FS Button Quail; PU only Renovo, PA

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Bettacreek

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As soon as the holiday rush is over and mail is back to normal, I will be ordering 50 button quail eggs. I'll be rehoming any that are not the pies that I'm looking for, ie, putting a feeler out to see if anyone is interested in the extras. $2 per chick, these are from European/German lines, and will be from pie/tux lines (ie, chance of offspring being pies/tux). Hatch date is tentatively set for January 21st. I will be able to transport for a gas fee.
 
i wish i was closer, quail are awsome little birds.
 
You're super close! I do not have a proper care sheet written out (just wrote one on microworms after 5 years, lol), however, I can give you a quick blurb and answer any questions you or others may have.

They are the smallest quail, reaching only a few inches and a few ounces (5 ounces I think, and 4 or 5 inches tall to give a guesstimate). They eat VERY little, are somewhat quiet (quieter than budgies, doves, etc), but they can leave out a noticable "pew-pew-peeeewww" noise. It's a gorgeous noise and isn't very loud at all, but you can hear it other parts of the house. They are clean and stink-free birds if kept up with. They can eat gamebird crumbles, or another high protein (25% or more) general poultry raiser. They can be kept in the bottom aviaries of other birds to help keep seed messes cleaned up. They can also be kept in their own cages, giving 6 inch square for each bird (no smaller than a 10g tank for two birds). Make sure that the hen ratio is higher than the roo ratio if keeping in communities. Keep the lids shallow on the cages (no more than 12" if not in a large aviary), because they WILL boink their heads (if you look at them) and can break their necks, slice their heads open, etc. Some birds are more spastic than others, but most birds will not appreciate you holding them.
 
Hm, very interesting. I have a spare 29 gal; would that be an adequate home for one or 3 or whatever the ratio need to be?
 
Yes, people eat the eggs. The European buttons are supposed to be slightly larger than the American lines, so they have a slightly larger egg as well. Most people pickle them. I'm not 100% sure if anyone has devilled the button eggs or not (I know they do with coturnix, but they're larger). I do know that people have used button eggs for baking and omelettes, though they say that it takes forever.

A 29g should be fine for two to three buttons, provided that there is only one roo.
 
Here's a pic of one of my old breeders. He is full size, against a standard bulb, with a coke 20oz cap in the upper corner.
ButtonBulb2-9-09.jpg


Same size comparison items, but two day old chicks instead.
ButtonChicksBulb.jpg
 
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