Baby Quails (Button/King quail), Broody Quail, Breeding And Hatching
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- Here is a nice view of the natural breeding/raising of my button quail. Watch to see the baby quails chicks hatch. After a lot of work and 16 days of breeding 7 cute new additions in the family. Thanks for watching and don't forget to hit the like and subscribe button.
Starring:
Snow (the silver male quail)
White (the brown female quail)
And 7 adorable chicks (no names yet, any suggestions?)
#quail #chicks #raising
See them grow up here. ruclips.net/video/Y2MXxhlcljQ/видео.html
Button quails are the cutest 🥺
True statement 🙂
You should fill the water with small pebbles (stones) so that baby quails don`t drown to death...it is very important
True, you can also use marbles to increase pecking behaviour. In this video I was present and quickly put in a small layer of water. In the other videos you can see I indeed use pebbles.
My broody button quail is sitting on her eggs for longer than two weeks. But she leaves her eggs for eating and drinking several times a day. Should I be worry about the eggs?
No that's normal and it can take up to 21 days sometimes fir the eggs to hatch
Love it
I had chicks back when I kept buttons and man they are so tiny!!
Yes, just like little bumbelbees
Hi bro ,my quail is giving eggs but its not hatching. please tell me the reason for not breeding
This can have so many reasons, I don't know your situation. The most common things are to much stress (male, other pets, humans), not in the right condition (food, time of year etc), not the right instinct (happens a lot with incubator animals), not enough cover (don't want to breed if they are to exposed), to young (need to be at least 1 year old). But again I don't know your situation. Hopefully you recognise one of the above and can change some things so that she will breed. Hopefully you will succeed, love to see naturally bred chicks.
My button quail is collecting eggs and wants to incubate them, she already has 8 eggs. When will she stop laying and start incubating. Do I need to reduce light for her to start incubating and stop laying? What material do you use for her nest? Can I use dry grass?
Dry grass will do, mostly just a relativly hidden spot will do the trick. No she starts incubating when she is ready. If she is collecting the eggs that's a good sign.
Ok thank you for replying. I will try to put some dry grass. I hope this works
Great information brother 👍
Thanks
This is perfect! Just how it is in nature.
Thanks
I have a question, i noticed a single egg in a closed off area (that i surrounded with leaves and straw in my aviary) But the parents dont seem to be sitting on the egg for a whole lot, ill see them time to time coming over, sitting on it for a few seconds and coming right off. The egg is cold and i only found it today, so im assuming it was laid earlier today or yesterday. I read up online that they need to lay a clutch then they will incubate them, is this the case? And wouldn't the egg go off or 'die' to have to wait that long being cold. I'm quite confused on wether to leave it or not. Will the egg not hatch? Im really confused so some help would be appreciated.
It is indeed true that they will start incubating when the clutch is complete. They do this so all the eggs will hatch at the same time. Sometimes they lay eggs trough the whole aviary and at the end bring them all togheter. The egg can stay cold for a long while. Cold will only kill the eggs when the egg is incubated for a while and there are already blood fessels inside the egg, then it is important the female will keep them warm. Just wait and see if they lay more eggs, often they lay an egg every other day.
thank you for the information, they have now laid 5 eggs, still not constantly sitting on them tho, how many eggs will make a clutch? And im pretty sure these guys (maybe except my silver female) is a first time layer/breeder. If they do not end up incubating will i be able to hatch the babies with my cockatiels and introduce the chicks to the quails, or will they kill them/ the hatching egg?
Oyasumi If you incubate and raise them by hand i wouldn't recommend to put them with your quails or cockatiels before they are like 4 weeks old. if the mother incubates them it is much saver she will protect the little ones. a clutch size can on average range from 6 to 10 sometimes even 20 (then it is wise to take some out)
Getting quails
So 1 male to 1 female ? They are adorable 🥰
Yes 1 male 1 female will get the result you can put an extra female with no problem but during the breeding season one can get picked on or left behind
How old is the mom quail, Because I have 2 females and they lay egg every day but don't brood them. If you can please help.
