So nice to see someone really looking after quail properly. I hate seeing them cooped up in rabbit hutches their whole lives. You have a beautifully easy to listen to narration voice also!

I love what she says about the quail at the end. It is so true. Man has abused magnificent creatures like quail just to make profit. Thank god there are still people in the world like this one.

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Kenneth Pangelinan Your kind comments mirror the whole reason I keep quail and make these films because there has to be a better life for these beautiful birds. It made their fate even more poignant for me, in that their eggs provided the cure for two conditions Andy had suffered from since 1976. Thanks for your feedback it is appreciated, very much so. All the best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

@kennethpangelinan4486

10 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl You are most welcome. Thanks to your lovely video I too am now keeping quail in my garden like you!

I couldn't stop watching because quails are adorable and her voice is so beautiful

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Aaww - that is such a lovely comment and very much appreciated. You made my day! The quails are snuggled up in their house with extra straw as we are expecting snow overnight. All the very best, Sue

@judithrey6357

4 жыл бұрын

This was great, been searching for "how to build a quail cage" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a good exclusive guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the normal expense. Ive heard some decent things about it and my brother in law got amazing success with it.

WOW, this is not just a vedio. This is a short Documentary. Excellent camera work, very informative. I have been having issues trying to raise quale and now you have offered a solution, thank you.

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+Abby Babby Thanks for such a kind comment. That is exactly what I hoped the film, would be! I have more recent videos on quail too and also I have a blog, which has many articles on quail, not all of which are covered by films. The link is here if you'd like to take a look: holistic-hen.blogspot.com All the very best and good luck with your quail and please ask if you have any questions on the films or anything in the blog, Sue

Thank you for your comments! So happy you enjoyed the video. The interaction between quail and the hen was amazing, particularly over food. My quail chicks dislike bread but to the hen this is a real treat so she kept on presenting a piece I had given her and encouraging them to eat. In the end one of them took it away and hid it, she presumed he had eaten it and was quite happy to go back to foraging. Things she didn't want them to eat, like compost worms, they ate when she wasn't looking!

You have a wonderful soothing voice! I love what you are doing and thank you for sharing your story. I hate to think of any animal being raised in a factory. I can tell you have a very kind spirit!

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+Cheri Green Aaww that is such a kind comment and very much appreciated. One of my big hopes is that by sharing how quail and other poultry can be kept, more people will think about factory farming and reject buying their produce and thus finally put an end to it. I was born on a small dairy and chicken farm and I can not imagine a better childhood. Our animals were free-range, even the turkeys and we had 300 of them, all roosting at night in the apple trees. I don't ever remember any of them being sick or aggressive as they lived almost entirely on a wild foraged diet. Here in France no one hardly keeps turkeys any more because they get so many diseases. For decades they have been kept on grain diets in small pens or commercially inside in batteries with no outside life at all. One of my goals is one day to have enough room to keep organic free-range turkeys, just to share how it can be done. All the very best, Sue

@suelirocha9508

7 жыл бұрын

Cascais

That was the most brilliant clip ive seen in a very very long time...i loved the beautiful narration and it was a very informative clip... simple, elegant and brilliant.. thank u... make more such videos....:)

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Thank-you very much for your kind comment, I really appreciated it. I have made quite a few more recent videos on the quail I hatched this year - they go into more details about specifics, such as choosing a mother hen, tips for brooding and hatching...All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

I just love Polly! Her clucking as the little quails listen, so sweet. You should write a children's book about this! It's a real story that's great. Cheers!

Hey tbh I just fall in love with little quail 🐥 🐥 and I really loved how hen 🐔 is taking care of these lil adorable sweet 🐥 🐥 I really feel inspired by your video and very soon I am gonna do the same as you, yes quail 🐥 🐥 deserve a much better life than to be caged and just egg machines and thanks may God bless you ❤️

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

Hi there James and thank you so much for your lovely comments and wishes - you made my day! Good luck too with your quail adventure. You are so right quail deserve good people like yourself to take care of them. I have some eggs awaiting hatch at the moment and I never lose that wonder at seeing quail chicks hatch under a mother, they are so happy and they express it in their whole behaviour. I have had several quail go on to raise their own chicks afterwards and that is a wonderful experience too! All the very best from Normandie, Sue

You have the most soothing wonderful voice I felt comfortable while you inform us with knowledge thanks for the wonderful videos. Keep advocating the importance of free ranging to stop those poor birds who are cage bound. Thank you once again and hope to see more videos :)

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex James Hi Alex and thank-you for your lovely comments they are very much appreciated. I have 21 quail videos on a playlist here if you are interested: kzread.info/head/PLHgq6wrWg6dedER4JF4EYs85yt9LWkkUc I have been keeping quail for many years and am just beginning to see the tide turning on caged quail. I get more and more questions here and on the blog about keeping quail outdoors in large spaces, free-ranging them and also raising them with bantam hens, with the end point that they will in turn raise their own chicks. The trouble is on the internet there are so many cut and paste articles and often I suspect from people who have never even kept them, compounding all kinds of myths on why quail can't be raised naturally. Happily more and more people are also sharing the way they keep quail in a quasi-wild state and I hope they in turn will be encouraged to make films and write about their experiences. Thanks again and all the very best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Not usually drawn to these kind of videos. But I amazed to see this Hen build such a strong relationship with these chicks. You have earned a sub from me :D

