My first time ever incubating Quail eggs.

[Athaid]

Hmm who knows what happened.. But atleast one hatched. And M.A is so cute I can't get over how cute he is lol

 

[Breezy Optimist]

Yeah, there could be dozens of reasons for the low hatch rate, so who knows.

M.A is the most adorable and noisy chick i've met lol. He's currently sleeping on my belly under my hand. He seems to love that secure feeling, and it shuts him up for a bit haha!

I don't keep him out of the brooder for too long though because of the temperature. But i was told as long as he is warm in my hand, he will be fine, as in the wild the mother doesn't sit on them 24/7 after they've hatched to keep them warm, so the rule isn't too strict.

But after he's had a good snooze i put him back in the brooder again anyway. Then he starts screaming and running around

I have found one thing though, if i whistle, he comes running towards me haha! It's so cute

My parents couldn't wait for me to hatch some chicks and then wait for them to grow, so they bought three, 6 week old button quails and they have been in the aviary since it went up. They now have 4 parrotlets in there too, and they are just stunning to look at, really like them.

All together the parrotlets and the quails are just so much fun to watch. I'll miss M.A when he gets big enough to join them, but it will be better for him to be with other Quails rather than here with me.

I'll get to see him when i go over for a visit though, and i've told them i'll clean the aviary for them each week, as my parents are both retired now and they don't need any more hassles in life. So i'll do my bit for them, and help out with all that.

My parents have set up a small wifi camera, so now i can log in at any time from my house and see the inside of the aviary and watch them all in there. And with night vision too, so i can check in on them on the nights i'm awake.

I can't wait to see M.A all fully grown, he/she will beautiful to me no matter what his colours

Speaking of M.A, he's starting to wake up lol, i better get off here so i can catch him if he decides to fly out of my hand at the speed of light haha! So fast!!

 

[Athaid]

Oh so cute, he thinks your his mother Which I guess you kinda are. The aviary sounds so cool, do you have any pics of it? Also the camera idea is awesome too.

 

[Breezy Optimist]

Hehe, he is adorable, and i guess he has bonded with me a bit, so sees me as his mum haha!

I took a little video of him waking up last night but i can't post it on here it seems. Only youtube and Vimeo is allowed? Shame.

I have a pic of the aviary before it was finished....but you get the idea

 

[Athaid]

Hey it looks like a.. I don't know the name of it, but we have one in our garden, same size and shape but it has benches around the edges. Very cool :]

 

[Breezy Optimist]

hehe, you mean like a gazebo or something?

 

[Athaid]

Gazebo yes! They're so cool

 

[Breezy Optimist]

hehe, yeah they are

I'm going to make a little youtube channel, and have M.A on there, because he is so cute,and i have tons of vids and photo's of him lol. So might make a cute video for anyone wanting to know what a button quail chick is like

I'll post a link when i'm done

He's growing so fast! Already got his feathers coming through

 

[Athaid]

Oh yeah I'll definitely check that out :] I don't have a computer, I watch YouTube on my Xbox so you'd have to tell me the name of your channel.

 

[Breezy Optimist]

Wow, feels like i've been afk for months or something! It's been a very busy and long 2 weeks haha.

I haven't had a chance to put any video's up on youtube yet, i'm hoping to soon though.

But, M.A is doing great, fit and healthy and growing at the speed of light...here he is now..16 days old

He's still got baby fluff on his head, but the rest of him is covered in feathers, he's a cinnamon colour with white at the bottom of his wings, very pretty. And very attached to me, which might be a problem, but we will have to see :/