Button Quail Hatching

JohnBoy · Post by **JohnBoy** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:17 pm

Thought you all would like to see some newly hatched BQ. I have a dozen eggs hatching out all day.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:51 pm

OMG!!!! How adorable!!

Pukasand · Post by **Pukasand** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:49 pm

Amazing, JohnBoy. Love those little Button Quail. Did you buy the eggs or are they from your own birds? Looks like you have a Darth Vader there. Nice pics. The miracle of birth never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for sharing.

JohnBoy · Post by **JohnBoy** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:08 pm

Pukasand wrote:Amazing, JohnBoy. Love those little Button Quail. Did you buy the eggs or are they from your own birds? Looks like you have a Darth Vader there. Nice pics. The miracle of birth never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Pukasand, they are from my own birds.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:16 pm

Very sweet John!! I heard they are self-sufficient very early - how long is it til they feed themselves?

JohnBoy · Post by **JohnBoy** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:51 pm

L in Ontario wrote:Very sweet John!! I heard they are self-sufficient very early - how long is it til they feed themselves?

They are self sufficient immediately. They start eating and drinking about 24 hours after they hatch.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:55 pm

John, this is really nice of you to share their "coming out to join the world" with us. So cute.

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:40 pm

Thanks for sharing, so adorable.

Ursula · Post by **Ursula** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:51 pm

Soooo cute!!!

They just grow up much to fast...

Not that I didn't like my Cordon Bleu babies, but the buttons where the best experience in the aviary so far. I didn't see the finches before they flew out because I was too afraid to disturbe the parents by peeking in the nest (which was high up in a batch of fake ivy) but the button quail I saw right after hatching. They were immediately active, like JohnBoy says. After a few hours they were already following the parents around. Within a few days there were out on their own all the time. It only takes a short time though for them to grow up and be as big as the adults...

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