Button quail thread!!

[Andkingquail]

Finished my latest quail cage.

Wow, looks great! Did you use bark as bedding or soil if so, does it work good and better than pine shavings?

 

[TeresaW]

Wow, looks great! Did you use bark as bedding or soil if so, does it work good and better than pine shavings?

Thanks. I put soil down first, then added the mulch. I've never used pine shavings. But I've had great success with my deep litter method so far.

 

[Andkingquail]

Thanks. I put soil down first, then added the mulch. I've never used pine shavings. But I've had great success with my deep litter method so far.

Oh, okay because I use pine shavings and they are really not great they smell a lot and get wet easily how often do you change and add new soil/ mulch. Because I'm thinking of doing that instead, and also do you just get everything from outside? Or do you buy soil and mulch bags just for that?

 

[TeresaW]

Oh, okay because I use pine shavings and they are really not great they smell a lot and get wet easily how often do you change and add new soil/ mulch. Because I'm thinking of doing that instead, and also do you just get everything from outside? Or do you buy soil and mulch bags just for that?

Oh, okay because I use pine shavings and they are really not great they smell a lot and get wet easily how often do you change and add new soil/ mulch. Because I'm thinking of doing that instead, and also do you just get everything from outside? Or do you buy soil and mulch bags just for that?

I got everything from outside except the mulch and sand. I find that mulch helps a lot with the smell.

 

[TeresaW]

Oh, I haven’t changed it yet. I’m new at this.

 

[TeresaW]

I add more mulch every week

 

[Andkingquail]

Welcome!Post all your button quail cages,pictures,threads,articles,questions,and hatch-alongs here! @TeresaW @Nabiki

Here's a pair of my buttons,

maple and stormy.

 

[GodLovesU]

What coloration(s) are they?

 

[Andkingquail]

What coloration(s) are they?

So, the female is wild type/ red breasted, but I'm not sure about the male maybe a cinnamon type?

 

[Schwaddles]

Hey all! Super new to this and kind of unexpectedly, but I have four buttons that I hatched 5 weeks ago (thread here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chaos-gremlin-tries-to-hatch-eggs-again.1642183/). They're molting a bit and getting adult feathers! They're out of the brooder and in their new enclosure as of last week.

I have 3 males and 1 female but there's suggestions that they get along better if raised together. So far so good at least. They're all very attached to each other from what I can see.

Absolutely love these little birds. Here they are in order of hatch:

Bevy (male) - friendly, trusting, loves meal worms and spray millet

Kiwi (male) - social, ditzy, not fussed by the god hand when food arrives

Peckard (female) - chill, not fussy and so tired of her brothers' antics

THORGUN THE DESTROYER aka Thor (male) - curious but cautious, leader, is ready to throw down with the shelf liner

So happy to introduce them all here!