Recent content by GrimApatheia

Here they are all grown up!! So far most of these lil guys are wild-type males, but I have a few that I’m not sure on. Here are two of my favorite buttons from my first clutch. The first one is one of my two females, I have another like her but he’s a bit darker. I haven’t seen anything exactly...

Hi all Still quite new to keeping quail, this is my first summer. I have about 20 coturnix outside. I hatched them from eggs, so the male to female ratio is more than likely off. And yes I know this is my fault. So far the boys haven’t been too bad, until today when I went out and many of the...

I currently have about 20 coturnix outside, they’ve been out there since mid-late winter and have done fine so far. Now that it’s warming up the males have started calling more. I noticed a few days ago that one or more of them has been calling quite frequently, even at dusk when it starts to...

Hi, I have some adult button quail that are currently indoors, as well as some coturnix outdoors. I've recently purchased a 50lb bag of plain play sand for one of my aquariums and have some leftover. It's a bit dusty and fine. Will this be safe to use as bedding or in dust baths for either...

Hi all, the buttons are just under 2 1/2 weeks old I believe, and everyone is doing well except this one. The poor things always been super small, and has a bit of an overbite that I’ve kept a close eye on. It’s about 12-13 grams while the largest is 28, second smallest is 23. :( Is there...

Im still not sure on them but here’s some updated Pics!! Definitely a silver of some kind, and I think a silver tux? Feel free to go at it!

Hi all, the title says it all. My button babies are about 4-5 days old. I started them out on paper towels and shelf liner, then gave them some kaytee carefresh paper bedding (the natural brown kind). They love it, the only thing is.. They’re eating it!!! Not in heaps, just a few pieces so I’ve...

Hi all, Just hatched out my first button quail clutch, 8 out of 15 shipped eggs hatched and everything is going very smoothly so far! All I want to know is what colors do y’all think they are? I think the light greyish one is a silver, maybe one or two pearls or wilds, but I’m still not sure...

Hi all, super quick question I’ve raised Coturnix from shipped eggs before and I’m going to try my hand at buttons/king quail. The eggs just came in and they are a little chilly to the touch, but I know with the coturnix eggs they had to sit at room temp for 24hrs. Is it going to be the same...

Hi all, Purely out of curiosity I’m looking at California valley quail, maybe as a distant future project. Does anyone know a decent place to get eggs for them? Websites, specific sellers? Also, can they be mixed with coturnix?

Hi all! So far the babies are great, even the chick with splay legs (a little small but growing!). They’re all just about ready to go out once it warms up just a touch, and everyone is fluffy! Now my dilemma is- What color are they?! I got the variety mix from Myshire, and I know a few for sure...

They’re all on pine shavings! I’ll see about the vet. Is there anything I can do??

So recently I have hatched my first clutch of quail, first time owning poultry. Everything is going great, other than having one splay legged chick who other than being a bit of a runt, is doing alright. Checking on the babies today, I noticed one of the older chicks squatting down and not...

Hi all! Again, still new and not sure where to post this, but I’ve just hatched out 22 lovely little coturnix babies with more possibly to come. The hatch rate has been lovely (out of the 30, minus one that cracked in shipping), and only one little chick has had issues. The little one pipped and...

Hi all, Very new to the forum so please forgive me if I make any errors, and I understand that this is one of the biggest questions when it comes to backyard chickens, but I want to do things as right as I can get. Recently I have started keeping coturnix, and have just hatched my first batch...