http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Farming Friends Forum Tag: Quails en Sat, 25 May 2013 21:23:47 +0000 http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2412#post-17784 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:30:33 +0000 Eucybear 17784@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi<br /> I am new to the forum, but have had quails in the past which I have kept successfully with aviary birds, but I now have several breeds of hens in together (both bantam and large) and when any other type of bird comes into their territory they get very aggressive. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2585#post-16031 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:26:26 +0000 beckysquails 16031@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>oh does it thats good to know then thanks for that guys x </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2585#post-16010 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:59:21 +0000 m40mo 16010@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>yes minx all eggs have a yolk fertile or not</p> <p><a href="http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-species/baby-birds/bird-eggs-inside-out.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-species/baby-birds/bird-eggs-inside-out.aspx</a> </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2585#post-16005 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:11:20 +0000 quacking minx 16005@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I thought all eggs will have a yolk as that is what a baby inside feeds on as they grow in shell (or is that just ducks?) </p> <p>I thought you could only tell in fertile once you incubate them for 7 days :) I'm not sure with quails I just assumed all eggs do the same type of thing </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2585#post-15996 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:37:17 +0000 beckysquails 15996@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>thanks sara was rather confused the second egg isnt fertilised as unluckily it was knocked so it broke revealing a yok x </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2585#post-15991 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:09:57 +0000 admin 15991@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi becky,<br /> they are fertilised before the egg if laid. the quail will have a number of eggs at various sizes within her system.<br /> Best wishes<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2585#post-15990 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:46:09 +0000 beckysquails 15990@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>just wondering are the quails eggs fetilised before they are laid or after as im not to sure on the process ? x </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2562#post-15650 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:36:54 +0000 Mama 15650@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Wonderful news Philippa, Not often this happens with quail on the forum. Well done .Mama </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2562#post-15648 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:21:51 +0000 weaverp 15648@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi<br /> We now have 10 chicks! They are brilliant. My son converted a plastic toy box into a brooder for them by adding a red light and air holes. They seem to be very happy.<br /> We had one hatch that seemed very droopy and it's head hung and eyes shut well after the others were up and running around. Having read one of your posts I left it in the incubator longer then the others (who had been climbing all over it) and gave it sugar water. He seems fine now.<br /> Many thanks</p> <p>Philippa </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2562#post-15593 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:26:26 +0000 admin 15593@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Philippa,<br /> Well done on getting a quail chick, hope the hatching is going ok.<br /> You will have to see how the male and females react to the chicks. The quail will be mature at 6 weeks though, so they can be mixed then if not before.<br /> Looking forward to hearing more about the quail and the the chicks.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2562#post-15587 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:47:08 +0000 weaverp 15587@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi. My son bought a male and 2 femail Japanese Quails a few months ago. He put 12 eggs into an incubator 17 days ago and about an hour ago one of the eggs hatched.<br /> He has arranged for someone to swap the cock bird (and any male offspring) from us once the young are old enough to join the adults, which brings me to my question. At what age will I be able to introduce the young birds(hoping that there will be more successful hatchlings!)? </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2492#post-15275 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:41:54 +0000 quacking minx 15275@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I don't know I have read a lot on diff forums that they keep only males of birds (deco for garden) </p> <p>I don't know for quails though, but someone may need some to breed with :) </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2492#post-15274 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:25:39 +0000 auntybexter 15274@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Would anybody want 4 button males? Surely the hens are more desirable/useful? Thanks so much for all that advice, I have separated my little white hen now with another hen for company, who was slightly pecking her, but seem to have calmed down now. So complicated! Being mother of 11 B.Qs!<br /> Bexter </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2492#post-15256 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:06:42 +0000 quacking minx 15256@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>ahhh ok :) (just so I know for futre if need be) </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2492#post-15254 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:58:40 +0000 m40mo 15254@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>can't let them out together at all now, they sleep in 2 pens in a large shed and they have a pen each in the garden with a pool each and have to take it in turns in the garden, bit more work for me but worth it for the calm we now have </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2492#post-15252 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:51:29 +0000 quacking minx 15252@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>what do you do when you let them all out though Mo? do they fight or just play nice and swim nice etc? </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2492#post-15250 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:47:27 +0000 m40mo 15250@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>1 male anything is enough, I have had to seperate my 2 drakes and 3 ducks permanently, the more girls the better but mine are quite content now as a trio and a couple </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2492#post-15249 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:41:16 +0000 quacking minx 15249@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>aww poor little hen bless, </p> <p>sara is it 6-1 for all birdies? ducks chickens quail and geese? (thanks for the book by the way I will give it a read today) </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2492#post-15248 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:36:49 +0000 campbell ridge 15248@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>It sounds like too many males as Sara says. You only need one - if that. