I'm Probably Gonna Need My Hand Held Quail Hatch-A-Long

[Sefirothe]

Little cuties. That’s a cool setup! How’s Tiny Tim* doing?

*That’s me referring to the little one that’s not feathering or growing as fast!

Ive been sorta referring to that one as Nugget. Maybe it will be Tiny Nugget now!

He/she is growing a bit and starting to get more feathers in, still way behind the others tho. I'll grab a picture tomorrow.

 

[Sefirothe]

Little cuties. That’s a cool setup! How’s Tiny Tim* doing?

*That’s me referring to the little one that’s not feathering or growing as fast!

Here’s Little Nugget bottom center of the pic. Still way smaller but getting some feathers at least!

 

[Sefirothe]

And I JUST realized that coturnix quail make a sound exactly like guinea pigs. I got very confused for a couple minutes because I haven’t had guinea pigs in quite a few years. The sound they made sounded familiar but I couldn’t place it at first.

It’s the happy little chuckle guinea pigs make when they are tucking into a new pile of food.

 

[WhatsUpDuck]

Aww I hope little Nugget pulls through ok!

 

[SemiSweet2391]

Crazy that Nugget is so small still! I think I remember a thread about a chicken that was just small, but kept growing hopefully Nugget is like that. Just a little guy!

 

[Sefirothe]

Tiny Lil Nugget keeps on keeping on. He/she's still the smallest and still has a head full of chick down. But still gets around and eats and drinks.

Today someone crowed for the first time. They were all having zoomies because I put dust baths in the cages for them. Once the crow happened...every single bird froze. All 43 of them. It was like "Oh crap the hormones are kicking in!!"

Maybe the first egg will show up in a week or two!

 

[SemiSweet2391]

Tiny Lil Nugget keeps on keeping on. He/she's still the smallest and still has a head full of chick down. But still gets around and eats and drinks.

Today someone crowed for the first time. They were all having zoomies because I put dust baths in the cages for them. Once the crow happened...every single bird froze. All 43 of them. It was like "Oh crap the hormones are kicking in!!"

Maybe the first egg will show up in a week or two!

Wow crazy! What does a quail crow sound like? You should post some new pics of the little goobers!

 

[Sefirothe]

Wow crazy! What does a quail crow sound like? You should post some new pics of the little goobers!

It’s a weird almost gargling sound. Nothing like a chicken crowing!

Here’s some of them frozen in…surprise? Or fear? Or puzzlement? From the crow sound. Even tho these are static pics, imagine them staying 2-3 minutes frozen just like this…even the ones dust bathing in the box!

I can’t wait for the weather to get better and things to dry out so I can work on getting their big aviary set up for them and get them out of my basement.

 

[SemiSweet2391]

It’s a weird almost gargling sound. Nothing like a chicken crowing!

Here’s some of them frozen in…surprise? Or fear? Or puzzlement? From the crow sound. Even tho these are static pics, imagine them staying 2-3 minutes frozen just like this…even the ones dust bathing in the box!

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I can’t wait for the weather to get better and things to dry out so I can work on getting their big aviary set up for them and get them out of my basement.

They’ve grown so much!! Adorable!

 

[Sefirothe]

I think Tiny Lil Nugget is starting to catch up. I can barely hold him and a full sized flock mate in one hand. Only if they cooperate. Right after the pic, Nugget wiggled free and landed on top of the mesh pen lol.

He is still noticeably smaller tho. He’s the farthest right in the next two pics.

Everyone else is still getting a long well, eating, drinking, pooping, sleeping, having the zoomies. And pooping. All the pooping.