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I mean, their general care is pretty similar to chickens, but the way they act is a bit different. It was definitely interesting watching them and seeing things I have never seen with my chickens
 
Kimberoo said:
I'm learning this but the opposite 😅 I had quail first and now raising chickens. One positive thing with quail is the quick timelines. By 6.5 weeks I have eggs with quail. Wild that I'll be waiting almost 6 months with my chickens. And quail were easy to sex but I found chicks much harder.

They are ridiculous to catch if they get out of the brooder though 😂 at least my chicken chicks were smart enough to associate being near me with treats.
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Yea that is one thing I noticed chickens are definitely smarter. At least baby chickens don't just try to run off my hand when I hold them😅
 
FloorCandy said:
For habitat, you can get all kinds of crazy things you think they’ll like and spend a ton of money, but honestly, cinderblocks, plastic bins or cardboard boxes with holes on front and side so they can break line of sight, and they’re crazy for anything to hide under, like I have a wooden wall of an old hutch leaned on 2 cinderblocks, it’s like they have rooms leading onto a covered deck. It used to be hard finding all the eggs, but seriously, lift up the leaning wooden wall panel, and 99% of eggs are there lol. My quail particularly like cinder block or boxes placed around open spaces to break up the space, if you have an aviary, quail won’t want to use the middle, they won’t want to cross the wide open gap, so just put cinderblocks every few feet and they’ll be out and about running between them.
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This is great advice.

I didn't think about them not having cover in the middle. I've actually been researching plants, bushes and trees for them and have a bunch of those planted, but will maybe put some
More I. The middle to give them cover. I also have a lot of Egyptian grass seed that I was going to start this week, hopefully get it to 6" or so by the time they move in. I've made a few hides, but I have a ton of cinder blocks. I will certainly do some leaning and constructing of those.

I love to sit by the chickens every day in the morning and drink coffee. I am going to have a removable chair in the aviary (so it doesn't get poop on it) so I can sit with the quail as well. I've tried a lot of different morning routines, but the birds seem to be the most relaxing.
 
BastyPutt said:
Most of all I am thankful I am not the only one with this problem.

Just ordered my butterfly net off the zon. Thanks for the tip!
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Butterfly nets are a lifesaver! I had the privilege of testing mine 6 days after it arrived when one of mine popcorn'd out of the brooder during a cleaning 😂

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The birb king said:
I mean, their general care is pretty similar to chickens, but the way they act is a bit different. It was definitely interesting watching them and seeing things I have never seen with my chickens
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Not really, which is why you shouldn't treat them like chickens. It's rather like treating a cat like a dog.
 

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