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My husband and I are going to be building a coop in the next month and stocking it with a few chickens (4 to 6) and I would also like to do quail. Jumbo brown coturnix quail, now I've read (here) that they cannot be house together, but would putting the coops side by side, with the fenced in runs be a problem as far as disease? I only want to keep about 10 quail at a time and as I said 4-6 chickens (the chicken will have to hens only and probably will be Barred Rock since my nephew raises them and I can get them from him at a steal and ensure what I am getting are hens
) ANYWAY, lol, how far away from each other do they need to be for disease to NOT be an issue? Obviously I don't want sick animals, but I also have limited room.
I'm sure you guys get asked about quail and chickens together all the time, and I'm sorry to "beat a dead horse", I just want to know what distance apart is safe enough. If the answer is that they cannot be kept in the same yard, I will accept that.
Thanks
Also if there are already thousands of articles on this, feel free to tell me that too
Emily

I'm sure you guys get asked about quail and chickens together all the time, and I'm sorry to "beat a dead horse", I just want to know what distance apart is safe enough. If the answer is that they cannot be kept in the same yard, I will accept that.
Thanks

Also if there are already thousands of articles on this, feel free to tell me that too

Emily