They do love their mealworms!
 Hmmm, perhaps I haven't taken their ages into enough consideration.   The
hen is 10 weeks and hasn't started laying.  The male is closer to 7 weeks.
They are both new to my house so are still in quarantine and settling in.
Could be they will even out in the next couple weeks.  I'm too used to my
other birds - they all pretty much started nesting as I brought them
throught the front door  :-p

Thank you

Skipper



Janet"  wrote in message
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>
> Skip wrote
> > Any button quail owners here?  My pair consists of a dark grey male
> chinese
> > quail, (with very clear neck bib) and a common, brown female, (no neck
bib
> > and typical hide in the grass mottled brown colour)  From what I've seen
> > lately, the female is acting like a dominant male, crowing and
> territorial.
> > The male is submissive, hiding often, has gotten a few head feathers
> plucked
> > and definately not territorial.  Could this be due to the female being
> > bigger (and I suspect slighly older) and perhaps ready to breed, or
maybe
> > they are not as well matched as I initially thought?   Any suggestions
or
> > directions to another group or bard appreciated!
>
> The hens are usually larger than the cocks.  It sounds as though your pair
> is related e.g. brother and sister.  The male will soon become dominant.
> Has your hen began laying?  Once they reach 6-8 weeks they begin to lay.
> She will lay 7 days a week for several weeks.  Buttons are not usually
good
> parents, setting and raising.  So she may never set.  Just remove the
eggs,
> boil them for 5 minutes and feed them back to them.  Or try crickets and
> mealworms, either fresh or canned, from your local pet store.  It will
help
> the hens live longer.  They use up calcium at a rapid rate due to their
> extensice egg laying.
> Good luck!
>
> Paul, not Janet
>
>




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