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+Red LEO Thanks for you kind comments, much appreciated and also for the sub. All the best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

I started giving my cat Jacob fresh quail eggs here at the homestead I got them for me and said why not for his skin allergies. And WOW! within weeks he stoped chewing and bare spots were growing back. No issues since 2 years now, he only gets here and there as he seemed to stop completely. I got silkies yo hatch my quail eggs. My other hen she hatched 3 and well, bad mom... hence the silkies here.

@Pavlovafowl

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great testimony to the use of quail eggs in medical issues. Since I made this film, I have seen so much more published research and so much previous research has now been more widely made available, into why quail eggs work so well and for so many illnesses. I recently wrote all this up and if you are interested here is my written article: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2016/01/quail-eggs-history-medicine-and-pure.html#.VpfsU15VKlM I think it would be very helpful to so many seeking cures (if you haven't already, that is) to make a film or publish an article on your experience with your cat. There is still not nearly enough written about quail and their therapeutic eggs. All the very best from Normandie, Sue and P.S. Silkies are great for quail!

I have watched your films over and over again! I've found none other like it. Because of you, I am introducing my 4 baby Silkies to my only Cochin hen, Collette. So far she is sitting on them at night but not interested in them during the day. Thank you for your time in helping by making these videos!

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi there I am so sorry that I only just found your comment today! How did your quail experiment go. In reality as quail are precocial the main thing is warmth so the fact that she looked after them at night was really crucial. Did you end up having to use another heat source for them during the day? All the very best from Normandie, Sue

@mycedarridge

5 жыл бұрын

@@Pavlovafowl, thank you for your reply! It went amazingly well and she became a good mama, covering them during the day when they were chilled, and flying at anything that might show interest by attacking. She still thinks they are hers but they've moved on in life 😂 Poor chicken

I've added you to my favorites. My daughter wants to raise quail. She is 10. She loves farming but it's hard to start a farm from nothing. So we will start with Quail.

Wow. I just came across this video. Thank you for sharing as it is extremely helpful.

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi there and I'm so happy you found my video useful. You may also like to take a look at my site The Holistic Hen, here is the index page for the Quail articles: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_27.html#.XSH66hcv6V4 In general I try to write an illustrated, detailed article on each film topic but I also have stand alone written pieces as well. All the very best from sunny Normandie, Sue

Thank you so much for this information. It was so informative and very very clear.

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

Hi there - you are so welcome and I also have written versions to go with these films - here is the link to the articles on quail: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_27.html#.XXEGkkEv6V4 All the very best from Normandie, Sue

Pav, what a beautiful video, garden, and birds you have! Thank you for sharing this video, even if it's been two years I am glad I found it.

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks for your kind comments, they are much appreciated! I have many more quail videos on my site including some in-depth ones following the quail chicks who were born last year with my Frizzled Cochin hen Cappuccino. I'm afraid I haven't quite got the playlists sorted so this has jogged my memory! I also have more photos and information on my blog: holistic-hen.blogspot.fr All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Thank you indeed for the video. It not only was heart warming and informative but vibrated healing energy! May u be blessed!

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

Hi Afonso, Thank you so much for your kind comments, they made my day! All the very best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

YOU are a wealth of knowledge. Marvellous. I have been thinking about how I can raise quail on a small terrasse with a LONG Winter. Having no experience with quail and only acquired knowledge with chickens by watching my Mother in action in my childhood, the thought is a bit daunting. Lliving on the third floor with open accesses on the East side of a very shady area, it is perfect for somewhere hot and sunny but not to raise vegetables or flowers and, most probably, also quails. But I havent quite dispensed with the idea. It's just that I have very funny, as in strange, neighbours and everything has to be hidden and secretive. "Ordnung muß sein!"

@Pavlovafowl

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Carolle that is so kind, thank you! The easiest and best to raise on a terrace would be a pair of fantail pigeon. They actually were bred in the Middle East to surround sacred sites. They love their home and are very attached to their nest site. Mine were in an open garden but they never ventured further than the house roof. If you get blue ones they look like wild pigeons (except for the tail) so your neighbours could be fooled. As long as they have plenty of vegetation to sort though and good food they would just fly around a little off the balcony and then return. Just an idea - however, when they are free like this they do tend to nest and are prolific - one nest with 2 chicks per month - so I'm sort of seeing a potential problem here! You need to find a garden share! All the very best and Frohes neues Jahr! Sue xx

Thanks, it's very much a symbiotic relationship, Polly is very affectionate with the chicks and they with her, it also sets them up for the future to learn how to forage. I notice with the quail I have just bought and am converting to organic and outdoor living that they really haven't got a clue about insects or greenery. They are tasting everything in the greenhouse, at the moment they are very keen on squash leaves but are ignoring the compost I left for them to sort through! All the best Sue

Beautiful!!!

