Button Quail need high protein food not chicken feed. There are several brands including Purina and Nutrina. I take the bag and devide it into freezer baggies and either freeze it or share with another person in the area who has game birds or turkeys or ducks.
You can feed them pet Finch seed mixed into the crumbles game bird food0 and they do love meal worms but try to limit them as they are a very fattening food. You can fed them hard boiled chicken or quail eggs run them in the chopper shell and all they will eat the shell and get extra calcium from them.
Other treats are: fresh broccoli, corn squeeze it out of the shell or not , peas, lettuces in small amounts as mostly water , fruit including banana and oranges apples too. NO chocolate or avocado! A great treat that is fun to watch is a clump of grass pulled from the yard with the dirt still attached.
Be sure it has not been treated with fertilizer or bug killer. They also like dandylions stem and flower or seed. Thanks for the info I will go to me feed store tommorow and get them some game food, thanks this info helped me!!
Aug 2, 13 0 I have 16 button quail I feed them show chow but at first I was feeding them show turkey I am not sure what "show chow" is. You need to check the protein and be sure it is non medicated fed. High protein is a must! And yes you should crush the crumbles for the chicks for the first weeks anyway. And do take precautions that they do not fall into the water or they will drown or even get too cold and wet and die.
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So now your hen has made her first nest. She will probably sit on the eggs almost non-stop, leaving them to eat and relieve herself. I have found that she will chatter at you most threateningly if you come near, but also that if you get her off the nest and take her out to play, even for an extended period of time, she will return to the eggs once she is back in her cage or tank or whatever. Allow her to keep her eggs for 16 to 20 days, which is the normal incubation period.
After this time, remove the eggs, and she will go on about her normal business within a few minutes. I have not seen a hen mourn very long over missing eggs. When you have removed the eggs, save them! Check for damage and throw away any questionable ones, and store the eggs somewhere safe, like in a little basket, with good air circulation.
Don't use anything airtight, as I have had eggs go moldy when kept in Tupperware. Under the right conditions, the eggs will not go "bad", they will simply start to dry up inside. I also use a permanent marker to write a little "1" on each egg, so that I can distinguish it from newer eggs later on.
A week or so after you have taken the eggs away, your hen will start to lay again. As soon as you see the first egg, take about seven of the old ones and place them next to the new one. She may lay one or two more, but then she should see the collection as a whole "new" clutch and begin to set them without laying them all over again. Once again, let her keep them for 16 - 21 days, and then take them out.
With each clutch, you should end up with two or three new eggs, and you can then pitch the oldest ones from previous clutches. I hope this information helps your button hen to live a longer, healthier life. Feel free to me with any questions, and as always, Happy Quails! Safety Tips for letting your Buttons loose in the House If you're like me, you like to let your buttons out for a little exercise now and then. Before you do, please read the following "Ten Commandments for Button Safety" and avoid potential hazards that could endanger your birds Keep your other pets away from your Quail.
No matter how harmless you think Fluffy or Fido might be, you never know when they suddenly might think Button looks like a tasty treat. Never let a bird out in a room where another animal might injure it or worse Watch out for ceiling fans.
Never let your button out while the ceiling fan is on. Even though they spend most of their time on the ground, one unexpected "boink" into a spinning ceiling fan can mean instant death for a quail. Keep all the doors and windows closed. When a bird gets scared, its first inclination is to fly away. Buttons are the same, and if you have open, screenless windows or doors, your quail could be gone and lost before you know what happened.
Similarly, try to keep the shades closed, or at least have a fabric panel across the window. If your button gets a mind to try to escape quickly, it's not going to know there's a hard pane of glass between it and the outdoors. A flying quail can crash hard into a glass window, seriously injuring or even killing itself.
Watch out for anything with a heating element. Keep the stove off, the fireplace well protected, and curling irons or other hot appliances off at all times when your Button is out of its cage. Beware of water. Keep the toilet lid down, the sink empty and the cover to the fishtank closed.
Buttons can't swim! Avoid all poisons. Don't let your button anywhere where it can get into insect poisons, rat poisons, mouse traps, cleaning solutions, solvents, or anything that is even remotely toxic. Buttons like to taste everything they encounter, so the danger of having poisons about is obvious. Be aware of what's under your feet at all times. It could be a quail! Tame quails like to be where their humans are, and this means hanging around by our feet. They move quickly and quietly, and even if you think they're in another room, seem to be able to get "underfoot" in no time flat.
I've had quails show up by my feet out of virtually nowhere, and only narrowly avoided giving them a kick by always looking down before I move my feet. Button doesn't understand that our feet are dangerous to them, so get into the habit of always knowing where your quail is before taking a step or rolling your desk chair.
Be careful when opening and closing doors. Make certain your quail isn't anywhere it can get caught in a closing door or hit by an opening door. When closing doors, watch both the swinging side and the hinged side, because a quail can get its head in between a very small space.
Watch out for holes or open spaces where a quail can get lost under the baseboards, kitchen cabinets, walls, floors, or radiators. Keep the door to the basement closed, as well as the doors to any closets that might be unsafe. Keep the Floors Clean! As mentioned before, Buttons like to taste everything! Keep the carpets vacuumed and the floors washed, so your quail doesn't sample something that's been tracked in from outdoors.
Think of your quail as a curious and active human child. Only if it's clean enough for a Baby is it clean enough for a Button! More Safe Birdkeeping Tips. At Last!! Have any Button stories you'd like to share? Introduction First of all, what is a Button Quail?
Meet Baby Spaz. I've been really lucky to have some wonderful tame button quails in my life; first Baby Spaz, then Bunny, Hercules, PeeWee and Praddle. Happy Birthday, Baby Spaz! Last Updated: January 31, visitors since Jan. Socializing should occur daily. If you want to bond a few quail together, then you should split them off into pairs and allow them to forage and spend time together.
When it comes to feeding them, their dietary habits are quite similar to chickens. Except that quail are also omnivores and enjoy a healthy mix of meats and vegetables. You can typically find these at your local bird store. The rest of the diet should include fruits and vegetables as well as grit. When it comes to serving grit, it should be in a large enough bowl that the quail can comfortably sit in. When it comes to watering your quail, the water should be kept fresh daily.
It should also be chlorine-free and filtered. Any fruits or vegetables that are not eaten by the end of the day should be removed. When placing the food and water, it should be kept two inches above the ground. This will help keep it from becoming contaminated from the bedding and feces on the floor. You can provide the materials that they need to groom themselves. Add a bit of chinchilla dust if you like to dust bathe your quail.
Because of their reliance on their nails, you need to take them to a professional to have their nails trimmed. You risk injuring your quail otherwise. Other signs that your button quail is healthy include dry eyes and dry nares. Their feathers will also be smooth and are well-groomed.
Oh my gosh!!! This is so helpful! I need to write a report about quails to show my parents, and then I might be aloud to get some! I love this, and would recomend this to other people. This was the best advice I could get on these types of quails. Great facts too! I will now be able to raise them successfully thank to this website! Please let me know where to order the eggs. I have 2 incubators and both have done very well.
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