Is this normal and I'm just overworrying like a newly tried mother, or would this be considered excess sleeping? I just worry they're not spending as much time eating as they could be since they're still all quite on the small side still. The Button Quail, also known as King Quail, Blue-Breasted Quail, or Chinese Painted Quail, is a popular quail species among poultry owners. My intention was to make them as tame as possible for the farm they'll be living at when they mature (perhaps the taming is going a little TOO well haha), but now whenever I let them out the incubator they forego any sort of want to forage to have a long nap on me instead. But I'm worried they're using what time they should be using to eat to sleep on me instead. Quail Chicks for Sale Shop Stromberg’s for an extensive quail chick selection and the necessary supplies for raising quail. Yesterday I sat there on the floor with them for two and a half hours and from the moment they were against my skin they had all fallen fast asleep and refused to move.Ĭute? Absolutely. But instead of simply warming up and then resuming to forage, they just remain there until forcibly removed by myself. They climb onto my hand when offered and some have even taken a fancy to getting under the hem of my shirt to cuddle against my belly. From 41.99 Calico Fee Hatching Eggs From 59.99 Cinnamon Hatching Eggs From 78.99 Jumbo Pansy/Rotkopf Hatching Eggs From 55.99 Quail Egg Cartons From 4.99 German Sparkly Collection Adult Quail From 14.99 Scarlet & Red Range Tuxedo Celadon Hatching Eggs From 59.99 Hatchery’s Choice Adult Quail From 9. Live Quail Chicks are currently out of stock while the ladies take a holiday. I'm perfectly fine with that, and encourage it even. But my guys are perhaps a little too cosy, because whenever they eat outside of their incubator (which I try to do every hour so they can learn to acclimate in the cold for brief 10 minute periods) they decide that snuggling with me is far more important. I'd have imagined it'd be in small intervals during the day, eg: whenever they get cold, they hide under mum, cosy up for a bit, then when warm enough go about foraging. They came out of their incubator super fast and rearing to go this morning, it was beloved to see. My new baby Coturnix quail (first time quail owner) are now 5 days old. Hi all, I feel like I've been asking a lot of questions but every time I think I'm set more thoughts arise, so sorry for the spam.
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