I love your video! Your video is super relaxing ❤❤❤ I might want to raise quails thanks to you.

@Pavlovafowl

10 ай бұрын

Hi there and thank you so much for your comments - they are appreciated! In ancient China and Japan quail were originally raised as 'song birds' and kept for their calm and relaxing voices, sadly however, during WW2 the strains of quail that actually could sing the most sweetly were completely destroyed. I have found however that my quail have quite a range of language and on different occasions have heard them whistle and even 'bark' - you can hear these in some of my quail videos in particular this one kzread.info/dash/bejne/hmx2rLZynrmXkto.html However, the general day-to-day cheeping sounds they make are certainly very soothing. I hope you get some quail - they need good people to care for and appreciate them! All the very best, Sue

Very enjoyable video! One of my subscribers pointed your video out to me. I tried this but wasn't successful at all - my fault though, I just didn't have the right hens or conditions to hatch quail via hens. You've done a great job. Cheers :)

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi there thanks for your kind comments and sorry this didn't work out for you. The choosing of the hen is actually quite difficult, I have written about this on my blog, as I have raised quail with several types. sizes and races of hen. Even when you think something is obvious it isn't because hens are individuals, so for example a feathery footed frizzled Cochin, who technically could have been a disaster worked out brilliantly because she was just so careful. She hardly lifted her feet off the ground for the first week, she actually developed a 'shuffle', she sort of skated along the ground to avoid accidents and she did that all on her own! Don't give up because as you will see if you watched any of my more recent quail videos, my quail now raise their own chicks and I'm sure they learned this from their mother hen. In this case it was the aforementioned Cochin, Cappuccino, in fact two of her quail chicks have already gone broody and raised their own quail and adopted some purchased quail chicks. Good luck and all the very best, Sue

I love chickens and quails and you miss have a very beautiful soft voice. Thank you for such a nice video and explanation.

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Hi RocaWeaR4 You are very welcome and thanks for your kind comments, much appreciated. All the very best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Lovely chicks! Years ago I hatched out quail in an incubator - they are such tiny bundles of fluff. I also had bantams that hatched out chicken and duck eggs for me. As I no longer have the incubators I wish the pekin bantam I have now would go broody so I can pop some duck eggs under her. Runner ducks are useless as they rarely go broody. It's just so delightful watching a mother hen with her babies and they are so protective whatever type of baby they hatch out.

Glad I decided to get quails for the bottom of my avairy, such a quirky bird eggs are good too

I love this channel so much.

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

Aaww Nadya, Thank you so much for your lovely comment - You made my day! All the very best from Normandie, Sue

What an absolutely beautiful movie on quail! Thank you ever so much for your efforts. I did not know about the effects on allergies (--me too!). I am excited now.

Absolutely brilliant. I found myself in an almost therapeutic state while watching. I was utterly captivated and hanging on every breath of your narrative. I am from the deep south of the US and it was truly inspiring, even with my knowledge and experience of livestock. Most definitely an all around sound strategy that I will surely implement and mentally archive for the rest of my days.

I gotta say that this is by far one of the best videos I've seen. Your voice is so shooting, and your love for animals melts my heart. Thank you for sharing your passion.

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Maria and thank you so much for your lovely words, I so appreciate them. You are right that making these videos is a passion for me but getting such kind comments as yours are the 'icing on the cake'. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

What a beautiful garden. And such cute quails 😊

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment, it is appreciated. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

I love this! I love your channel p, it’s super informative. 💕💕

@Pavlovafowl

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comments, they are very much appreciated, Sue xx

Amazing how in tune you are with your birds. Love it!

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi there and thank you for that lovely comment. I find birds fascinating and the complexity of their hierarchies, emotions, interaction with each other and ourselves, never ceases to amaze me. I learn something new every day in the forest garden. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

I love this video and how you spoke do passionately about quails ^^ This was 4 years ago but I just want to let you know you inspired me to hatch some quail with my hens

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Ryan, Thank you so much for your brilliant comment, you have made my day! As you may have seen from my more recent films, I am actually at the stage now that my quail raise their own chicks but I still have my broody hens as back up. Really good luck and I am sure your hen-raised quail chicks will turn out like mine and re-learn how to make nests and sit their own eggs. All the very best, Sue

@jenitdeula8672

6 жыл бұрын

i want too buy this quail

Thanks for adding this to your favourites. Your daughter will really enjoy keeping quail, they are cheerful little birds and can become very tame. You are very lucky in the US to have organic quail farms selling hatching eggs and chicks, so you will be off to a really good start. These farms also sell many more breeds of quail than we can get in Europe. All the very best for your farm project, many of us just started from nothing and if you have any queries please do ask, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Thanks! She is a great mother hen. All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Thanks for the video that is just beyond charming. I can't tell you how much I adored watching this. I have to say; your garden is simply stunning and one of the highlights for me is that I loved how you talked about the hen's interaction with the chicks, (and their language,) ~it just melted my heart!

