Can you keep female Button Quail together?

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I'm not interested in breeding them so I wouldn't have any males, can you keep the females in a group of say 5 or 6?
 
Yes, you can keep all females in a cage together. You can also do this with extra males.
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You still have to watch for pecking and fighting whether housing in colonies. Whether breeding or not, these birds LOVE to be in pairs. I only in sell in pairs because they are happiest that way. I still get bloodshed with males together in the bachelor pen. I still lose one once in a while because he got beaten up. Hens the same way. I pair them off as quickly as possible.
 
I dont want to breed them though and I don't have enough pens to keep 5 or 6 pairs, I just want the eggs...
 
Yes, it's not 'just' with the opposite sexes that you have problems. You should be able to keep same-sexed birds together in harmony, but always be on the look-out for problems with aggression.

I've never had a problem with excess females, so I can't say from experience on those. But I've never lost one of my bachelors because of fighting. Right now I have 2 bachelor pens, one has 3 males and the other has 4. They get along great unless I add a new guy, then the new guy gets picked on.
 

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