Pictures of the chick

[gatewaygirl]

Here are some pictures of the little quail chick. It hatched a week ago, while we were watching Order of the Phoenix in fuzzy 3D.

Comments

[lalaith_niniel]

That is too adorable!

Now I want a baby quail chick, except I think the kitty would eat it or think it was the best toy we ever bought it

[gatewaygirl]

Yeah, I'm worried about that one during the time it's started to get airborne, but is still too small to go out in the aviary. It's currently in a large box with a mesh top. We'll need to be much more careful when sitting there with the top slid half off.

[lyonesse]

i confess i still think of it as "persistence the quail" :)

[gatewaygirl]

Cute!

[slickmeister]

My roomate and I fostered a quail chick for a while... Cute buggers, but it sometimes seems like they can leap 10 feet in the air. Yours jumping yet?

[gatewaygirl]

Yes! Not so high, yet, but it looks like a cartoon when it's startled. It goes straight up, and then there's a blur, and then it's on the other side of the box. As I said earlier, I'm worried about the cats when it's a little older -- though they haven't shown any interest since the first day.

[orpheneritus]

So cute ^____^ Does it follow you around some?

[gatewaygirl]

It's in a brooder box, so it can't. It's just old enough (a week) so we can lower the temperature under its lamp from 100 F to 95 F.

I expect it will when it's older. The chickens do -- people have the best treats!

[dacro]

so sweet!