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possibly branching out?

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We have a small flock of chickens and love them and we're considering adding quails to the mix. After doing some research on them I've learned that they're fairly easy to take care of, eat less food, and lay beautiful eggs. What I'm trying to figure out is if they might be able to live with our chickens or if we would need a separate aviary,if they are in fact as easy as they seem, and regardless of the two prior questions if they make for fun pets! Thanks!

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Depends the breed, but don't mix them...
 

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ok, I figured that might be the case, thank you!

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I would suggest coturnix to start with. They do well in smaller spaces, come to maturity quickly, and are quiet and fairly easy to handle. I love my cots, they can be very sweet and friendly if you handle them enough. My female is the sweetest little thing - she talks to me when she sees me, and I can even let her out of her pen and she will just stay in the yard and play in the grass (but I wouldn't generally recommend letting them out, they don't free range). I say go for it!
Mom to one rambunctious 4-year-old, and the one who brings the food to my "blended family" of several coturnix and a silkie hen. (Flock? Covey? Flovey?) Proud chicken momma of 2 easter eggers, 2 speckled sussex, and 2 silver cuckoo marans, and beginning the adventure of hatching coturnix eggs.
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Mom to one rambunctious 4-year-old, and the one who brings the food to my "blended family" of several coturnix and a silkie hen. (Flock? Covey? Flovey?) Proud chicken momma of 2 easter eggers, 2 speckled sussex, and 2 silver cuckoo marans, and beginning the adventure of hatching coturnix eggs.
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