Growing up on a farm. My mother had 600 laying hens. And at least 150 of them would brood eggs to hatching.We hatched quail ducks turkeys guinea fowl eggs as well. Never a problem

@Pavlovafowl

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there Dale - we had 3000 laying hens but my Father went to Agricultural College in the 50s, so we had a room full of incubators, turning out pheasants, turkeys and chicks. I must say though, they were all free-range - real free-range and they roosted outside in the apple trees, (the pheasants living in a woodland) but you were super lucky to have had all those chicks to grow up with! Thank you for sharing, much appreciated and all the very best from Normandie, Sue

@dalewright3667

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pavlovafowl Wow that was a lot of fowls incubating. We had incubators as well. The turkeys were wild mixed. In Virginia the turkey populations were healthy. Our hens were mating with the wild turkeys. My mother put 4 turkey eggs under this bantam hen, she hatched them and within a week the baby turkeys were as large as mum!. She was so protective of her clutch, when cows or horses got near her you could see the hen flying up to attack the cows near her babies. Just one of the memories. Thanks for your film.

This was a wonderful video! Great commentary the entire time!

Thank you so, so much for putting this video up! We recently bought a homestead, and while I was planning which animals to raise and what to plant (I'm also planning a food-garden combo) I stumbled upon your video....you are such a great teacher, I could listen to you for hours. God bless you

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi there, Aaww and thank you for such lovely comments! I greatly appreciate them and wish you all the best with your great new adventure. We started this forest garden and raising poultry in 2000 and never looked back. Make sure you document what you do and if you have time, film the journey. There are so many people now who would like to raise their own food but get put off by taking that first big step, so sharing your experiences really helps. All the very best and do try quail, they are lovely birds. Good Luck! Sue

What a wonderful video! Very nice message. And yo have such a beautiful sweet voice. Thank you so much.

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Hi anaclet Thank-you for your comments, they are appreciated and it's so kind of you to take the time to express them. I'm sorry if I didn't reply to you sooner, there no longer seems any correlation in the section beneath my videos between the comments themselves and when and if I replied to them! All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Nice natured hen looks like my silver duckwing bantams In summer they go clucky crazy and all excellent mums.

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Chriss, Yes Polly is a silver duckwing Ardenner bantam and Ardenners are amazing mothers and permanently in clucky mode! What sort of silver duckwing breed do you have? If they are Dorkings then they were bred by the Romans, originally from the Ardenner. All the very best, Sue

Can I just say, you are a very smart woman

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Aaww that is so kind and such a lovely thing to say. All the very best, Sue

Thank you very much for the awesome video and presentation

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi, You are most welcome and thank you for taking time to comment, I appreciate it. All the very best Pavlovafowl aka Sue

@dimplejinthiha8403

4 жыл бұрын

Oav i love you da chellam un kusu vaasana nalla iruku nee peechiya komaika adi paavafa eduthu udithika

i been seeing a lot of videos on youtube of how people raise they quail and most of them like you said do it in cages and just like for their eggs, and its so sad. I am so excited to get quail now and i wont put them in caged but will raise them like you do with yours. Thank you so much for the videos i can't wait to see more. I'm so inspired by how you raised your quails and I want mine to have a happy life too. thank you!

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Charlie, you are so welcome! There are 31 videos in the quail playlist, this video belongs to and I try to look at all aspects of raising quail this way, including having them raise their own, which in Coturnix is quite rare. I do hope you will get quail, there is nothing quite like seeing their joy in the morning when they can fly, skip and jump about in a good sized space. If you can get them tame enough, which I am assured you can as you have great empathy with them, then you can garden with them and take them free-ranging (that is my most recent quail video). All the very best and if you want to, check out my site holistic-hen.blogspot.com/ , where I also have written articles and photos of my quail. Please also consider writing and or filming your experiences with quail, these are so helpful to others who want to keep quail out of cages and for the quail too of course! All the very best from sunny Normandie, Sue

Thanks! It is a really satisfying experience, particularly when you witness how happy quail are out in the sunshine and in particular if you can get them tame enough to free-range. Polly is a great mother hen, she has a strong bond and empathy with the quail chicks. This year she hasn't gone broody, so I am using Cappuccino, a one year old Cochin frizzle. She has a great track record, as she accepted and looked after an abandoned baby pigeon and so far is proving a great quail mother too.

Great video and beautiful garden. Thank you

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

TheAquaman1979 Hi and Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Great video! I learned a lot, the bit about the selenium in Brazil nuts and B vits in the brewers flakes was priceless! I had eczema from age 16-42 and asthma from 18-27 and hay fever from 12-37. I handled the asthma using a blowgun in my garage to strengthen my lungs, it took about 6 months and I became a great shot with it. At age 37 I became a beekeeper and that handled my hay fever. I just found out last year that I am gluten intolerant and that took care of my eczema. Of all the doctors I have seen about the eczema not one suggested it might be gluten. They all wanted to try me on different pills. Some of the medications were way worse than the eczema. I wish I would have known about quail eggs sooner.

