Serama chicks & quail chicks?

[rarebreedeggs4u]

Can I brood these guys together or is that a huge no-no? I know quail chicks will peck at the vents of bigger chicks, but the Seramas are pretty darn tiny, even if they are 2 weeks old than the quail! Is there a health danger to either group? There are 24 quail and only 3 Seramas.

Thanks in advance

Laura

 

[UmbraVulpis]

Chickens and quail should be kept separate mostly because chickens can carry diseases that are deadly to quail.

 

[rarebreedeggs4u]

Oh well, who can have too many brooders going at once? LOL The Seramas are fine in the house and they are good at teaching new babies how to eat & drink

 

[SamG347]

Yes you can brood both standard breed chicks and bantams with quail. I'm assuming you mean your Coturnix chicks? I have had Standard chicks and Pheasant chicks with Coturnix before. Bantam chicks should be A OKAY. I would never brood too many Standard chicks with quail though.
Good Luck!

 

[MagsC]

I have brooded banties with quail before with no problems. I didnt know quail could get diseases from chickens?

 

[JJMR794]

With all due respect.... Y'all are playing a game of odds that will 1 day bite you! A good case of coryza will cure this idea, beleive me i learned the hard way....

Its not so much a matter of if? as it is more a matter of when....

 

[macnugget]

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I got to agree even thou I have brooded them together as I'm doing now but I keep them separate most of the time.

 

[JJMR794]

I have brooded mix speces more than once. I am just as guilty as everyone else, but I got my knowledge the old fashioned way--- I earned it! While coturnix are a dime a dozen and readily available year round try loosing a large batch of ornimental pheasant chicks--- 54 rare hard to get expensive pheasant chicks--- Yep that lesson sticks with you. Ultimately the birds are personal property, You may handle them as you wish, but be aware ---- Its coming. I just hope someone other than me learns from my expensive mistakes( gives them a little more value to me if you will...)

 

[mandiedriskill]

What about ducks and quail being housed next to eachother? Do they share diseases?

 

[JJMR794]

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YES THAT CAN DO IT TOO.... AS LONG AS THEY ARE AT LEAST 5 OR 6 FT APART YOU SHOULD BE OK..