californian Quail

[chrisarvor]

I have kept these birds for a couple of years now
the first year they laid ok last year all the chicks kept dying in the brooder so this year i am not sure weather to leave the 4 pairs all together as i do all through the winter or split them into 4 different aviaries
what your advice please

 

[chrisarvor]

well i have put them all in the same one now

 

[TwoCrows]

Are you mixing the young babies with adults in the brooder? What are the babies dying of? If the adults get along together, then you can leave them together. If they fight, then you will need to separate the pairs.

 

[chrisarvor]

yes the babies wee on there own
i even tried them with a new chicken but they just fade away
i am getting eggs now they are all together so lets hope they will be ok

 

[COUNTRYBOI]

are they valley quail ? i've been wanting some of them one more thing on my wish list .. if everything goes right i'll get to mark red golden pheasants off it sat. yeah valleys are cool looking birds first time i seen them was at an auction had a trio i spotted them and wait for them to come through at the time it was my first bird auction and didn't know nothing about birds too much thought if i could get them for good deal that I'd buy them i was thinking around $10 a peice being what they would go for nope wrong answer they went for $25 i almost fell out lol one day maybe one day ..