OMG! society finches hatched out quail eggs

[Serin]

I put 4 button quail eggs in their nest when the mother stopped brooding. They took 20 days but two have just hatched assisted by the finches who help chip away the shells.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Wow!

 

[That_australian_lad]

whaaaaaaaaat what in the name of silkys

 

[That_australian_lad]

View attachment 1973591I put 4 button quail eggs in their nest when the mother stopped brooding. They took 20 days but two have just hatched assisted by the finches who help chip away the shells.

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[Duck_life]

Very cool!

 

[Serin]

Had to put together a suitable cage quickly and lower the nest to the floor to let the babies cone out for food and water. Hopefully they go back to the nest to be brooded by their foster parents. Finches and quails raise their young very differently. They just have to keep warming the chicks once they leave the nest.

 

[Serin]

There are now three chicks.

 

[aart]

Crazy!!

How will the finches raise them, or will you put chicks in a brooder?

 

[Serin]

Hoping the finches continue to brood the chicks as needed.

 

[blackoaktammy]

Are the finches trying to feed them? That could be a problem.