Chicken & quail in the same garden?

[mummyof4]

I’ve already got chicken, I’ve been reading up about quail. Getting very mixed reviews about keeping them, some are saying chicken and quail can live in the same enclosure and some are saying no due to different diets/disease etc so I’m going with not keeping them in the same enclosure.
Now my question is, if I were to build a sepearate enclosure is disease transmission still a risk? The coops/enclosures won’t be touching but on other sides of the garden. Would it mean I couldn’t allow my chickens to free range at all? As they could go near the quail enclosure.
They have a big run anyway but thought it would be good to let them out in summer when we are all outside.

I’m ok with just sticking with chickens if needs be just think quail are pretty cute too

 

[igorsMistress]

You're going to get mixed information no matter where you look.

I keep quail in an aviary and chickens in the same yard. They don't commingle but they share the yard.

People will tell you it's risky. Yup, maybe it is. Wild birds, insects, etc don't stop at the aviary door though. If one gets something then yes, it can impact both types of birds. Yet how is that lessened by keeping the birds separated if they're on the same property? Or even in the same neighborhood?

Do what you think is best based on what you've read and what makes sense to you.

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

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[2 many chickens]

I don't keep my quail and chickens together. To each their own.

 

[mummyof4]

I don't keep my quail and chickens together. To each their own.

I don’t mean in the same coop/run I mean in the same garden. Some of our chicken will be quite large once full grown so not only would they be at risk of disease they would be at risk of being squished

 

[CoturnixComplex]

You will have less risk than if they were comingling directly, and more than if the nearest poultry was down the road instead.

You might be totally fine forever, you might have a disaster. QT well whatever you do. People's willingness to risk it tends to depend on their past luck

 

[mummyof4]

You will have less risk than if they were comingling directly, and more than if the nearest poultry was down the road instead.

You might be totally fine forever, you might have a disaster. QT well whatever you do. People's willingness to risk it tends to depend on their past luck

So I’m now thinking although I’m putting the quail over the other side of the garden it might be a good idea to have a raised coop & run for the quail so there’s even less chance of the chicken/quail having contact. Was thinking if I buy a raised planter (so one on legs) and then build a coop attached to that the quail can still have shrubs planted on their run and the chickens can’t get to them.

I know there would still be a risk of contamination but it’s even less likely this way.

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

I have both, coturnix and chickens. I do no special washings of tools or hands or scoops, etc between handling my chickens and quail. You would have to go through a whole thing if you really wanted no cross contamination, theres always going to be some cross contaminating no matter what you do. I say contamination, because thars all i could think to say what i meant, but mine have never made each other sick., Though I've never had any sick either... but i dont believe that they "contaminate" each other.

In fact, I just put some chicken chicks in a brooder that i had quail in a couple weeks ago for a few days and didnt even change the sand or food dish out at all, and the new chicks have been fine for over a week already.
Now if one bird gets sick, you will need to isolate it from all of your others, whether chickens or quail, as far away as possible.

 

[mummyof4]

I have both, coturnix and chickens. I do no special washings of tools or hands or scoops, etc between handling my chickens and quail. You would have to go through a whole thing if you really wanted no cross contamination, theres always going to be some cross contaminating no matter what you do. I say contamination, because thars all i could think to say what i meant, but mine have never made each other sick., Though I've never had any sick either... but i dont believe that they "contaminate" each other.

In fact, I just put some chicken chicks in a brooder that i had quail in a couple weeks ago for a few days and didnt even change the sand or food dish out at all, and the new chicks have been fine for over a week already.
Now if one bird gets sick, you will need to isolate it from all of your others, whether chickens or quail, as far away as possible.

Thank you. We are off to a quail breeder tomorrow to have a look