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.

  • NanoTriffidEnglish
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    2 years ago

    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.

    • tlongstretchOPMEnglish
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      2 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

      • NanoTriffidEnglish
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        2 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…