Can I raise quail with my chickens?

[User 1234567]

James, thanks for the information. I'm glad I asked someone before just going out and doing it (wouldn't be the first time).

 

[veggiecanner]

the breeder I got my quail from raised hers in her garage with cages of chickens. I think she was raising the chickens for meat. They were all good and healthy.
It would be hard to prove the quail got something from the chickens if the chickens showed no illness.

 

[Weirdness555]

Besides disease, chickens are territorial, as are most quail. Our quail cockerel came from a woman who put 2 coturnix quail in with her chickens, and the chickens beat them up. They killed the hen and nearly killed the cockerel, but she rescued him and once he was better re-homed him. Altogether not a good idea. But quail on their own don't need nearly as much space as chickens, most people keep them in rabbit hutches quite happily

 

[veggiecanner]

Basically it's a sinus infection. Treated with sulmet and terimyicin (SP)
But I could see the simalar symptoms ocurring from amonia builld up and over crowding..
Good waste removal and a fan where needed. Would help.

 

[Chick Charm]

BAMotherclucker, I raise both chickens and Coturnix quail presently. I have an acre 1/3. I put my 16 cots in 3 separate cages in the front of my property moving them about every other day. I keep them on raised 1/2'' hardware cloth so the poo can fall through on the grass. I lost 2 out of 8 cots within 48 hrs of purchase a couple of months ago. They both died gasping for air, eyes swollen, and that slobbery mess they get around their mouth, not a good way to go. The reason was Coryza. The "breeder" that I got them from raised chickens and quail and did not keep them healthy. I treated them with DI-METHOX and they are much healthier now. I will not use any of these 6 for breeding stock.

I also have 17 chickens of differing ages. The chickens get to "free range" the fenced in property of almost 1 full acre. The chickens can not get with 50 feet of the quail. That being said there is still a risk because Coryza can be transmitted through the air. So I have separate feed scoops and see to it that there is no cross contamination to get them diseased.

It takes a little effort but you can have both quail and chickens but you can't keep them together. And truth be told you do need space.

Don't get discouraged. But do it right and everyone succeeds.

Phil

 

[James the Bald]

the breeder I got my quail from raised hers in her garage with cages of chickens. I think she was raising the chickens for meat. They were all good and healthy.
It would be hard to prove the quail got something from the chickens if the chickens showed no illness.

Quail are not as hardy as chickens in this aspect.... similar to the regular flu in people; an infant is more "at risk" to the flu than an adult, and it can be fatal. Same thing with this. By the time the chickens show any symptoms, most of the quail are infected and dying.
My whole thing is, "why risk it?"

 

[TwoCrows]

the breeder I got my quail from raised hers in her garage with cages of chickens. I think she was raising the chickens for meat. They were all good and healthy.
It would be hard to prove the quail got something from the chickens if the chickens showed no illness.

Chickens do not have to show ANY symptoms of Coryza or anything else to be contagious. That is what "being a carrier" means. If chickens are carrying Coryza or anything else that is lethal to quail, unless you had the chickens tested, mixing quail with chickens is like playing with a loaded gun. You never know when the disease will "go off" and kill your quail.

On the other hand, many chickens are "clean" and have nothing to transmit. However it is never worth the risk.

 

[James the Bald]

$1.82

 

[Chick Charm]

It seems to me that by now you would be in the 10K range James. I would really like a tally of all the threads myself. Just for fun, ya know. My fingers have blisters from responding to this question.

 

[TwoCrows]

My fingers have blisters from responding to this question.

X2!!!!

I have a hard time answering this question anymore. LOL