quail as pets

  1. oxalis

    Greetings from a quail owner in the PNW

    Hello to everyone! I've been keeping indoor quail as pets for a couple years now, and all the knowledgeable folks on this forum have helped my family so much by sharing what they know in articles and other threads. I recently got some new hens from a local breeder and wanted to make an account...
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  3. Bu9s

    Quail questions

    So I've had them for about 59 days and one really started to show there colours l, they have a slight tan tint appearing on the crown and I have high hopes it's a female The doing pretty well getting plenty of food,treats and water!
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  4. Misfit_quail

    Doves or quail!

    In Virginia and have many chickens looking to swap for either quail or doves
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  5. QuailKeeperz

    Quail Questions

    Hi! So I am new to keeping quails, and hatched 1 button quail out of a group of 10 and bought 3, 1 day old japanese quail. Ive heard these together can not get along but so far they are doing well. I was looking at enrichment for them, sand baths etc and was wondering what age is best for them...
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  6. K

    Introducing a male to a female

    Hi everyone! I am new to having quail and I'm hoping you can help me. I've recently taken a young (very flighty) male king quail from a family member who couldn't keep him, he used to live with a female but she died just before we were given him. I currently have him in temporary accommodation...
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  7. Plantasmagoria

    Egg Pricing post 2.0

    Hi there! I'm new to quail and starting a micro homestead. I'm starting off with coturnix quail and buttons, and plan to be selling eggs only right now for hatching and eating. I'm filling out all the paperwork and government stuff but I am stuck on prices. I've looked through the threads and...
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  8. chopin_the_quail

    New male constantly crowing

    Hi! 👋 Here's a long one to set the scene: we have a pair of quail - male (3 y/o) and female (2 y/o) that don't mate (the male is silly and prefers inanimate objects 🙄). The female broke her wing this summer and stopped laying since. We were hoping to add females to the ranks, but unfortunately...
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  9. B

    quail/rutin chicken low energy, head shaking back and forth, stumbles when walking

    Ive got a male and female quail/rutin chicken. the boy was pecking at the girl, so we took him out to trim his beak with a solder. this hasn't caused him issues before. since doing that on Sunday, he has been very low energy, like he wants to sleep and sit in the corner near the eggs all...
  10. M

    Emergency quail help.

    Okay. So my quail has a huge swell on her joint. And it’s not going away. It has doubled in size over the weeks I don’t have an avian vet near me at all. The closest one is 200 miles away or so. They just are not common in my area. I saw someone on here who lanced their birds and I cannot find...
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  12. Oob Child

    Can you potty train Quail?

    Hi, I was just wondering if you could potty train quail, if so, how would you do it? I heard you can potty train chicken, so why not quail? Does anyone have any experience with this?
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  13. A

    Flordia Quail requirements

    I'm planning to raise quail in flordia. Like 12 to 15 birds. I've build a double large hutch for them and bought an incubator and everything, these will be for PERSONAL USE ONLY. I'm trying to understand the requirements to raise quail for flordia. I've seen online that a permit might be...
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  14. E-Moo

    Keeping a quail company, suggestions needed!

    Hello people of Backyard Chickens. I have one elderly (>3 y.o.) quail hen, Tsapa, who is left after her flock-mates passed away. I can't continue the cycle of getting new quails, so Ill take care of Tsapa and that'll be that. My concern is that she seems lonely: isn't active, doesn't eat salad...
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  15. Oreolover13

    Broody Buttons

    Does anyone have advice on getting my button broody like lighting, diet, cage etc. right now it’s a pair in a twenty gallon long tank and she’s been laying consistently. The cage has a sand bath and fake plants but when I tried a nest box (old finch nest box) and she didn’t use it.
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  16. NinjaGamer2022

    What kinds of quail can I legally own in the US without a permit?

    I know that I can legally own Coturnix Quail and Button Quail without a permit, but are their any others? I've learned I can't own Bobwhite, Blue Scale, and California quail. Thx,
  17. NinjaGamer2022

    Do quail need or benefit from grit?

    I have never seen anyone feed quail grit but I plan to feed them more food scraps hopefully soon and I'm wondering, do they need or benefit from grit? Do they have a crop like chickens? Thx,
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  18. NinjaGamer2022

    Questions about keeping button quail.

    I live in an area that in winter drops below freezing (to the teens to even the negatives sometimes) and rises in summer to the 90's. I am wondering if I keep them in a draft-free enclosure could they live outdoors? What about feeding? Eggs per year? Also, what about keeping them with Coturnix...
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  19. Phanata

    My pet quail hurt her leg walking back into her box

    Now my dad thinks she sprained it but we aren’t really sure, her left leg isn’t responding but it looks the same, it doesn’t seem to hurt much since she can move around now just not very effectively, she still eats her food and water and has gone into her sand box, we don’t think it’s broken it...
  20. Tea_Birbs

    Baby quail falling down/unbalanced..? Hen has the same problem too.

    Hey, we recently hatched out a batch of quails in two incubators. It was around 60 eggs and only 25 hatchings, we had a few casualties along the way. The chicks are about 3 days old and we have noticed one particularly wobbly, he has 0 coordination and doesn't walk. His legs seem perfectly fine...
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