Zephyr's Feathered Rainbow

Button Quail get along with many other small birds, and can be kept in a colony, given sufficient space and an appropriate male/female ratio.

The wild-type hen is a laced brown & grey pattern. Males have a blue-grey face and chest, and black & white throat markings. Eggs also come in many colours from greenish to lilac, which is not related to the colour of the chick that will hatch, but is fairly consistent for each hen.

They are active birds spending much of their time foraging for tidbits on the aviary floor, enjoy a sand/dust bath, and readily take a variety of live foods. Button quail can be quite tame if handled regularly, and will take live mealworms offered by hand. Males rarely eat mealworms, but will hold them in their beaks for a female to take.

Button Quail are fun to raise from eggs or chicks, but it is important you will also enjoy them full-grown.

Our button quail have included normal, silver, cinnamon and ivory colours patterned in golden-pearl, red-breast and blue-face markings; solid white, and splash, white with any colour patches.