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2492#post-15246 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:12:16 +0000 admin 15246@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Bexter,<br /> Welcome to the farmingfriends forum. The recommended amount of males to females is 1 male to about 6 females, so if you can either get more females or less males this may help.<br /> If you got rid of her the males would just turn their attention to another female. they are picking on her as she is probably the lowest in the pecking order, if she is smaller than the other females then this would be why, she would be an easy target to mate with.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2492#post-15237 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:45:44 +0000 auntybexter 15237@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi,<br /> I have 11 button Quails 5 males, and 6 hens - there is one little white hen, who is being picked on by the males and pecked during mating - she spends all day trying to run and hide from them. The others dont have the same problem - we have separated her with another hen for company, but she paces up and down, as do the males - help? Should I get rid of her - I feel so so sad for her<br /> Bexter </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2412#post-14694 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:48:03 +0000 admin 14694@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi quaglia,<br /> Yes I have, mine are in an aviary that I can stand up in and sometimes if they get spooked they will fly up. they don't like sudden movements and they don't like me wearing a red/pink/orange top, these colours seem to really spook them. You could put some soft material on the roof of the hut to stop them hurting their heads.</p> <p>Mama has just let me know that I missed out the not in the above post, so it should have read. I would not keep quail and hens together. sorry about that, was typing too quickly and not proof reading!<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2412#post-14692 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:31:31 +0000 quaglia 14692@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Thank you for all the advice - just to check with sara and birdwood - you haven't had trouble with the quail banging their heads on the roof of a hutch. i've been told that can happen when they are startled, move to a new place etc<br /> Thanks again! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2412#post-14689 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:01:25 +0000 admin 14689@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi quaglia,<br /> I would not put quail and hens together. I have read that quail can get poorly from living with hens and as has been mentioned I have found hens to be a more agressive breed towards other species of birds. my hens will square up to my ducks who are larger than them if the ducks get too close!<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2412#post-14687 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:58:25 +0000 Birdwood 14687@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I've got a couple dozen quails in their own hutch. There was a fighting issue with the males, where one had his head so badly pecked that he lost all of his facial skin and feathers. After he healed I tried putting him and two hen quail in with my chickens, and they nearly got eaten. The chickens went at them insanely. So unless your hens aren't as bloodthirsty as mine, it may not work well keeping the two species together. I have large-fowl chickens, but bantams may coexist well with quail, being more size-similiar. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2412#post-14680 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:33:38 +0000 quaglia 14680@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Thank you for the info. Is a vertical water drinker an option for them do you think?<br /> My chicken are pretty easy-going but will bear the caution in mind!<br /> Thank you again </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2412#post-14679 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:28:48 +0000 RPun 14679@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi,<br /> I have japanese quail and to be honest they seem very docile and don't fly up. Apparently they can jump/ fly up to 6 or 7 feet...<br /> I have got a circular chicken pellet feeder and this is very good for my quail, but I also have an aviary drinker and this doesn't work very well- they just kick the straw etc into it and it gets dirty and clogged.<br /> Sorry, I don't know about the chickens, but I think I have read in previous posts that some breeds of chicken are very aggressive, so not sure...<br /> from Jane </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2412#post-14677 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:21:56 +0000 quaglia 14677@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I am just about to acquire 4 quail. 3 hens and 1 cock. I am planning to keep them in a chicken-type run and coop but am concerned about them bashing their heads on the wire when they fly up startled. Are there solutions to this? Also, I already keep chickens - is there a possibility of putting them together further down the line? Are there particular feeders that suit quail?<br /> Thanks for all advice - needed and welcomed! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2271#post-14185 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:28:25 +0000 admin 14185@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi S Brown,<br /> You can mix different groups of quail but they will need careful introducing, usually when it is night and they are more docile. You can keep them side by side for a while till they get used to each other. <a href="http://farmingfriends.com/mixing-quail-of-different-ages/" rel="nofollow">http://farmingfriends.com/mixing-quail-of-different-ages/</a><br /> I would wait to see on their gender, they will be mature by 6-8 weeks old and you will be able to tell males and females easily if they are japanese quail. <a href="http://farmingfriends.com/quail-gender-identification/" rel="nofollow">http://farmingfriends.com/quail-gender-identification/</a> Once you know that as Mo says you could just buy in more females. It depends if you want the experience of hatching your own, but as Mo says you may get more males.<br /> Good luck whatever you decide to do.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2271#post-14170 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:38:36 +0000 m40mo 14170@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>hello I don't have quail but do keep ducks, if you say you think the majority are male im assuming they are to young to sex yet and i'm assuming you're asking this because you would like more females, if this is the case my advice would be to either wait until you're sure of the sex or just go and buy females, to incubate eggs would take the very high risk of haveing even more males,</p> <p>admin: link to an earlier<br /> discussion <a href="http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=674#post-3898" rel="nofollow">http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=674#post-3898</a> </p>