Anyone else kept quail and finches together?

[ConfusedTaru]

I have been keeping my coturnix quail with two society finches for about a year now, and I wanted to know if anyone else has done that i do not have a picture of their current setup, but it is a 3 1/2 foot tall rat cage with 2 sq. feet of ground space. this is a bit of their old cage:

it was a pretty large finch cage, with room for 8 finches, but I just had two
their new cage is dirted and planted. Super fun!
If anyone else has fun quail setups, please post some pictures

 

[sfaith102]

My goodness! I love it! They must have alot of fun. I'm just wondering, how well do they get along?

 

[ConfusedTaru]

They do have a lot of fun! They get along quite well never had any aggression issues. I do make sure they both have their own little hiding spaces, as in the finches have their nest, and my quail has a little cove behind a wall of bark, but just so long as everyone is fed, and even if they haven't had breakfast yet, never had issues

 

[JM25]

We keep our buttons and coturnix with two zebra finches and they all get along really well! The finches walk around and eat with the quails and even clean each other. It’s adorable!

 

[chickmashnoon]

Yep! But I have a run and Coop about 10 ft by 16 ft. They seem to get along pretty well, but we put them together in the late summer, kinda curious how it will be when hormones hit in the spring. They don't seem to bother each other but the quail prefer the Finch food that falls down rather than their own feed.

 

[sfaith102]

They do have a lot of fun! They get along quite well never had any aggression issues. I do make sure they both have their own little hiding spaces, as in the finches have their nest, and my quail has a little cove behind a wall of bark, but just so long as everyone is fed, and even if they haven't had breakfast yet, never had issues

That's super cool.

 

[ConfusedTaru]

We keep our buttons and coturnix with two zebra finches and they all get along really well! The finches walk around and eat with the quails and even clean each other. It’s adorable!


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That's so amazing! Once I have my own place and room for an aviary, I am going to get a bunch of zebra finches to be friends with my society finches

 

[ConfusedTaru]

Yep! But I have a run and Coop about 10 ft by 16 ft. They seem to get along pretty well, but we put them together in the late summer, kinda curious how it will be when hormones hit in the spring. They don't seem to bother each other but the quail prefer the Finch food that falls down rather than their own feed.

My quail definitely prefers the finch food haha, but other than that, she eats insects and sprouted grains.

 

[annanicole18]

The bird shop local to me has buttons in the bottom of their aviary with finches, canaries, and doves. I think it is adorable to see the quail running around on the ground!

 

[ConfusedTaru]

The bird shop local to me has buttons in the bottom of their aviary with finches, canaries, and doves. I think it is adorable to see the quail running around on the ground!

I really want button quail once I have a really big aviary they seem super sweet!