Raptor Farm Eggs and More

Raptor Farm Eggs and More Welcome to our page! We are a small urban farm mostly focused on poultry like chickens and quail.

Excuse the mess, lol. I was actually going to clean one my button quail pairs’ house when I discovered that my girl has ...
08/21/2023

Excuse the mess, lol. I was actually going to clean one my button quail pairs’ house when I discovered that my girl has started nesting! She’s sitting on 3 eggs. I’m hoping she’ll stay on the nest and raise her own babies so they get to stay messy for now.

Button quail are quickly becoming a favorite of mine and make wonderful pets. I’m happy to answer any questions about them!

One month ago I rescued a male/female pair of button quails from a very neglectful situation. I was told the pair is 3 y...
07/28/2023

One month ago I rescued a male/female pair of button quails from a very neglectful situation. I was told the pair is 3 years old. The poor girl was missing a most of her neck/back head feathers. They were very nervous and unsure of everything and extremely hungry.

I made sure they had a clean house, lots of food and fresh water. I also made sure to include enrichment items (dust bath, fake plants, nests, etc.) and changed their housing around to offer them more space and things to explore. The girl really settled in and would follow my finger around, her feathers grew back, and she was a sweetie.

Sadly after just 1 month, she passed away very peacefully most likely from old age. I’m sad that she’s gone and so is her partner but at least her last month was full of comfort and love. Her boyfriend is less social but he’ll get some extra treats tonight.

Happy 2 month birthday to Peas! So thankful to have this little love in my life and this little Peachick never ceases to...
06/26/2023

Happy 2 month birthday to Peas! So thankful to have this little love in my life and this little Peachick never ceases to amaze me.

Peas still loves to cuddle mommy and comes when I call her name! Look how much she’s grown in just a month!

Tiny egg alert!!! One of my bantam girls has been laying teeny tiny little eggs for the past 2 days, sometimes they are ...
06/26/2023

Tiny egg alert!!! One of my bantam girls has been laying teeny tiny little eggs for the past 2 days, sometimes they are called fairy eggs or fart eggs. I think it may be one of my newly laying girls but I haven’t figured out who yet.

For reference the eggs in my hand are a normal bantam chicken egg, a coturnix quail egg, and the little fairy egg.

Introducing the newest rescue member to my little menagerie! Meet Peabody aka Peas 🫛. Peas is a whee peachick who is now...
05/27/2023

Introducing the newest rescue member to my little menagerie! Meet Peabody aka Peas 🫛.

Peas is a whee peachick who is now 2 days old. Peas’ previous owner isn’t sure what happened but within hours of hatching, the poor thing suddenly couldn’t stand and was constantly laying to one side. I saw their post looking for someone to give the little peachick a chance so I went to pick up the little darling yesterday evening. Wasn’t ever planning on raising any peafowl 🦚 but here I am 😊.

Peas had a little swelling of her foot and hock joint along with a couple peck marks. I sprayed her leg with Vetericyn and applied a hobble band. She spent a few hours yesterday in a coffee mug to get weight of her legs and hold her upright.

As of this morning, the swelling and redness is gone and Peas is standing and zooming around the incubator! Now that she’s stronger, she’ll move to a brooder. Peas’ favorite things are eating scrambled eggs, getting the zoomies, and snuggling inside my shirt.

This little showgirl silkie hatched out last night! Several more cute little silkies and a few standard breeds hatched o...
05/11/2023

This little showgirl silkie hatched out last night!

Several more cute little silkies and a few standard breeds hatched out too… for a grand total of 17 little fuzzy chicks! More pics to come soon!

Introducing Nile, a silkie with an indomitable spirit to live. She hatched out April 5, 2023 from my worst incubation e...
05/01/2023

Introducing Nile, a silkie with an indomitable spirit to live. She hatched out April 5, 2023 from my worst incubation experience to date. Right at lockdown our power flickered on and off then our AC broke in the house (on those 80* days). This all created a very poor hatching environment. Nile was the only chick to hatch out of 11 eggs. She had some problems with her legs, so I created sling-type thing using a coffee mug and vet wrap and kept her in the incubator a bit longer than normal. Once she was in the brooder, I got her 2 partridge silkie chicks to keep her company. She absolutely loves them and they are so protective and loving towards her- 3 Musketeers.

When she was 4 days old, I went to check on them and found Nile had fallen against the waterer, became soaked, and cold. She was barely moving and I thought I was going to lose her. I dried her off and luckily, I had forgotten to unplug one of the incubators so I popped her in. Within the next hour she was standing again. I made her a splint using pipe cleaners and vet wrap to help straighten and support her leg so she could walk better.

Nile is a little fighter and has stolen my heart. She loves to be held and will nuzzle my nose with her beak.

34 new little quail babies hatched out successfully Friday evening/Saturday! We got them all moved into the brooder toda...
04/30/2023

34 new little quail babies hatched out successfully Friday evening/Saturday! We got them all moved into the brooder today and settled in.

These little ones are from my breeder girls and my two boys so I’m super excited to see their colors as they grow. There are a couple of interesting looking ones in the mix too.

While cleaning out an empty coop to get it ready for some broody girls, Arda decided to play at being a chicken. She jum...
04/01/2023

While cleaning out an empty coop to get it ready for some broody girls, Arda decided to play at being a chicken. She jumped in through the open side door to get a closer look, lol. She’s a silly girl.

03/13/2023

Someone is being impatient while waiting for the rest of their siblings to hatch.

It’s hatch day!!! These past 18 days have felt so long. These babies are the 1st from my breeding group so I’ve been ext...
03/13/2023

It’s hatch day!!! These past 18 days have felt so long. These babies are the 1st from my breeding group so I’ve been extra impatient.

10 out of 33 hatched so far and more are starting to hatch!

I have another 40 quail eggs due in 2 weeks.

The mommas (Roo and Susie) are still coparenting the 4 chicks together! They had a supervised field trip out of the nurs...
03/08/2023

The mommas (Roo and Susie) are still coparenting the 4 chicks together! They had a supervised field trip out of the nursery coop with their flock for a bit on Sunday.

Roo, being a seasoned mom, knew which flock members were safe to be close to the chicks while Susie is on the overprotective side. Maisie, my black Cochin bantam, was an ecstatic auntie. She broke up pellets for the chicks to eat and called them over to share a meal with her (known as tidbitting).

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