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[daleknathan6]

i am wanting some quail

 

i am going to buy them an indoor rabbit cage (dimensions: 51 x 120 x 58cm) and i am wondering which quail would be best for me i will let them out in a run when ever i am home there are no other animals in the house and i would like to handle them a bit i would also like to no about noise because my dad says they cant be loud thanx alot

[daleknathan6]

please any one who keeps quail just tell me what yours are and what there like

 

if you only know about one breed tell me all about it

[Lewis]

I've heard some people say chinese painted quail are more friendly, but not too sure.

 

I have Japs which are friendly enough, I raised them myself, and they lay eggs too which is a bonus

The males can be loud when they crow, but the females aren't - you don't need a male to have eggs so could just get females?

 

Any specific questions ?

[Lesley]

We have 3 Italian and 1 Jap. all girls for eggs - really easy to look after and very quiet.

 

Would the hutch you are planning to use have enough room and will you be able to provide them with some plants to scurry about in? Also, quail have a habit of flying vertically and ideally they need a bit of height in their accommodation. If they don't have enough height then when they 'boing' they risk damaging the top of their heads.

[broni.jones]

hi,

i have a mix of japs and italians, both are lovely but i like the italians best.

 

i wouldn't bother getting a male. the hens are quiet and peacefull. i have had issues with my male. he was evil and very loud. he was very rough with the girls e. pulling out head and neck feathers to the extent of deely cutting skin and underlying tissue so much that i thought i would have to put the injured hen down. even getting him lots of girls ( didn't help. the male has now been rehomed

 

i wouldn't adpvise the indoor cage though. i had to kep a hen indoors when the male attacked and cut her. the cage needed cleaning out at least every other day as it got very smelly, every quickly.

[Lewis]

I know some people that would bite your head off for that Lesley and Broni

 

Italian and Japs are one and the same (Coturnix japonica) but Jap is a colour mutation

Some people call them gold japs aswell

 

(I'll stop now )

[Lesley]

I know some people that would bite your head off for that Lesley and Broni

 

Italian and Japs are one and the same (Coturnix japonica) but Jap is a colour mutation

Some people call them gold japs aswell

 

(I'll stop now )

 

I know they're both Coturnix Lewis but they are still referred to as Japs and Italian - and I'm quite used to having my head chewed off (have you looked in the Bees section recently )

[sophia_chicken]

I kept Chinese painted quails in an indoor cage which worked out well- because chinese quails are so small they are ideal as indoor birds, don't smell at all and are fascinating to watch. I trio (1 male and 2 females) is by far the best combination to keep. Male CPQ's are beautiful little chaps and have a charming (bt not too loud) call. If you pop in a few live mealworms for them he will gallently grab them and hand them out to his ladies... without eating any of them himself! (His ladies will gobble them up!)

[Janty]

I have four common quail, one melanistic quail and two spanish quail. I have a male because we like the call.

 

We keep ours in an outdoor run inside the walk in run. It's four foot high so little chance of them banging their heads. We kept ours in a hutch when we first started but I hated it. It seemed cruel. My lot now get the chance to scrab about in the aubiouse and soil just like the chickens.

 

However, we have always had the larger quail breeds so space has been more of an issue for ours.