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Yep domestic fowl will kill wild fowl in a heartbeat with disease, those type of quail actually are very sensitive and really do best in cages off the ground, scaled, mountain, valley, gambles, mearns all those are best off ground to be honest.
As for what to do to help conservation wise, there's nothing you can do legally, it is illegal to release any captive raised fowl without specialized permits which outside zoological facilities, you just arent going to get, and yes, non native species like mandarins are more detrimental than any help, they dont belong here, and many can cross breed with actual native birds and cause more harm than good. The best thing, if you have a lot of property, is to make it wild waterfowl friendly, ponds nest boxes, food, etc and actually help the native population. I have had all sorts of birds get out over the years, and most just arent cut out for wild life any more, they be either on top of the aviary or passing the fence trying to get back in. So, best thing to do with them is breed them, enjoy them, and sell the offspring, one thing about it, is with captive birds, we are assuring that there will always be these species, many went extinct due to over hunting back before the days of aviculture, which could have prevented that.
Congrats on the new comer too!!
Keep us updated and we wanna see pics!
