Dumb quail question

[Jennsbirds]

Just something I've been wondering: Quail are too small to be kept with full-grown or juvenile chickens, but what about chicks or other baby birds?

I heard of an ingenius iea of using a baby playpen for raising new babies before movng them into coops, could it be used for quail when there aren't babies?

 

[Chick Charm]

Chickens and quail should not be raised together. The disease factor is real and very painful to the birds. Change gloves when handling both quail and chickens. Don't let your chickens feed on the soil where quail droppings land. If coturnix quail are raised above ground on wire they fare way better. Bobs like to fly and need a little more room.

 

[robopetz]

I have my silkies and buttons that eat sleep play and house together. They love eachother.

 

[Jennsbirds]

I have my silkies and buttons that eat sleep play and house together. They love eachother.

Silkie chickens or silkie ducks?

 

[robopetz]

Chickens, I didn't there were silkie ducks too?!... Googling it now. Lol

 

[Chick Charm]

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

Coryza (however you spell it) is real and will take effect. Maybe weeks, maybe months but it will get to your birds and it is bad for the birds.

 

[Jennsbirds]

Chickens, I didn't there were silkie ducks too?!... Googling it now. Lol

I had no idea until I passed a mention of it in the duck forum.

How big are your silkie chickens?

 

[robopetz]

They are all house pets. So I wonder if that makes a difference plus I have all of then on acv and garlic at least once a month.

My silkies are almost 6 mos and the other is about 1 month. I have 9 lil button quail hatchlings and I just set more button eggs in the bator just now.

 

[TwoCrows]

This has been a long running question, whether or not you should keep chickens and quail together. It is a fact that chickens CAN carry diseases that can kill quail, however that does not mean that the chickens HAVE any of these disease and that quail can co exist with the chickens in a healthy manner.

That also goes for size difference...if chickens are raised as babies with baby quail, many times they can all get along.

BUT...all these things must be kept in mind if you do mix quail with chickens and generally it is not worth the risk of disease or an aggressive chicken killing a quail.

 

[Jennsbirds]

That all sounds adorable (and helpful; I figured an early medication of some sort would help until I moved the chickens out)

Do you kow anything about mixing any other birds as babies with quail?