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Posted by NateW on Mon, 03/29/2004 - 20:36 :: Others
I had a month infestation last year from some wild bird seed that I kept indoors too long, I got rid of most of them but still see one from time to time... I heard the other day that someone took in a button quail and it ate all the moths in her house.

So now I have to wonder, does anyone have hand-raised button quail? What are they like? I've read of many birds getting along well with humans if hand-raised, but I don't know a single thing about quail.

Do they eat spiders too?

Nate Waddoups
Redmond WA USA
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Posted by maggie on Fri, 09/17/2004 - 06:08.
A friend of mine had one very tame button quail.It was a female and thought my friend was her mate.The quail was incubator hatched :)

jusmee an jabber
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Posted by karen on Fri, 09/17/2004 - 08:40.
I've hatched a few buttons. I got the eggs off ebay and hatched them in a little incubator.
You have to raise them individually to get them tame and I had four so I gave away 3 of them to a friend when they were a few weeks old and kept one female. Noel never got really tame for whatever reason. She was a cute little thing though and would do ANYTHING for a nice juicy mealworm or a dust bath.

Karen and Chico (greencheek conure) and Pippin (budgie)
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Posted by karen on Fri, 09/17/2004 - 09:16.
I thought I should add that button quail are almost always incubator hatched. They've been mainly incubator hatched for so many generations that many pairs just won't incubate their own eggs anymore.

Karen and Chico (greencheek conure) and Pippin (budgie)
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Posted by Parrotdragon on Fri, 09/17/2004 - 13:10.
Are button quail Chinese quail?

Debbi
NZ
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Posted by karen on Mon, 09/20/2004 - 10:43.
Yes, they're also called Chinese painted quail.

Karen and Chico (greencheek conure) and Pippin (budgie)
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