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Sean Henderson Hi Sean Thanks and you are very welcome. I mixed the brazil nut flakes with turmeric (curcumin which is great for 'rebooting' the neurons) and coconut oil to get my little Sebright hen out of a panic attack or stroke which had paralysed her down one side - I was amazed how quickly it worked! I know people often play brass instruments to help them with lung development but a blow pipe is a great idea. Unfortunately most doctors aren't that au fait with or interested in nutrition, vets neither sadly. The quail eggs are good for so many allergies and staying away from gluten if you are allergy susceptible is a really good idea. It's great you have been able to heal yourself. Unless you are very lucky and able to find organic quail eggs you are probably better raising them yourself, which if you have the space is great fun, they are lovely little birds and can become very tame. All the very best, Sue

What a voice.....!!!

@Pavlovafowl

2 жыл бұрын

Mine or the hen's? All the very best from Normandie, Sue xx

I plan on raising quail I enjoyed your video very much.

Absolutely lovely video!, I love it how motherly the hen becomes and does not even seem to mind that they are quail, I am willing to bet that she does know that these little guys are not her baby chickens. I too have quail and made a nice safe run for them and am looking forward to having more of them hatch out. I placed some of the quail eggs into my incubator not being too sure what to expect and within just a few days one of the eggs hatched into a beautiful little healthy quail, I have 7 more eggs in the incubator and am wondering if any more will hatch?, hopefully!. Thank you for such a nice video.

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

Hi Marti and thanks! As you have made a safe run for your quail, you may find they start to make their own nests and sit their own eggs. This happened to me last year. The problem here has always been predators and the fact that Cortunix quail have had their nesting and broody behaviours bred out of them. Hatching them with a hen gives the chicks a sense of having a mother and I am sure helps them to rediscover their natural instincts. You might like to see my video which shows how good a mother a quail can be: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3mImMmDk8vHn7A.html All the very best and Good Luck for a great hatch, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

What a fantastic illustrated video. brilliant camera work and yes what a beautiful clear voice without that strange upward inflection at the end of every sentence. if you know what I mean. I've just hatched some quails out in an incubator and now they are almost the size of my one adult quail that I already had. I so wanted some more to put with her to keep her company. I can't wait for one of them or one of my Chicken hens to go broody so I can hatch some more. or chickens. Ducks. anything. it's great fun. thanks for sharing your video 👍🐓🐣🐤🐔

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, Aaww that is so kind! I'm afraid you've got chick fever and there is no cure. I am like that every year in the Spring, at the moment we've nine unexpected chicks in the garden with their mother, a hen and her quail chick in the arbour another mother and one chick in the garden (this was an egg left by our little cousin under a hen when they went back to NY - so he can come back and see how it's grown. Then there's a hen sitting a couple of duck eggs and two hens eggs which we found under a serial broody in the garden and another hen on 5 quail eggs - oh and the jackdaw.... Once you start raising birds you can't stop, I started with 2! All the very best and really good luck with the quail and the broodies. Sue

@davescopes249

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Sue. WOW you have got your hands full. Lol. You are right. I can't stop. I've also got a very tame rescued European Starling. I had 5 brought to me about 3 years ago because they fell out of a nest in a wall that was cut through because someone was having an extension built. 1 of them died within 10 minutes because they got so cold. But the other 4 got very tame to me as I fed them constantly. Then when they could fly I let them go in my garden. After a long time they all reluctantly flew away. I was kind of sad. Then all of a sudden one landed on my shoulder and would not leave me. So I've built a beautiful pine wooden frame large cage for it in my conservatory. It goes outside but won't fly away. It talks and eats out of my mouth. Lol. Well anyway before I get completely Carried away. Good luck and thank you. All the best.

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave and what a great experience. Starlings are incredible birds. We had one at my parents home in the UK, it used to imitate the phone and drive us all mad when we were out in the garden! My parents who were both teachers and really liked complete peace at the weekend, changed the phone (this was when there was only one ring per phone). Within an hour, the starling could imitate the new 'ring' to perfection! We also had a starling here and a blackbird too that got to know that my first three hens (this was in 2000) were afraid of buzzards - the garden was then an open field with just an apple orchard for cover. The starling and later the blackbird would sit high up in an apple tree and imitate a buzzard just after I put out the breakfasts, thus the hens would run away... I only found out about this after a few weeks as the birds would wait until I was back in the house - I caught them out when I came back one time with some extra special breakfast treat! Birds have great bonds with humans when they know they can trust them! All the very best to you and your starling and I've subbed to your channel in the hope you will make a film! Sue

@davescopes249

7 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl Lol. Yeah mine can be a little git but it's a lovely pet. and it it's the very few scraps of food I leave 😂😂😆😉

Hi Pav, loved this video clip and you have an excellent voice for this too, very soothing. I will look at the others too. I have kept various breeds of chickens before now, organically and so enjoyed it. Currently I am unable to do so but we too are moving to France later this year and eventually I am hoping to raise fowl again, and certainly quail are on my list!

