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  1. Ebony Rose

    Can You Keep Coturnix Quail With Chickens?

    This batch of chicken chicks I bought at the store as day old chicks, but the quail were incubated and raised here at home. My fully screened in back patio with deep litter has become their brooding home. My intention is to have the quail long enough to get about one hundred eggs into the...
  2. Ebony Rose

    Can You Keep Coturnix Quail With Chickens?

    I serve game bird feed to the entire flock; it is higher in protein than the best chicken feed that they have on offer here; some months the grind equates to only 15% protein, and other months the same feed bag tag will indicate that it has well over 24%. That's Panama for you. We buy what...
  3. Ebony Rose

    Can You Keep Coturnix Quail With Chickens?

    I wouldn't brood them together as a newborn coturnix quail is about the size of a U.S. Nickel and a newborn chicken is about four or five times that size. Adult quail (6 to 8 weeks) are about equal in size to a 2 or 3 week old chicken. You'll need to not mingle them until they're of like...
  4. Ebony Rose

    Can You Keep Coturnix Quail With Chickens?

    I'm currently raising 25 coturnix quail with 7 australorpe & 5 cornish cross type chicks. The quail were young adults when I introduced the (chicken) chicks last week. The chicks are currently 2 to 3 weeks old. They're all about the same size and for the first couple of days the quail weren't...
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