Current mood:

curious

Quail under cardboard

My Husband and I picked up his son and went back to my in-laws. My stepson is staying there so he can be with his dad.
We were working on the computer trying to find a new ring tone for my MiL (something she can hear), when my FiL came in with his hand cupped. With my FiL that usually means that he has hurt himself somehow. In this case however he had a baby quail that had wandered in the garage. He thinks that the parents abandoned it (I think it zigged when the parents zagged). It's got feathers and the cutest stubby wings. It can walk and cheep. We think it's about 1-2 weeks old. My MiL called my SiL that raises chickens. She gave her some advice:  feed it non-medicated game bird starter, keep it warn (a 40 watt bulb = 100 degrees) and give it water in something deep enough to drink out of but shallow enough to keep it from drowning.
You would think that my stepson would the one interested in the chick but its my MiL that we have to keep chasing away from the box and make her leave the poor bird alone.

 

hawklady

 do you have any suggestions?