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Catherine Adams Hi Catherine, Thanks for your kind words, much appreciated. If you are interested I have extra information on my blog holistic-hen.blogspot.com and am in the process of writing up other articles on organic quail raising to go with the more recent films. France is a good place to keep birds as there is plenty of land, so many smallholders/homesteaders and the organic movement is thriving, so no problem in getting organic supplies locally. Good luck with your move and all the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

@catherineadams769

10 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl Just popped on and also of Andy's site.... lots to watch and read...thank you. Look forward to your additional info :)

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Catherine Adams Hi Catherine, Thanks, hope you enjoy them - we are adding more as often as possible! I just put up another post on quail:- choosing a mother hen, with the first two of five case studies - sharing what I gained from each experience: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2014/05/raising-quail-organically-with-mother.html All the very best, Sue

The birds are so cute.

Amazing! I enjoyed your video and learned a lot from it. Thank you for sharing!

Great film. Thank you.

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Hi, Sophie, Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. If you are interested I have articles on my quail here: holistic-hen.blogspot.com All the very best, Sue

Very well made! I never knew that! I will be getting quail!

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Thank-you, your comments are appreciated! Yes quail eggs are amazing and breeding your own quail is really the best option. They are such loveable birds too and a real joy to keep. All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue P.S. If you are interested, there is a two part blog post of mine on the history of the medical use of quail eggs: holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2016/01/quail-eggs-history-medicine-and-pure.html#.V7sXDNGli1F

So beautiful. Thanks for the information.

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi there and so sorry I only just found your comment today. You are welcome and I'm so happy you found the video useful. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

Great video with excellent explanation! 👍

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind comment, I so appreciate your feedback. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

Thanks for your comments, I really appreciate them. The allergy link is really why I started with them but once you get started, they are just such lovely birds and they mostly get such a raw deal when kept in captivity, you just have to go on keeping them. The way they come out of their house in the morning, jumping and 'skipping' and trying out their wings is sheer joy to watch. All the best, Sue

That's fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing this, it was very inspiring and informative. I've never heard of using quail eggs for allergies before! I started raising honeybees to cure mine and it's worked, but I'm planning a quail project in the future so I definitely want to try it.

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

Hi there, Thank-you so much for your kind comments, they are appreciated. I have written a detailed two part article on the history and posology of medicinal quail eggs and of how we raised our quail to produce happy and as natural as possible birds and the resultant therapeutic grade: holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2016/01/quail-eggs-history-medicine-and-pure.html#.V2AG5e2li1F If you have written up your experience with allergy and raising bees, I would be very interested in reading it. All the very best from Normandie, Pavolovafowl aka Sue

bonsoir Sue et Andy, ces commentaires sont super bien. .j'adore aussi toutes vos vidéos merci beaucoup à bientôt Marie-Antoinette et Gérard

@Pavlovafowl

9 жыл бұрын

marie-antoinette lesage Salut les amis! C'est gentil de partager le video et merci bien pour tes commentaires, très appréciés. Les petits poussins (pas si petits maintenant) vous disent piou piou! A bientôt. Bisous, Sue et Andy

What a great video.

Thank you for your kind comments! I am very interested in what you say about Silkies because someone just contacted me to say their grandfather always reared quail with Silkies. I wondered if it might solve one of the problems I have with Ardenners, in that quail burrow really far down into the feathers and sometimes when the hen gets up a quail can get its neck stuck. With the Silkie's fine down this would not be a problem. I shall have to get a Silkie, thanks! More films soon. Best Wishes, Sue

@LivingwithBIGdogs

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, can you please tell me how you raise your quail once the mother is finished raising them? Do they free range or do you cage them?

Yes, it is my goal to get a quail to raise her own young. Here in France, as in many countries, quail are raised in battery cages and have been selectively bred to remove all the natural instincts, like broodiness and nesting, which would conflict them being egg laying machines. However, when a hen hatches quail, she teaches them many foraging skills and even bought quail do remember how to forage. I've had a quail lay 2 eggs in a nest she's made, which is a good start! All the best., Sue

Excellent & informative

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Paula Kaiser Thank-you for the feedback - it is much appreciated. Best Wishes, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Enchanting!

I am so glad I found your channel. Very inspirational. I very much want to raise chickens for eggs but sadly we do not have much space here. I only have a small backyard garden. I live here in Britanny, France. Thank you for this video.

