California Qail Questions..

[arherp]

And robo, you wouldn't happen to be in roane county in TN, would you?

 

[Robo]

Is it for game birds? Oh, and that would be crumbles...

 

[Robo]

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Nope I live in Knox County. Close to Karns, Amherst, West Hills, ext.

 

[arherp]

Yerp, and crumbles are a pelleted feed.. There are grain mixes and pellets. The form of the pellet can be either large, crumbles, or milled.. Or, atleast, that is my Appalachian terminology.. lol, I reckon it may not be universal, then!

 

[arherp]

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Nope I live in Knox County. Close to Karns, Amherst, West Hills, ext.

Hmm ok.. I was thinking I had purchased from you before. I have quite a few good friends down in TN that are big on the gamebirds. Are you going to the sale down in Cooksville this coming weekend?

 

[Robo]

Not this weekend, I'm going horse riding then. I will most likely be there again around the end of March. I go to a lot of 4H swaps, and sme smaller ones. I know for sure I'll be at the valley fair though...

 

[arherp]

This is a huge annual auction.. People are coming from all over for it. It is four days.. One day is for the exotic/tropical animals (not just birds), another day is for all birds (exoticand farm) another day is for livestock, etc. They have every pheasant/quail ever to exist there.. I wouldn't be surprised if a passsenger pigeon turned up there one of these days.. lol!

 

[peewee]

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Any game bird living that close to chickens has a higher incident for getting sick threw disease transfer.

Yep.. and it hasnt affected my bobwhites.. so my question is about california, because I havent had them before. All the different gamebirds have different levels of "finickyness", haha..

No need to be rude you guys. And remember, you don't know everything..

I was not meaning to be rude.

Since California Quail are GAMEBIRDS I was speaking generally and, I have never claimed that I knew everything. I don't know where you came up with that. I am very pleased that you have not had any problems with keeping your gamebirds (Bobwhites) in close proximity with your chickens. Maybe it was my assumption, going by the little information you posted originally, that you were asking about bio-security and if it was feasible to keep the birds in with your chickens, bobwhites and pigeons.
I have no clear idea about the temperament of the Callies but I would definitely not put them in with bobs. I am sure you are aware that the bobs can get very mean and aggressive and I would not want to loose the more expensive Callies to a Bob cock with to much testosterone.
As to the number of cocks to hens I would go with 1:3-4.

 

[arherp]

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Ok. My Bobs are in one of the sections that I keep the pigeons in, so that leaves one other section I could use for the Californias. I have never had problems keeping the Bobs that close to my Poultry, but my main question with this is, would this system work the same for the Californias. I am not sure how sensitive they are.
Thanks for the gender ratio!

 

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

I have my button quail right next to my chickens . . . .they are fine . .. they've been that way for 2 years now . ..

And I use the same things to clean their cage .. .