Look at my buttons!!

[Stellar]

Buttons are cute but everytime I hatch, I have to think housing as these guys have to be housed in pairs. I have a sale bin right now with 2 pairs and the rest boys...I probably will be posting up auctions soon on the two pairs.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Oh is that what they are called! THank you!!

Is the other female Coturnix coloured??

Does anyone elses button male run around with his wings dropped?? He looks like a tiny turkey :O

Yep, my male buttons will chase the females around with their wings all dropped down, they're so goofy!

 

[3chimama]

Very nice pics!

 

[ssbs]

I wish Coturnix's were strutters, they are such rood little boys.. I've got bald girls too, 1 to 1 ratio doesn't work with coturnix's. But I have a friend who wants to take one of my boys... Thankfully

 

[Stellar]

Button quail are not Coturnix. I am saying this because I saw the phrase "coturnix colored"

You have a Blue face male, two cinnamon hens, a normal blue breasted hen (wild-type coloring).

 

[Stellar]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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Oh is that what they are called! THank you!!

Is the other female Coturnix coloured??

Does anyone elses button male run around with his wings dropped?? He looks like a tiny turkey :O

Yep, my male buttons will chase the females around with their wings all dropped down, they're so goofy!

Fluffy Puffy, are you housing in colonies??

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Yep, my male buttons will chase the females around with their wings all dropped down, they're so goofy!

Fluffy Puffy, are you housing in colonies??

Nope - Alexandra you should know that!

At one point, I must admit I did have a pen with 3 males and 1 female, but now I switched the pens around and I have 4 males in the same pen and 2 females in a different pen. I figured it'd be better to have 2 females together, I would put them with males but the other 4 males are their brothers so don't wonna start in-breeding!

I have 11 babies and they're at the point now that I am starting to see red vent feathers on the males. So another 2 weeks and I should be able to pair'em up.
I'm talking to shelleyd2008 about getting a few of her males for my females, that way they'd be from a different line.

Oh, quaillady - do you know if featheredobsession's buttons are related to each other? I mean, can I pair them up together or do I need a male/female from a different line to put with them?

 

[Stellar]

featheredobsessions- they shouldn't be...she houses in pairs and keeps good records so I wouldn't worry

I feel ya with the extra boys...I have so many males, Now is the time to pair em up :")

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Okay - GOOD!

Humm - What colors?

 

[cluckcluck42]

So the males get red on their vent? Thats how you can sex them?

The wing dropping is just about the funniest thing I have seen an animal do. I keep trying to get a video of it to show friends but everytime I start recording he stops. He must be camera shy!

I've put 15 eggs in the bator. If I can't sell them we are planning on building a quail sanctuary out of a table or desk with separated areas for pairs. I saw the table idea online, you flip it and put plexi glass around.
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I couldn't help myself, I want quail babies!!! I can't IMAGINE how small they are going to be. I am going to die of cuteness overload I fear. How do you guys stand it!?

Oh- and how old til they have to be separated? Like, how long will they live in a brooder together?