite friendly and curious also, but no-where as friendly and docile as little Tuxy who just chills out in my hand. But she did chill out on my lap once after I treated an infected toe she had with honey and gave her some mealworms.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

how many do you keep in one cage??? also caremel is not a color. she is cinnamon

 

[DIGGIN CHICKEN]

Im thinking i got the same problem with my geese .... she never leaves her nest and it seems like forever that shes been sitting on her eggs ... i usually stand at a distance and lob food through the front door ... don't want her to starve ... but i'll leave her until she gives up ...she knows better ... her hubby sits with her practically all the time .. but does get out to have a bath and a snack but not for very long !!!

 

[MageofMist]

how many do you keep in one cage??? also caremel is not a color. she is cinnamon

I heard caramel is similar to a cinnamon, but has white basing on the feathers that end in red. I normally either keep a pair, male and female, or bachelor pads of all males, barring a few troublemakers who are separated into their own enclosures due to picking and fighting, even in a larger pen... I guess those ones are just jerks.

Though in that pen with the 3 females and one male, I wanted more cinnamons and so I lumped them all together with the silver tux hen in there too just in-case the cinnamon male carried the tux gene also... The females all got along, but were unsure of the young male cinnamon I plopped in at first, but now flock to him when he tidbits.

 

[MageofMist]

Im thinking i got the same problem with my geese .... she never leaves her nest and it seems like forever that shes been sitting on her eggs ... i usually stand at a distance and lob food through the front door ... don't want her to starve ... but i'll leave her until she gives up ...she knows better ... her hubby sits with her practically all the time .. but does get out to have a bath and a snack but not for very long !!!

If she isn't taking a break to eat and drink enough, and the eggs are way past the hatch date... I'd put on some armour and go and try and take the eggs to snap her out of broodiness. Broodies can only last so long on their diets they put themselves on.

I have a silkie that wants to hatch an empty nest some reason and refuses to break, so when the others are outside I put her out and close the door so she can't get back on the nest and starts acting like a normal chicken, eating, drinking and dustbathing as normal until I open the door, then she tries to zoom back into the nestbox to try and hatch air again. Silkies.

 

[DIGGIN CHICKEN]

Mag .... I never took heed of the dates .... don't know when she started sitting ...for all i know they might be fine ???? (but it feels like it been for ever ) ... i give her cabbage twice a day and i do have a water bowl for her ... i got a 4 meter length of plastic conduit that reaches her water bowl so that i can refill it !!! But they non to pleased when i do ...

 

[BaJa]

Leave her with her eggs until she gives up on them by herself. That's what they do in the wild when they lay duds. The eggs won't rot or stink before she abandons them. They know instinctively when it's time to give up. You don't want to do anything to discourage her from trying again.

None of my girls ever incubated her eggs, so you're lucky you have one who will. She'll incubate the next batch again. Also, quail eggs are notorious for having a low hatch rate compared to chickens.

take them away. she will stay on them really long. Its not nice to do, but within a couple weeks she'll be sitting on her next batch and she will have forgotten everything. they don't have brains like we do.

 

[BaJa]

sorry for your loss