My broody coturnix quail

[Ravenlover]

I bet the smell is terrible and you’re like how does that stink come from such a small thing!

I can't smell it thank goodness and I dun wanna I smelt what happens when u give them too many insects ! Bleh

 

[kurby22]

This is just

Here are some fresh pics of the gang, she’s such a good mom! They climb up into her feathers and she even carries them around that way haha.
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the sweetest thing to see!

 

[FloorCandy]

Today’s pic of Mihawk and the gang, the silver one is flight training lol:

 

[FloorCandy]

I gave Mihawk the runt from a previous hatch, it has some issues, a bit bug eyed and one leg too short, it was last to hatch and I thought for sure it wouldn’t make it. I haven’t intervened and it’s been doing fine. It’s much smaller than it’s hatch mates, the albinos and the pearl are at least 2x it’s size.

This has worked out great, she was happy to have it, and has taken it around showing the food and water. The other chicks snuggle it for warmth since it is more well feathered than the little ones and it makes runty so happy since it’s actual siblings have little interest in cuddles at their age. The runt hasn’t alarm called, and has learned their family language of whirly squeaks and chirps haha.

She left the kids with their adopted cousin haha:

 

[kurby22]

I gave Mihawk the runt from a previous hatch, it has some issues, a bit bug eyed and one leg too short, it was last to hatch and I thought for sure it wouldn’t make it. I haven’t intervened and it’s been doing fine. It’s much smaller than it’s hatch mates, the albinos and the pearl are at least 2x it’s size.

This has worked out great, she was happy to have it, and has taken it around showing the food and water. The other chicks snuggle it for warmth since it is more well feathered than the little ones and it makes runty so happy since it’s actual siblings have little interest in cuddles at their age. The runt hasn’t alarm called, and has learned their family language of whirly squeaks and chirps haha.

She left the kids with their adopted cousin haha:
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That is so adorable! I think it is so awesome that Mihawk is such a good momma!! So neat to see them with a mommy

 

[tripletfeb]

I know next to nothing about quail. Is it not common for them to hatch their own? The littles are so cute!

 

[cherrynberry]

I know next to nothing about quail. Is it not common for them to hatch their own? The littles are so cute!

It usually is not that common as it has mostly been bred out of them, but occasionally, if you are lucky, one will brood.

 

[Ravenlover]

I gave Mihawk the runt from a previous hatch, it has some issues, a bit bug eyed and one leg too short, it was last to hatch and I thought for sure it wouldn’t make it. I haven’t intervened and it’s been doing fine. It’s much smaller than it’s hatch mates, the albinos and the pearl are at least 2x it’s size.

This has worked out great, she was happy to have it, and has taken it around showing the food and water. The other chicks snuggle it for warmth since it is more well feathered than the little ones and it makes runty so happy since it’s actual siblings have little interest in cuddles at their age. The runt hasn’t alarm called, and has learned their family language of whirly squeaks and chirps haha.

She left the kids with their adopted cousin haha:
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Love it

 

[demonic]

This past weekend I was collecting celadon eggs for someone. They waited patiently for me to set up my sex links and wait 2 weeks for them to be ready. The day I’m supposed to start collecting, one of my hens hit her head and we ended up culling her because she was paralyzed just below the hip.

No big deal egg wise, I still have plenty of 100% celadons...

I go to the general pop pen, and I see this:
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This is one of my OGs from last year, Mihawk (I thought she was a boy, took forever to start laying) she has been persistently brooding for about 6 days. I tried to go get the eggs from her at prime laying time while I was collecting for hatching, so she wouldn’t ruin too many.

Today she was sitting on another new pile, a ton of them, so I took her and her eggs inside, and she’s happily brooding them:
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Last year she was my most persistent broody, but I never gave her a chance, I’ll see how she does, she isn’t sitting on all of them, I took some away to make a more reasonable amount, most of them feel pretty warm. These are new eggs from yesterday and today, so 1-2 days old on 5/25. I can’t wait to see how she does.

Cute!

 

[FloorCandy]

Mihawk laid an egg and put it in the nest, she isn’t sitting, but I’m thinking once she collects about 10, the chicks wont need heat any more, and she may start to sit. I plan to swap her eggs for fertile ones if she starts sitting again.