xChicken04x Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Hi everyone, as some of you know where thinking of getting three day old chicks in the spring, but then we thought about getting some quail (probably Italian or Japanese) They would only be pets, and if we got a male too, we could sell fertile eggs on ebay. We are really not sure what to do. We have the book "Keeping Quail" by Katie Thear on order and obviously no animal should be bought on a "whim" so a lot of research needs to be done methinks... I know some of you keep quail, so what do you think? Any help/opinions would be great. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I hated quail, cute but a pain in the ****. Wouldn't eat the same food, kept escaping and no fun. Chicks were much nicer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 I hated quail, cute but a pain in the ****. Wouldn't eat the same food, kept escaping and no fun. Chicks were much nicer. Sounds like our girls appart from the fun bit. None of them like the same treats, they don't eat their pellets, and they are always charging up the lawn with me running after them with a bag of spinich And they are a pain in the **** . But seriously, are quail really that bad? Maybe if we bought fertile eggs off ebay then they would be tamer? But then I would have to deal with any unwanted male, which I wouldn't like Thank you for your help. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I would go chicks (she says with her quail eggs on order) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 If you had them from hatching, you could probably tame them better than we did. Chicks were lovely and it wasn't that hard to eat the boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Hatching eggs is the best way to start with Quail, you get to see their whole life cycle. Sent you a pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xScrunchee Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 My Mum has an aviary with canaries in it and she was thinking about getting a couple of quail to live in with the canaries but has recently discovered that she has a couple of mice popping in and out. Would the quail catch anything nasty off of the mice or would they eat them like hens do?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 If they are mice it shouldn't be too bad just make sure they have some low perches. If it is rats then the rats will eat the Quail. The latter hapened to Lesley's quail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xScrunchee Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 The rats ate the quail?? OMG-how awful. My Mum's are definitely mice-thankfully. So do quail not eat mice like hens do then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I think quail would struggle with a mouse bacuse of their size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 i have a quail living in with my guinea pig and they get on fine. i also work on a childrens farm and there are often mice running around the quail pens. they dont seem to notice each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...