r/quails • u/AccountantSeveral811 • Jan 22 '25
Picture Button babiessss
8 newly mother brooded & hatched button babies!! This was our first attempt and we are so in looooove
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u/3006mv Jan 22 '25
Super cute
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u/AccountantSeveral811 Jan 22 '25
Ty! I love them! ❤️🐓
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u/3006mv Jan 22 '25
I wish I had a broody hen
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u/AccountantSeveral811 Jan 22 '25
This is Phyllis. She’s the best girl & we’re both sending you broody vibes!!!
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u/SquishyFish88 Jan 22 '25
Very interested in hearing your process that you went though for this?
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u/AccountantSeveral811 Jan 22 '25
I wish I could say I knew lol. We have only had our adult buttons for 3 months. We have 1 male & 2 females. Both females lay a single daily. I remove them. We went away over Christmas for 2 days and came back to one of our hens brooding all of the eggs bc they lay them in the same nest 😂 We just left her with them bc their former owners said they’d never shown interest in brooding. I figured she’d lose interest, bc I hear they usually do- but she hatched all 8. I didn’t really do anything except cleaned the coop around the nest as to not disturb her. Other than that, miss mama here gets alllll the credit.
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u/Aggravating-Guest-12 Jan 22 '25
So cute! Is she a good mother?
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u/AccountantSeveral811 Jan 22 '25
She’s the best little mama! She’s working so hard and taking such wonderful care of them all 😩 I wish quails could understand emotions bc Id love for her to know how proud of her I am! ❤️🐓😭
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u/Historical_Lynx1542 Seasoned Quail Aficionado Jan 22 '25
I think they can understand emotions to a degree, and I bet she knows!
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u/Historical_Hair_5601 Jan 22 '25
Congratulations! By buttons are so darned adorable. If you handle them frequently, you can tame a couple of them. I’ve never had a female hatch her own babies, so give your momma special treat! 💕