They need to be at least 1 year old. But it is very hard to get them to brood. They need the proper food and the proper environment. Check my channel for more quail tips. Due to generations of incubator chicks it is difficult to get them to brood, but it is possible. Do you know if you have incubator qauils or naturally bred quails?
@@MrAviary Yes they are incubator quails👍.🙏 Thanks for the help. Greatly appreciated.
Lindo.
Can I suggest putting marbles in the water bowl
Yes great suggestion.
Question do you have to take the male out when the female hatches
Depends on the male, some will harress the female and won't leave her alone, other will just sit next to her.
ok thanks
@@MrAviary my male is agressive so its make that female will never sit on egg.so in order to hatch i have to seperate male am i right?
@@twinsbrothers6253 True, than its better to seperate the male
What type of beefing are you using?
I have a large area That used to be a dog yard with a little work I could easily make into a natural habitat for them but I was wondering if you had any tips to get quail to brood? I mean everywhere read that it can't be done but clearly it can
Due to the shear amount of incubator birds, they lose their instinct to breed. Starting with naturally bred quails and a natural environment takes you a long way. I will try to make a video on how to breed quails soon.
Is it safe to keep the male quail with the baby quails after hatching.
Depends on the male so are great father's others will throw the chicks around so if you do keep an eye on it
Do you recommend leaving the pair together for hatching the eggs or separating them?
Sarah K it depends, if the male is not harassing the female all the time and is accepting the chicks he can stay. My first male was always laying quietly next to the female so he could stay, my new male only wanted to breed all the time so I took him out.
Mr. Aviary OK, thanks a lot!
My king quail didn't hatch her eggs What's i should do??
Did she incubate them?
We hatched coturnix quails at 45% and 101F
I promote natural breeding over an incubator
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one of my female quail keep in making some nest though she lays the eggs anywhere, she really care about her eggs but aways build a new nest..she has now 3 eggs..does this means she will go broody?
It can be a defense mechanism and that she will collect them if she is ready to brood.
Mr. Aviary that menas i'll have to wait when she has got like 8-20 eggs?..and my problem is will the eggs be rottinh inside ?since it's been said that the eggs are viable only for 7-10 days😕
My quail also have a babies. First come today. Do you put infra light also? I need it? Please for your opinion.
If the mother is still present you should not need a lamp
@@MrAviary Thanks
what are the conditions to king quail get broody
Most important is health. Females with low health dont have the energy to get broody. Next, temperature and the amount of daylight plays a role, however this is less important then in other aviary birds. At last background. Quails hatched in an incubator for multiple generation are less likely to brood, thats why I always recommmend people to try natural breeding.
thank you
what material did you use
pls
Do they stink like bigger quails like bobwhite etc? And do they stay on the ground 24/7?
No not as much because they are smaller. No they fly upwards when they get scared otherwise they stay on the ground, they also sleep on the ground.
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My male was not so kind to the chicks. I had to separate them.
Unfortunately, that is most often the case. I was very lucky I have had had multiple men who want to care for their chicks.
I thought a female quail lay an egg a day. Does that mean the mother would have to hatch every day as the chick will come out one day at a time?
She lays an egg every other day. But she will start breeding after she layed all the eggs. This way all the eggs develop at the same time and rate and hatch also at the same time.
i understand what your saying. quail lay eggs everyday, but like chicken when they are broody or sitting on eggs they will only lay certain number of eggs and stop laying when incubating.
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should I remove the male if my hen start laying eggs??? 😕
You can wait a little longer it will take 16 days before they hatch. But keep watching the dynamics. If the males become to aggressive just remove him.
no i did not and it worked great for my
PAINSTATION take the eggs away and replace with fake ones
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How can i bey a broody quail?
Always buy a quail which is also hatched by its mother and not in an incubator