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Post by Amanda on Oct 1, 2005 16:20:10 GMT 7
I know my Mum is going to kill me! (especially when she finds out I'm getting another hand raised bird in approx 6 weeks!) But I just couldnt resist. Here are my newest girls Spice   And Periwinkle   |
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Post by Matt on Oct 2, 2005 12:00:40 GMT 7
OMG, Amanda! They are great. Is someone elses nose put out of joint?
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Post by Peter on Oct 2, 2005 15:13:52 GMT 7
surely you must be running out of room soon....  ;D |
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Post by Amanda on Oct 2, 2005 17:28:30 GMT 7
LOL nope, still heaps more backyard..... must make a makeshift fence out the front too, lots of room there! Darlin sleeps too much nowdays to notice anything really happening around her and Shane's quit caring! He hardly rolls his eyes anymore!  |
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Post by Matt on Oct 2, 2005 17:29:51 GMT 7
Oh poor darlin, she is the best wonder jap quail ever!
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Post by Amanda on Oct 2, 2005 17:51:18 GMT 7
I know  It's so heartbreaking watching her stumble everywhere too. But she still responds to you and she definately jumps for her mealworm tub! She sleeps inside of a night time too... how spoilt is she! |
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Post by Sparkles on Oct 2, 2005 21:45:01 GMT 7
Oh they are so cute - what are they?
I had to laugh when I read "I know my mum is going to kill me but ..." - you sound just like me - I am 28 and own my own house and work to pay for all my animals - but each time I get a new pet I buy it first THEN tell my parents - because without a doubt they say "Oh Belinda ... " - glad to hear I'm not alone!
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Post by Amanda on Oct 3, 2005 4:26:48 GMT 7
They are Jap Quails. And if anyone In Bundaberg QLD is reading this and tells my Mum I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN! Especially because she doesn't know of 2 of my chooks, Most of my rainbows and a couple of my budgies too! My Mum will just roll her eyes and scould me for buying more birds then go into how difficult it will be when I eventually move etc etc etc! But then she meets them all and falls madly in love with them all. Love my folks and miss them heaps |
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Post by goldschatzi on Oct 4, 2005 7:32:56 GMT 7
Ah well they are lovely but whats another two birds? Parents are always like that.. they just worry thats all but I hope you enjoy them.
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Post by Mark on May 23, 2006 17:34:37 GMT 7
do your Jap quails hatch there own young as i have had then in the past and they just lay eggs and dont sit on them !
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Post by Amanda on May 23, 2006 19:22:26 GMT 7
Nope Mark, over the thousands of years of domestication these birds have lost incubation instinct. Some very rare hens do incubate their own eggs but they are extremely rare. The only way you'll get anything from them is to find another bird that will incubate them or to do it yourself
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Post by Matt on May 24, 2006 11:05:20 GMT 7
My uncle and Aunty had one of those freak Jap quail that layed in a nest and sat on its eggs. Weird considering it came from a hatchery originally. Then they ate the babies......d**n Italians...lol.
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Post by Mark on May 24, 2006 13:56:08 GMT 7
Wot type of bird do you recomend to use as a surrigent for the japs ?
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Post by Amanda on May 24, 2006 15:19:37 GMT 7
would the kings sit on them? Maybe a button quail being near the same size.....I'll get back to ya |
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Post by Mark on May 24, 2006 15:49:38 GMT 7
ok thankyou
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