Female quail noises

[jng]

I know the male quail have a crowing style call does the female quail make any other noises besides the cricket sounds.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

I have one that sounds like a tea kettle. It's a hen, but maybe it isn't gender specific?

 

[Quaicken108]

I know the male quail have a crowing style call does the female quail make any other noises besides the cricket sounds.

I assume that you’re talking about the marvellous male Japanese/Coturnix quail crow. The females don’t crow like that but there’s is a little softer, higher pitched and sometimes it’s repetitive and annoying! But I love it anyway!

 

[jng]

Yes that's right, I seem to have 3 males and 3 females they are hassling the females and I was thinking of taking 2 males out into another cage.

 

[KatsPlace]

I have a couple of broody females. They make a different sound while protecting their eggs. It sounds like a tea kettle. I can hear it from far away.

 

[Quailobsessed]

I have a couple of broody females. They make a different sound while protecting their eggs. It sounds like a tea kettle. I can hear it from far away.

Mine make the 'kettle sound' a lot.

 

[shrimpsilkies]

The kettle noise is similar to the egg song of a chicken. Mine do it directly before or after laying, and sometimes when guarding a clutch of eggs. Also, quail will make a brrr or prrr noise to signal that there is a predator in the area, usually a hawk or crows, and sometimes they’ll all make the noise at once and all go still.
The cricket call is more like a locator call I have noticed, and their normal voices are very quiet little peeps. They also do a very long, drawn-out peeeep when they’re being mounted.
My largest jumbo hen tried to crow once, I think because she was stressed out after being brought inside for a foot treatment. It sounded like she had her mouth full, “gooGoogoo” and she hasn’t made it ever again.