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi there, and thanks for your kind words, they are appreciated. We are just around the corner from you in la baie de Mont Saint Michel. What about a social garden/allotment? Many people in the UK, for example have these and keep poultry on them. Plus how small is your garden and could you give poultry two levels, as in our forest garden, so that they live in the trees and hedges, this actually ends up as giving them much more usable space. If you only want to keep a couple of hens for example, which is how I started, you can tame them to work in the garden with you, this way if you have friends with gardens you can them take them around with you and do a little weeding or pest control in their gardens too. In the Middle Ages many people kept animals and birds and had little or no land themselves but they took them out to forage on common land because the animals were bonded to them and were so much tamer than present day farm animals! Common land foraging or 'pannage' is something you could do in other people's gardens. There is a great video on KZread about two American women horticultural students who wanted to start a market garden business but couldn't afford to buy land, so they went to all the neighbouring gardens, where people just had lawns and asked if they could use them to start up an organic vegetable garden. The people who owned the garden got a portion of the organic vegetables grown, the rest they sold. They set up a thriving business. So many people have land and have no idea what to do with it, the same is true in France, all that lawn that just has to be mown! Also there are a lot of second homes in Britanny as there are here. You may find someone who would love you to take over their garden in exchange for weeding and maybe eventually a few eggs - as your flock expands. Hope this is of use and that you will find a way to get you hens, there is nothing like home-raised eggs! All the very best and really good luck, Sue

Thanks for the insight and lovely video :D

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Collin for your comment, I appreciate it. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

your farm is good. Good luck always.

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comments and good luck to you too from Normandie, Sue

@sahabatpropas

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pavlovafowl u're wlcome brother.

Thanks to you for the film

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Great video and a beautiful yard! I use to raise Coturnix Quail a few years ago on wire. Its recommended to raise and keep them on wire because they are very susceptible to dirt born pathogens and worms. Not trying to come off snarky or anything but I recommend treating them for worms at least once a year or so to keep them in tip top shape! You can buy de-wormer made for quail or use organic food grade DE and sprinkle it in there food every week. Have a wonderful day!

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Nick Cheese No problem and thanks for your comments! My understanding is that quail are only susceptible to a build up of pathogens because of the environment in which they are traditionally kept, i.e., too small an area, with too many birds in close proximity. The wire is therefore a way of avoiding a build up of droppings and worms are a fait accompli of the same intensive husbandry.. I actually did get a comment from a neighbour's relative when I started raising quail that;- 'quail die if they touch the ground' and I sort of understand why he thought this but for any 'epidemic' to occur, as Pasteur said, 'man needs to provide the environment in which it may exist'. I have a large space for my quail and I do move the soil around within the greenhouse and my quail actually rotate through our three greenhouses as well as going outside in the garden. Another problem with quail, which impairs their immune system, is stress, which is why I work quite hard at getting mine onto a good foraged insect protein diet and try to rectify any nutrient deficiencies inherited through buying non-organic hatching eggs - which is all there is on offer here. I think your observations are very valid but I just like to raise my quail in as large a space as possible, which should obviate the need for treatments and wire! All the very best from France, where Spring has finally arrived! Pavlovafowl aka Sue

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7 жыл бұрын

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7 жыл бұрын

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My bantam silky lost her eggs none of them hatch and she wouldn’t stop sitting on them. So I bought two one day old chicks and two quails. She had four eggs what I did was move the eggs quickly and put them under her and she immediately took them in like they were her own babies. She protected them all very well.

@Pavlovafowl

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there Angel and sorry to be so late in replying - the reporting of comments has really been messed up for some time, so I only just found yours through this new 'comments I haven't replied to' feature! I have done the same thing and actually have given a hen some quail chicks that were two weeks old, which works really well when combined with a hen chick as then there is less chance of the quail getting trodden on and also having to compete with the bigger chick for food. What quail chicks lack in size they certainly make up for in speedy reactions! Well done you and 'Happy New Year' from Normandie, Sue

My Cochin Bantam doing well with her one quail chick, now 3 weeks old. Such a lovely partnership. They are in the back garden for protection and Pickles, Ponty's Pekin mate is on more quail eggs due to hatch this weekend. so far she has only cracked one egg and we have hopes she will not step on her chicks. Andy in suffolk

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Andy I am so happy things are working out for you and Ponty and the quail - it really is not a simple task to raise quail with a hen but once you have done it the rewards are enormous and the quail chicks not only love their mother (so much more than a heat lamp!) but they learn so much from her. I am absolutely certain that my quail started nesting and caring for their own chicks only because their mother hen brought out that latent behaviour in them. Hearing my mother quail singing out for her babies was one of the sweetest sounds I have ever heard. Hard work and a big learning curve for me paid off a hundredfold and knowing that other people are attempting this too, is just the icing on the cake. really good luck, Sue

@andyhyde5576

5 жыл бұрын

@@Pavlovafowl Thank you for your encouraging comments. Ponty has taken her 4week old quail back to other hens and she is keen to join them again after a long gap. Pickles, her Cochin friend, has done better with 4 quail from 12 eggs. They are nearly two weeks old now and she has them outside during the day learning to be birds. Andy

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Well done all of you!

Sue this is a Beautiful video. I have never wanted to raise quail but I never knew about the hay fever relieving qualities. As much as I hate my Hay fever I need to give this a try.

