Mixing baby quail

[hanisreg]

I hatched 4 coturnix quail last Sunday. Then another 6 on Thursday. Another batch is due within a day or two. At the moment the first two groups are separated . Can I put them in together? Then can can I add the next batch after a day or two?

Also, if I end up with lots of boys, is there a way of keeping them together without having to cull them? For example, penning them next door to the girls rather than in the same enclosure?

I'm only doing this for a bit of fun, not meat. And I'm not breeding hundreds. Just a few pets.

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[birdmandan]

In the wild, the loser of a fight can run away. In a cage, there is no where to run. You better cull the boys or sell them. Also, they will drive you nuts with non stop crowing.

 

[feedman77]

You should have no issues mixing the baby quail.

The extra males I would cull or sell off. Even in a pen by themselves they would still fight if females are around.