Quail Incubation

[Pyjaks]

9 eggs! Wow. How many are you guys expecting overall?

[Ranger of the North]

9 eggs! Wow. How many are you guys expecting overall?

No idea, lol! But I just read that they can have up to twelve! 0,0

[Pyjaks]

Well the more little baby quails the better <3_<3 I am so excited for tiny quail pics!!!

[WalkingContradiction]

wow this is cool! I'm very interested in most animals! Are they difficult to keep? I had chickens for a while but a fox got to them...
( Anyway I will definitely check back for updates!

[Ranger of the North]

Well the more little baby quails the better <3_<3 I am so excited for tiny quail pics!!!

Yesss, the more the merrier! XP

wow this is cool! I'm very interested in most animals! Are they difficult to keep? I had chickens for a while but a fox got to them...
( Anyway I will definitely check back for updates!

Hey, thanks! c:
Aaah, I'm so sorry, that sucks! D: It's... kinda fifty-fifty, actually. They're quite dumb, so we have to make sure their water levels stay low, and have to try and make sure they don't chase us out into the real world, lol. They're so teeny that they can fit through chicken-wire as well, though, which isn't useful for trying to keep them alive! So yeah, with the first clutch we had to run out and catch chicks every now and then before the cat found 'em o,o

[Ranger of the North]

Thursday, September twenty-first, 2017

Mama's been disguising her nest again, and I haven't seen her move from it — which means I still can't count the eggs! I did manage to get some pictures of her brooding, though:

She was trying to turn them and nearly knocked herself over, poor thing, lol.

Afternoon:

She finally moved off to get food, and there are eleven eggs! o:

[Ranger of the North]

Friday, September twenty-second, 2017

Naw, male-quail was preening the other girl; giving her a cute lil head-rub :'3
Both girls were working on hiding the nest o.o

[Ranger of the North]

Sunday, September twenty-fourth, 2017

Thirteen eggs! What even?!

[WalkingContradiction]

Omigoodness that's a lot of eggs! How many do you expect to hatch?

[Ranger of the North]

Omigoodness that's a lot of eggs! How many do you expect to hatch?

Well the first clutch last year only hatched about half-ish, so I'd guess probably that again? It'll be interesting to see, though, because my mum's started wondering if both females were using the nest (and I'm starting to doubt it, lol). So if that's the case, and they share incubation, then I guess the outcome could be higher ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


There's still only thirteen eggs, btw :p
I did document them doing... something...? a few days ago though, but I keep forgetting to post it lol; hopefully tonight, since I remember rn XD