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[Mrs MIA]

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A button quail chick is only as big as the first knuckle of your thumb.

 

[Mrs MIA]

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I made mine all of 1/2" hardware cloth. But they don't go in there until they're full grown... chicks can get their head stuck in the 1/2" holes...

 

[marie_martin]

Oh I love the cage. Wish I were that handy.

I have some button eggs for sale if anyone is interested.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=92602

I got the parents as eggs from jkcove08 abd wyldehorses. I will try to post pics to the thread soon. Just thought I would mention the eggs.

PM me or email me if interested. They really need to go out tomorrow or tues.

Marie

 

[SportTees]

Heres my dumb question of the day-Is this molting or what??

 

[Lophura]

How big is the pen? Is that a bare spot on his head? It looks possibly like a crowding-picking issue.

Dan

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

I made mine all of 1/2" hardware cloth. But they don't go in there until they're full grown... chicks can get their head stuck in the 1/2" holes...

What do you have the doors lined with? Your pic is what I have in my mind on how to make the door except for the edges.

I'm making mine out of 1/2" hardware cloth too with a wood frame. I'm putting 1/4" hardware cloth on the bottom with a pull out tray. I'm making this for my adult buttons; I have two cages with 3 each and their cages are small and temporary. These will be bigger and their permanent homes. Last weekend we completed a huge one for my 14 other adult buttons and my 5 4-week old coturnix (separate cages of course). But DBF did those (using old cat cages and made slide-out trays) so this is my very first attempt from scratch.​

 

[Mrs MIA]

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What do you have the doors lined with? Your pic is what I have in my mind on how to make the door except for the edges.

I'm making mine out of 1/2" hardware cloth too with a wood frame. I'm putting 1/4" hardware cloth on the bottom with a pull out tray. I'm making this for my adult buttons; I have two cages with 3 each and their cages are small and temporary. These will be bigger and their permanent homes. Last weekend we completed a huge one for my 14 other adult buttons and my 5 4-week old coturnix (separate cages of course). But DBF did those (using old cat cages and made slide-out trays) so this is my very first attempt from scratch.

Sporttees: that's a picked-on bird... not enough space per bird, or they just really don't like him.


LRRM: I found 1/2 of a rectangular aluminum duct panel at Home Depot, and I just cut it down to size. There's 1/4" wire on the floor, and I wound up building a wooden frame around the bottom to hold the tray so it slides in and out.

 

[marie_martin]

I have lowered the price on the button eggs if anyone is interested. I apologize for hi jacking the thread. Just wanted to get these out asap. Thanks.

Great info in this thread.

Marie

 

[SportTees]

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There are only 2 birds in that pen-- Guess they don't like each other LOL. The guy told me he gave me 3 breeding pairs but it was hard to tell because they were only 5-6 wks old. I think I may have more females than males??

 

[Mrs MIA]

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There are only 2 birds in that pen-- Guess they don't like each other LOL. The guy told me he gave me 3 breeding pairs but it was hard to tell because they were only 5-6 wks old. I think I may have more females than males??

Yeah... Bobwhites don't mature very fast... I have some that are 10 weeks old, and I STILL can't figure out who's who...

But it looks like the one in question is a male, because of the white stripe on the face (the females are brown). I would separate him until he feathers out again, maybe keep a divider between them so they can still see each other, but can't get to each other.
A little extra protein will help him grow his feathers back.

Good luck...