I have a ton of questions about button quail... Any answers?

[9Catsz]

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Wow, I didn't know they were monogamous and weren't colony birds. You certainly couldn't tell that from the birds I had. They did fantastic in a colony setting and I had so many babies it was unbelievable! I used to sell them at bird shows in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Gardens bought a bunch of them to release in the Climatron.

 

[Scooter&Suzie]

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I always like to get the biggest cage I can afford.

When I was breeding them, I kept mine in an 8 x 10 room and I had around 8 or 10 males with about 30 females.

Four females would be great kept together....and adding a male would not be a problem.

As for noise, they're really quiet little birds.

Button quail are monagamous and should be kept in pairs. They are not colony birds at all. So no 3 to 4 females to a male. 1 female to 1 male. I house my birds in cages designed by brackenridge ranch. They do not not need much space for a pair. They do great in a small home and do great in aviary settings as well. If you want four females you need four males to pair each female up.

So do I need to keep the pairs in different cages? Or can I put 2 females and two males together in the same cage?

 

[Stellar]

If your aviary is large enough so so that each pair has it's own territory, you should be fine having two pairs. I donated two pairs of button quail to the Butterfly estates here in Fort Myers. The place is a giant greenhouse and there is a bridge in the center. When a male tries to cross that bridge the other pair will attack it! Don't mess with the territory of a cbbq!

It really showed their behavior like in the wild there! So cool!

 

[Scooter&Suzie]

Well, since I don't have room in my house I guess I will put them in different cages. One or two pairs will be good enough for me.