Distance quails / chickens

[JJMR794]

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WISH GRANTED

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=250361

THERE YA GO, THATS ONE OF QUITE A FEW, BUT THE BEST FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Chickens can carry diseases that will kill quail but never affect the chicken.

You should keep them in a completely different building from your chickens, most of the diseases that can be transmitted are respiratory AKA airborne.

 

[CARS]

Thanks for the additional info everyone.

Am I wrong after reading that article that Fitzy had 1 sick bird? I ask because he still took hundreds to the processor and sold them as food.

I've had sick animals before. I've also had a sick kid too. I didn't put the other 3 kids down or move everyone to different houses

(OK, that is just a smart remark but used as an extreme example)

Like I said, I have had so many different creatures under one roof for so many years. I know that "blackhead" is not present in my area from the local extension agency so I house my Turks and Chickens right next to each other (but not on the same bare ground. On concrete and wood bedding). My quail and peafowl are not too far away from either of them.

I use the same feed for all (22%), out of the same bulk grain bin. The same bucket, and the same scoop when needed. I water them out of the same well. I wash my hands when I soil them but I don't change my clothes between feeding each different breed.

Recent losses? From what I remember this year I lost about 6 out of 100 Cornish X's early on in their lives, a hen for unknown reasons while nesting, and I had a Turkey with a crocked neck (wry neck) that I processed early.

Am I just lucky???? Who knows. Like I said all my kids are still alive in spite of me

 

[Teach97]

I raised mine togther...guess I was just lucky too

 

[CARS]

Just to be clear, I am not arguing what JJMR794 has to say about the importance of bio-security. If a disease is present (such as me checking into whether or not blackhead was here) you need to re-evaluate your methods.

I have low numbers. 15 laying hens, 3 Turkeys (4 in the freezer

), a pair of peafowl for yard candy, a roaming rooster for eye candy, 5 barn cats, a pair of mini-rex rabbits, and during the spring up to 100 Cornish X's. If something went through and took out my animals I would be devastated but not out a ton of money. Or at least I like to think that I make enough to cover my losses with the meat birds to be in the black each year.

I guess it may all boil down to why you have a flock of anything. Every year this time there is a billion threads on "how cold is too cold?", "when do I add a heat lamp?"
I've never added a heat lamp and it gets darn cold here in MN. Negative zero is common especially with the wind factor added. Many would call me mean and heartless to my birds. I say they have feathers for a reason and make sure my barn is draft free and well ventilated.

 

[Stellar]

I have a separate building for quail and a chicken coop for the chickens, ducks, peafowl, you name it. It is easier to just make a separate enclosure for quail and practice biosecurity measures. It was said a while ago that Quail are disease resistant BUT there are diseases that chicken carry that the quail can get and it can wipe a flock before your eyes. Not to scare you or anything.

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

Well, from what I understand its the medicine thing to. If your kids get a cough or a cold. Give them some syrup and in 2 weeks it goes away (even if you don't give them the chicken soup and cough syrup). Chickens and other large fowl. You can go to the farm store or order on line meds for them. Not so for the little quailies. Ok, what do you give them, do you have it and is it still in date? How much? By the time you figure it out or get the meds. Its to late, they don;t take long to die.

Like CARS said I only have 12 -50 or so chickens and 3 -24 ducks at one time, I keep 100 quail. But all are at various ages at various times. If I have something run through the whole flock its not going to devastate me. But I won't be eating any eggs or meat until I clear out then clean out whatever caused it then restock and wait for growout. We're talking 6 months on the chickens, 9m-1Y on the ducks and 8 weeks after someone sends me some quail eggs. And all the work to clear it up. I'd rather prevent if I can and not take to many chances I like Tofu and Beans, but I don't want to go that way just yet.

The OP already knows he's got sick chickens there and wants to change to quail. I think he should clear out/clean out the chickens before changing over to quail. Or he might find the same thing happening with them, left over from the chickens. Just my opinion.