Young male Button noise

[Pandaisy]

I am new to Button quail and I am wondering what my male is trying to tell me. I separated him and his girlfriend yesterday because she started chasing another hen. First I thought my dog was snoring . He will pick the highest spot in the cage for this show. They are both almost 6 weeks old. Is he training his voice or is he marking his territory? I am already in love with these birds, they are so beautiful and unique! Thank you for any advice on these guys.

 

[Ravenlover]

I don't know what that is, but I am guessing some sort of mating ritual? So far he's only been yelling and 'snoring'. I can't wait to see. His girlfriend is always running after him, so not long until they do the devil's tango.

Yep !!! And it looks like this ! He sticks his wings out and lowers his body and runs back and forth feathers spread


Alsothat snore is the males growl

 

[Pandaisy]

That's why I sold 2 pairs yesterday, still have 3 pairs. Another one should go this week. These aren't mature yet and hopefully leave before my whole house is growling...

 

[Nabiki]

I have 24 eggs in the incubator due to hatch on Tuesday. I'm 90% sure that one of them is a quitter. There are many that I cant see into, but the ones that I can have developed nicely.

 

[GreedySeedFeedy]

Yep !!! And it looks like this ! He sticks his wings out and lowers his body and runs back and forth feathers spread


Alsothat snore is the males growl

Our coturnix do something similar! They look like an angry feather duster! We call it the 'man walk' but your term for it is hilarious!

 

[Pandaisy]

Just witnessed my male trying to get on top of his girlfriend. She was laying down for him, chirping. That is a good sign, right? The other two pairs still do nothing and live happily together as a foursome.

 

[Pandaisy]

I separated my foursome today because I want my silvers to pair up. Now they are non stop crying for each other. Should I leave them together? I am worried that they will start fighting at some point when I am not home.

Edit: Never mind, put them back together because my brown hen and her mate wouldn't stop trying to get back to their friends. All four are happy now.

 

[Ravenlover]

I haven't seen any mating rituals or actual mating yet. They all hang out with each other all the time. The white-brown female (sorry I am terrible with Button colors) was calling and my silver female answered, my silver male answered, the black male from her cage answered. My silver female started calling back and everybody answered again. This went on for 2 hours. The white-brown female seemed really stressed out, pacing around endlessly.

They are all piled up now in one corner. Guess they are all late bloomers...

They sound about right i kept savi Vladimir shana mina and alucard all together for a long time untill vlad who was a couple weeks older and savi younger then her stated trying to mate but untill then even with vlad laying a egg before the mating they were all fine

 

[FloorCandy]

Yep !!! And it looks like this ! He sticks his wings out and lowers his body and runs back and forth feathers spread


Alsothat snore is the males growl

Cot males do something similar, lean over extend neck, and run, they don’t put their wings back tho. It usually means they’re lookin for lovin. Snowflake just did this because he’s really into the huge Italian girl who just moved into his cage and she hates him, he tried strutting like that for her and he smacked into the wall and fell over backward, and she stood up and made cricket noises at him lol.

my parrot used to do the full ninjitsu anime run, wings back, head down, but in ultra slow mo.

 

[Ravenlover]

I am new to Button quail and I am wondering what my male is trying to tell me. I separated him and his girlfriend yesterday because she started chasing another hen. First I thought my dog was snoring . He will pick the highest spot in the cage for this show. They are both almost 6 weeks old. Is he training his voice or is he marking his territory? I am already in love with these birds, they are so beautiful and unique! Thank you for any advice on these guys.

Mating rituals time for mates and getting it on adult style, claiming territory and females saying no this my man and my egg space.