Quail Eggs Under a Chicken .

[niamhblond]

My neighbour has Japanese Quails . And Im thinking of putting 6 Quail eggs under my silky broody hen to start my own flock . But first I have a few questions that Id love answers too .
1. What are the risks ?
2. What happens if theres more than one male ?
3. Do Quails eat chick crumb ?
4. Will I have to feed them separate food ?
5. Will the hen accept them ?
6. Could the chicks spread diseases ?
7. When should I take the chicks away to be on their own ?
8. How long will they take to hatch ?

Thanks in advance
Any other tips , stories and information will be accepted with open arms .

 

[Quail Jailer]

~lining up at the ticket booth~

 

[dc3085]

I'll be the bad guy. I usually am anyway...

Chickens are/can be carriers of MG, blackhead, coryza, and many many other diseases. They will show no symptoms of carrying these diseases. They are all quite fatal to quail if not treated immediately. Please do not expose your quail to them unless you like the way the quail in this picture looks. This question gets asked about once a week, search BYC to see hundreds of other threads asking the same thing. There is also a link on my signature you should read through.

ChickenLegs13 is helping us all conduct a multi part experiment on allowing a chicken to hatch quail to see what the survival rate is and if chicks brooded in a nest will be more likely to brood their own eggs. These chicks will be quarantined from the flock and most likely be destroyed before ever coming into contact with other quail. At last check out of 15 chicks only 4 survived the first week, so not only is there a high risk involved there appears to be a low reward.

 

[ChickenLegs13]

In my experience...
Hatching quail eggs by chicken is easy. Having any of them survive is the hard part. Quail chicks are too tiny and delicate to survive the chicken. I recommend that if you want to start a flock get already hatched quail from your neighbor instead.

 

[niamhblond]

I'll be the bad guy. I usually am anyway...

Chickens are/can be carriers of MG, blackhead, coryza, and many many other diseases. They will show no symptoms of carrying these diseases. They are all quite fatal to quail if not treated immediately. Please do not expose your quail to them unless you like the way the quail in this picture looks. This question gets asked about once a week, search BYC to see hundreds of other threads asking the same thing. There is also a link on my signature you should read through. 

ChickenLegs13 is helping us all conduct a multi part experiment on allowing a chicken to hatch quail to see what the survival rate is and if chicks brooded in a nest will be more likely to brood their own eggs. These chicks will be quarantined from the flock and most likely be destroyed before ever coming into contact with other quail. At last check out of 15 chicks only 4 survived the first week, so not only is there a high risk involved there appears to be a low reward. 

Without bad guys we would do all the wrong things . Thanks

 

[Mommysongbird]

I'll be the bad guy. I usually am anyway...

Chickens are/can be carriers of MG, blackhead, coryza, and many many other diseases. They will show no symptoms of carrying these diseases. They are all quite fatal to quail if not treated immediately. Please do not expose your quail to them unless you like the way the quail in this picture looks. This question gets asked about once a week, search BYC to see hundreds of other threads asking the same thing. There is also a link on my signature you should read through.

ChickenLegs13 is helping us all conduct a multi part experiment on allowing a chicken to hatch quail to see what the survival rate is and if chicks brooded in a nest will be more likely to brood their own eggs. These chicks will be quarantined from the flock and most likely be destroyed before ever coming into contact with other quail. At last check out of 15 chicks only 4 survived the first week, so not only is there a high risk involved there appears to be a low reward.

Is this the same for ducks? I mean with the diseases and all?? And how far should my quail pen be from my chicken/duck pen???

 

[dc3085]

As far as you can manage from the your chickens in the space the you have. Regarding ducks and waterfowl they are highly resistant to poultry diseases and the diseases they do suffer from are not likely to be transmitted to any non-waterfowl.