I went out to my greenhouse today and heard the peeping of baby quails. It seems my button quails had a few clutches hatch overnight and my wife and I counted at least eleven babies. A robin seems to have flown in then open door and seems really interested in the babies. I always remember the "birds are dinosaurs" trope and spenta solid half hour chasing him out... the robin really did not want to leave.
Eleven baby button quails hatched today, and a robin was trying to eat them
3 years ago by tlongstretch to c/greenhouse_growers
tlongstretch 3 points 3 years ago
They are for entertainment and pest control. They stay on the ground and eat the bugs that might otherwise eat my plants. The adults are the size of a tennis ball, and the chicks when hatched are the size of bumble bees. You can easily hold a dozen chicks in your hand.
Here's a few pictures, hard to get any good ones because they are running around so quickly
NanoTriffid 1 point 3 years ago
Aw that looks brilliant and cute.
Thanks for the share . I think we need more bumble bee sized baby chicks in our lives. I'm off to go google more....
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This is an amazing slice of life moment Are you intentionally trying to breed quails or (and I hope this is the answer) did they just show up?
Also robins are cheeky bastards at the best of times.
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