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Post by sebzpets on Feb 4, 2007 21:18:16 GMT 10
This morning I am doing my normal "rounds" with coffee in hand checking the aviaries and chooks etc etc.
Hmmm well my sweet little silver king quail hen (who had been sitting) is sitting a few feet from the nest site (under a few bricks) out in the open with the cock bird sitting beside her...heart failure thinking I have lost 1 of my quail hens!!!
Well I enter the aviary and this rotten quail just looks at me (hen) whilst the cock bird is trying his damdest to eat my toes (sooooo funny),anyway pick up the hen and lo and behold......................................I NOW HAVE 4 BEAUTIFUL QUAIL BABIES!!!!
Sorry no pics as camera is a loaner and I don't have the charger for it here.....they are soooooooooo cute and tiny.I have moved them indoors and into a cage they can't escape from with mum for a few days and than I will put mum back in the aviary and raise the babies myself.
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 5, 2007 8:09:12 GMT 10
sounds too cute ;D you might just have to borrow the camera again too. LOL
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Post by Jane on Feb 5, 2007 9:45:27 GMT 10
That's great Seb  I know what an acheivement quail babies are, they will lay hundreds of eggs and roll them around everywhere but trying to get them to sit still long enough to hatch is sooooo hard. Mine will sometimes sit about 14 days then get bored and wander off. By the way I think the rule is to remove dad quail now. |
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Post by silvercloud on Feb 5, 2007 14:11:09 GMT 10
Oh congratulations. Can't wait to see pics.
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Post by sebzpets on Mar 18, 2007 7:05:04 GMT 10
Hey everyone,
Sorry I haven't been around much but as I am on dial up until my new pc arrives I have chosen not to visit a lot of the sites/forums I normally would....hopefully will be back next week with a vengenance!!!
Anyway an update on my quail babies.
They have just turned 6 weeks old and are almost fully feathered,still have yellow heads.
My other hen (I run my quail in trios) also hatched 4 babies but alas only 1 has managed to survive till now (approx 3 weeks old).
Bottom of my aviary looks amazing with 3 adult quail running around with 8 chooks....and than the finches and canaries all go down for a peck,scratch,feed and the floor turns into a rainbow!!! HEHEHE
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Post by AussieBirds on Mar 18, 2007 8:53:05 GMT 10
Been wondering where you were Sebastian glad to hear you,ll be a regular again soon, we have missed your fun posts.
John
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Post by silvercloud on Mar 18, 2007 16:52:48 GMT 10
Hey Seb, we've missed you ;D How fantastic that you have the new bubs, What a delight it must be to see all everyone down on the floor like that.
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Post by kiddo on Mar 22, 2007 12:41:56 GMT 10
hey seb,
you prob know me from BYP anyways my initial purpose to get the aviary was to put chooks in it.. does this work with the aviary birds? if so i would only be putting young chooks in there.. will the quail be ok?
cheers Shannon
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Post by sebzpets on Mar 27, 2007 13:53:24 GMT 10
kiddo,
I currently have a mature pr of d'uccles and a trio of young d'uccles on the bottom of my aviary with about 6 king quails....not a problem to be had.Until last week I also 3 4 mth old polish pullets in there as well.
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Post by kiddo on Mar 28, 2007 8:42:25 GMT 10
how big is your aviary??
that is very encouraging. will show to my parents and then but some tiels to go into my other chook shed:D
cheers
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Post by sebzpets on Mar 28, 2007 12:21:50 GMT 10
My largest aviary...where the chooks are is about 12' x 8' x 6' high. Other aviary with my princess parrots is about 7' x 4' x 8' high...my polish roo's when they are in with the princesses always roost as high as they can get which is about a foot from the roof,princesses don't mind sharing (they have 5 pullets/cockerals at the moment) as they get a bigger variety of food though why they would want more variety is beyond me considering what I give them normally.
My chooks started in the aviaries because I had no where else for them at the time,but now it is a very normal thing and nobody has an issue whatsoever. But than in the house the rules are that ALL the animals have to get along and not eat each other or they deal with me!! Not one problem with 2 dogs,4 cats,about a dozen chooks (some free-ranging) and 2 aviaries all getting along nicely.....bloody noah's ark here!
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Post by silvercloud on Mar 28, 2007 16:34:11 GMT 10
Hahaha I can sooooo relate to that.
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Post by sebzpets on Mar 30, 2007 8:58:30 GMT 10
Get this my first quail hen to hatch babies is now laying/nesting again.She is already upto about 6 eggs and as I have just sold the 4 older babies I have put the second hen and her baby back in the aviary with the other 2. Seems I am destined to breed more silver king quails this year. Heck they are getting late for this season that really should be last season now!! Even the Zebbies are still going and as I stated in a previous post the cutthroats as well.What is it with the fertility in this house.darn birds are getting more than me  LOL |
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Post by Jane on Mar 30, 2007 9:04:09 GMT 10
Well congrats on the birds getting into breeding  Maybe we'll have to think of something to help you.................... |
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Post by sebzpets on Mar 30, 2007 9:32:59 GMT 10
ROFLMFAO ahh Jane mardi gras came and went and I still missed out LOL. I am destined to be an old man dying in my aviary and being eaten by my birds....bit like a cat lady!!! |
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Post by AussieBirds on Mar 30, 2007 11:27:15 GMT 10
What do you mean destined to be ...........I already am.....an old man that is  John |
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Post by AussieBirds on Mar 30, 2007 12:22:40 GMT 10
ROFLMFAO ahh Jane mardi gras came and went and I still missed out LOL. I am destined to be an old man dying in my aviary and being eaten by my birds....bit like a cat lady!!! You know what they say Seb the good looking ones are either married or Gay...........................which one are you  John |
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Post by kiddo on Mar 30, 2007 13:09:41 GMT 10
ok i havn't see pics but mabe he's just not good looking just a thaught cheers |
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Post by sebzpets on Mar 30, 2007 18:01:55 GMT 10
Oi kiddo I not bad for my age even if I do say so myself. LOL John lets just say whoever made the statement that f**s can't breed really stuffed up as my birds eggs are definately fertile LOL.  |
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Post by Jane on Mar 30, 2007 19:12:30 GMT 10
Gee Seb there are probably worse ways to go  and heaps of time for your island rendezvous before you need to worry about being quail dinner |
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I know what an acheivement quail babies are, they will lay hundreds of eggs and roll them around everywhere but trying to get them to sit still long enough to hatch is sooooo hard. Mine will sometimes sit about 14 days then get bored and wander off. 
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and heaps of time for your island rendezvous before you need to worry about being quail dinner