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Bobwhite quail of any kind will mix with any kind of poultry or pheasant and are easy to raise
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You are right.....its about balance. Birds are individuals like people, some are just so nasty and aggressive, and others are mellow or shy.The bird world never ceases to amaze me! When we first started an aviary we were told not to keep java sparrows with finches, that they would not breed and would kill finch babies ( we haven't had this problem ever ) ours both breed readily. We were told not to mix zebra finches with society finches as they also wouldn't breed, again this has not been the case.
The only birds we ever had any problems with were budgies. They killed our quail, killed each other, they had ample space, enough breeding boxes for two each, all set at the same exact hight.
If even a Chinese quail gets into our pheasant flight, robart ( cock pheasant ) chases it trying to kill it. Even something that small. We tried one bobwhite that kept being picked on, again we had to remove it.
Having said that, we have bobwhites and Chinese living together peacefully. I've kept Chinese with Japanese, but my friends Japanese quails attack and kill her Chinese. She keeps celestial parrotlets together in a flight. This we had no luck with, fighting, bickering, stressed birds.
If it works for you, then go for it!
It's finding the right balance. ;D