dorawinifred
Chirping
- May 15, 2020
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Hi folks! First time quail mom here. I started off with 5 pharaoh chicks that I hatched from storebought eggs a few months ago. A while later, I bought some more from people on craigslist because those original 5 grew into 3 males and 2 females. I now have pharaohs, whites, one fawn, and one that I'm not too sure about. The one I'm talking about is in the left corner. Sorry for the bad pic, we all know how hard it is to get a clear shot of a quail 
For comparison, the other two are my normal pharaohs.
In person, she has the same markings as the pharaoh, but tan and cream instead of the normal brown tones. As a chick, she was yellow with pale brown stripes. She also looks very similar to my fawn, but the fawn is more reddish while this one is more tan.
Speaking of my fawn, she flew away the other day (there's a happy ending, I promise!). We raised chickens when I was a kid, so when people said quails could fly, I assumed they meant "fly like a chicken."
Well, a couple days ago I went out to change their water. I propped open the top of their pen and my fawn hen just flew out just like a pigeon! I watched her arc over the cinderblock wall into the neighbor's yard. A nice lady lives there, but I don't know her know her, you know? I live in one of those suburban neighborhoods where neighbors like to keep to themselves. She also wasn't home, because I rang the doorbell like five times. When I peeked over the wall, there was a BBQ grill with a cover on it, and on top of that cover was a single fawn-colored quail feather. So I decided to just sneak into her backyard and grab my bird. When I did, I found her hiding under the bbq grill 
Moral of the story...QUAILS CAN FLY. And now I know!
For comparison, the other two are my normal pharaohs.In person, she has the same markings as the pharaoh, but tan and cream instead of the normal brown tones. As a chick, she was yellow with pale brown stripes. She also looks very similar to my fawn, but the fawn is more reddish while this one is more tan.
Speaking of my fawn, she flew away the other day (there's a happy ending, I promise!). We raised chickens when I was a kid, so when people said quails could fly, I assumed they meant "fly like a chicken."
Well, a couple days ago I went out to change their water. I propped open the top of their pen and my fawn hen just flew out just like a pigeon! I watched her arc over the cinderblock wall into the neighbor's yard. A nice lady lives there, but I don't know her know her, you know? I live in one of those suburban neighborhoods where neighbors like to keep to themselves. She also wasn't home, because I rang the doorbell like five times. When I peeked over the wall, there was a BBQ grill with a cover on it, and on top of that cover was a single fawn-colored quail feather. So I decided to just sneak into her backyard and grab my bird. When I did, I found her hiding under the bbq grill Moral of the story...QUAILS CAN FLY. And now I know!
I had no idea quails could be so...interesting.
