Emmy 528 Report post Posted October 28, 2015 Probably your first thoughts will be when you look at the photo will be-- 'poor chick it didn't make it'BUT its alive and kicking -- its just enjoying the warmth in the brooder.First time I saw this, 3 chicks were lying like this with their legs stretched out and I thought they had died. (1st photo from 'choose files' 2nd photo used drag) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted November 14, 2015 hello emmy i had that scare too, all of them sprawled out in their brooder sadly i have had to give up my japanese quail due to them killing the baby finches D: yours are looking well and cute :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted November 14, 2015 Glad to see you back Sarah. The quails do look odd lying like that. (lol) I didn't realise that the Japanese quail would kill zebra finches I have only ever had Chinese Painted quail in the aviary but the 9 of them are in a hutch just now - once I get organised I will be putting them into the inside flight for the winter. I have never tried putting the Texan Whites into the outside flight. I shouldn't really have put those 4 Texan white eggs into the incubator but I was curious to find out if their eggs were fertile. So I will be selling them. At the moment I have 4 separate lots of Texan white quails (that's not counting the young ones.) I just cant put them all together - the cock birds were fighting with each other. One of the 4 groups are my O.A.P's there's 3 of them so they get a hutch to themselves in their old age (lol) Nice to chat to you again. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted November 15, 2015 i never thought they would either but we caught them in the act one day tried them in my budgie aviary and because it's full concrete slabs....they made a terrible mess and absolutely stank, so off to auction they went ( i miss them and feel mean for doing it, but no one wanted them) going to focus on CPQ after new year we lost all out CPQ but 2 not long ago, so we took some in with the rescue i am part of, they all live happily in my dads finch aviary, problem is that some baby finches think they are quail.....ah well my house is a bird sanctuary at the moment, we have 8 different species.....or 9 :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted November 15, 2015 Kinda like my home Sarah I've got more than nine different species (lol) I rescue bird too - I was selling some of my finches to a pet section in a shop and noticed they had a zebra finch with a damaged foot they told me it had been to a vet and was ok now but I felt sorry for it so next day I went back with one of my healthy finches and swapped it for the one with the damaged foot. It's now in beside my other two 'disabled' finches (lol) and the three of them get on great. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted November 15, 2015 awww i am part of a rescue which rescues and rehomes parrots and other birds. i am currently looking after a black headed caique, a ringneck, 2 love birds and a senagal (which is now my dads) i will possibly be getting an ecaluctus parrot on tuesday but saying goodbye to the caique and ringneck, the caique needs to be an only-bird and the ringneck is an aviary bird Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted November 15, 2015 That's a great thing you are doing Sarah, what would get me is the parting with them when a new permanent home was found. When I 'rescue' anything guess it would be here to stay forever (lol) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted November 15, 2015 haha, if i get attached to the bird then i do, but with the ringneck being an aviary bird, he needs the space to fly and not worry about needing to go back into a cage at the end of the day and the caique is getting stressed by the lovebirds and other birds and i have accepted that it's not fair on him to live here any-more as he is terrified but still a loving bird i have attached a picture of him ...or of his head haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted November 15, 2015 That's some size of beak!! Sarah how did you manage to get that picture downloaded on to a reply post? emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted November 15, 2015 right....here haha (2nd picture) yeah..he's a poser but never bites too hard....i have attached a picture of me and him when i was at a dog show with the rescue raising money to rescue more birds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted November 15, 2015 Really nice photo Sarah Thanks for the diagram I thought that's where the choice would be for adding photos but for some reason its not showing up on my post. Need to have a word with Gary to find out what I've done wrong--again!! (lol) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted November 15, 2015 haha thank you and no problem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