@quailjailss Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it. Thanks also for the sub, much appreciated. Best Wishes from Basse-Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Thank-you, appreciate your comments and what a great present for your son! Chinese quail are omnivores, so they would be eating mostly wild grain seed, they love weed seeds, like plantain and grasses and insect and other invertebrate protein. If they are too nervous, then there may be a chance they are vitamin b12 deficient and I would get them scratching about in soil looking for some worms, grubs etc. I have a blog on quail too, link on main page. All the best and just ask for more info, Sue

Wow! I'm looking forward to moving to where I'm allowed to grow chickens, quails ... They are just so adorable!!!

Thank-you for your comments, they are appreciated. It's my goal to build a secure and large enough run so that they can fly and raise their own chicks. I can't let them totally free-range to do this as we have too many predators, martens, birds of prey and sometimes rats. The quail need to be able to nest on the ground and to feel secure out at night. I am working on it though. So far I have had one pair of quail actually make a nest and lay 2 eggs in it! All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Thanks, informative

Thank you for sharing

Hi and a big thank you,for getting back to me, i will see if i can find a breeder that i can buy some ardenner eggs to hatch out, love your films i have chineses Quails but hope to have some fancy Quails Thanks again,Tom

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Scobbie You are very welcome. Let us know how you get on. All the best, Sue

Fascinating! What a lovely arrangement :) Spending time in Thailand I would eat quail eggs by the handful from local markets, very tasty! But I wasn't aware of the medicinal benefits, quite interesting... It would be great to see you bring the quails back to a fully natural state, good luck with that! Oh, looks like a nice garden you have there too :)

Kapokkies are the best moms!

wow amazing...

Thanks! Much appreciate your comments. All the best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Thank you!

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Rachel, you are very welcome and all the very best from Normandie, Sue

Thanks! Much appreciate your comment. Best Wishes, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

I always get worried when I see the word organic in the title thinking it’s going to something about killing them but luckily this time it was not :) great video

@dalecalder2003 Hi Dale, Yes they are Coturnix. My goal is to try and get a quail to sit. Over the decades because of the way they are normally kept the broodiness has been deliberately bred out of them as with commercial laying hens - so the trick is to encourage them to feel safe enough to make nests. Mine have made nests and last year they actually started hiding and covering up the eggs as if they meant to go back and sit when they had a clutch but no success yet - hence the brilliant Polly.

Hi! Thanks for that comment, much appreciated. Quail are fun to raise, you just need a good mother hen to re-teach them all the things man has systematically bred out of them. After we cured Andy's hay fever I then went on raise some more and to incorporate them in the greenhouse as master pest controllers and anyway they are great to have around and the eggs are delicious! I stuck some more info on the blog and am building on it all the time but if you have any questions please do ask.

You are welcome! It is such a worthwhile experience and you get so much better quail and if you are raising them to sell then organically raised quail are so sought after, particularly as the allergy treatment has gone mainstream over the last few years. You also will not get that awful crazy nervous behaviour, the Mother hen makes them aware of danger but trains them to deal with it more rationally. Hen and quail diet is not exactly the same but quail chicks reject /accept the food offered -c-

I love how you raise your quail! Unfortunately for me, I have a fairly large flock with some dogs that love to catch unprotected little dove-sized birds. We raise ours in a cage, but I always make sure to give them plenty of fresh clippings and seeds that our other birds would find outside. Their coop is inside a larger coop, so when it comes to be afternoon, they can hop out for a dust bath before I put them away for the evening. I want to build a tiny, predator free garden for them soon! ^_^

A great deal and in particular they will protect you from allergies. The better the wild and organic diet you can feed them, the more nutritious their eggs will be. Many vitamins on sale are also synthetic so you will be much better off getting these from quail eggs, your garden produce and being out in the sunshine. All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

your vids are AWSOME and vary helpful i hope u put up more videos onurbirds my silkie just went broody about 3 days ago i put 7 fertilized eggs.This is her secound brood you should consider getting silkies well if you want to be sure to hatch more quail next year becouse they are EXELLENT mothers and they go broody ALOT mine was jyst 5 months old about 3 weeks after she started laying she went broody she succesfully rared 6 peasants and is just gone broody again an will hopefully hatch chicks :)

Hello everyone, I'm Tim, I'm from Vietnam, I'm very poor but I love animals and love learning, I look forward to making friends with you all, I wish you lots of fun and energy strong.

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Timmy good to hear from you! You are not poor in the important sense of the word. You have ability at languages and a good heart and above all an ability to love animals and learning and so many people do not have that. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

Inspiring

I love it

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! All the very best, Sue

you have one iconic voice

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+shko ata Aaww thanks, that is very kind. All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Yup! We did the same but in a duck eggs, we changed the eggs of hen of a ducks egg, a hen can hatch the egg more faster than ducks because the body heat + feathers of a hen can give more heat the eggs and can raise the baby ducks faster.

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Hi there, I've hatched ducks here too in an emergency but if you get a chance try quail because they are great birds to raise and you get medicinal eggs too! All the very best from Normandie, Sue P.S. Sorry for the late reply but have been away from KZread, outside growing food!