Thanks! They are really friendly little birds once they know they can trust you. I can't remember if I've asked you this but have yours shown any signs of being nocturnal because mine are still pretty active at night although they do not seem to sleep during the day. I just read that both the parent quail sit the eggs together, which is probably another reason why they've lost the ability to do so in captivity, people don't keep them in pairs. There's still a lot to learn...

This has nothing to do with anything, but your hen is GORGEOUS.

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi there, Your comment has everything to do with watching videos on youtube! Who doesn't enjoy positive sentiments, there are plenty of the other kind, I assure you! Thank you so much for taking the time to express them. All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

LOL! This is the best food you can give them if you think they have deficiencies - an organic egg with all the nutrients they should have got from their own egg. All the best, Sue

Thank you Pavlovafowl, We are now currently in the process of making plans for our new chicken/quail group :D

this is the most prettiest video I have seen of hens bonding with quail chicks. she must see you as someone special to her, I once had a Rooster, and they're very loyal.

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi there and thanks for your lovely comments, they are appreciated! Roosters are extremely loyal when you have their trust and I hope you will get another one, they appreciate kindness and care. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

Also, the quails eating the egg makes perfect sense as their body essentially ‘eats’ the yolk in their egg, this is giving them a double dose or double yolk!! Lol!

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Gina, Totally true, it is a brilliant pick-me-up for any bird and thanks for the joke - I need a laugh - it is a dull grey day here and I'm so glad we keep old Christmas - our lights, decorations and evergreens are up until the 2nd of February - otherwise it would be like an old dark house mystery in here! All the very best, Sue

This is brilliant literally binge watching all your videos

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I've been away on holiday and then had visitors but will be uploading more videos asap, so that you can keep on watching!! All the very best from sunny Normandie, Sue

You recognizing all the behaviors is amazing to me! And how they communicate with one another!

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Gina, I find bird behaviour fascinating and I am so happy I have the time to observe them on a daily basis. There is so much to learn! I think the fact that they pick up language so easily goes back to the old Jungle fowl instinct when they relied on animals who lived in the treetops, like the monkey families and ground dwellers with a good sense of smell like the chital deer to indicate when danger was near. I wrote about this on my site if you are interested: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2016/12/forest-garden-organic-poultry-symbiosis.html#.XD3xca9G2kB . I'm also editing another film in my series 'If I could Talk to the (Animals) Birds' which hopefully will be coming to your screen shortly! All the very best, Sue

@GinaSiska

5 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl - Organic Forest Garden Poultry : Thanks again for all the wonderful information and I look forward to the film! Can’t wait 😊

no matter what race is mom, the word has power in nature.

I'm a 40 odd year old male quail mother LOL I guess I'm lucky,,, with the smallest amount of direction and oversight my quail seem to have got the hang of foraging pretty quickly!

@Pavlovafowl

Жыл бұрын

They do, it is amazing how quickly their instincts come back to them.

Thank you so much! I enjoyed the video and the story, you are a great storyteller! I'm dreaming about having the little guys one day. Thank you! Very inspirational!

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

+Lisa T K Hi Lisa, Thank you so much for your kind comments, much appreciated. I really hope you can get some quail soon, they are such great birds and get such a rotten life at human hands in general, so the more people who keep them well, the better ! All the very best, Sue

Hermosos esos pollitos y la mama gallina muy dedicada cuidandolos

Thanks! That is so sweet, I love to see them do that. At first I used to think it was just to help them to perch but it actually is a hug. I had two Cochin cockerels fighting over a hen last week and I had to give one of them some time out and tlc, when I took him back to the perch at night, the other combatant actually had his wing around the hen in question!

Hey thanks! She is a Frizzled Cochin and a really great Mother, this is her first time of hatching eggs. She was hatched here last year. I love quail they are great birds and their eggs cured Andy's hay fever and eczema. All the best, Sue aka Pavlovafowl

Absolutely amazing videos. Well worth the watch. Thanks for sharing your experience.

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Neurotic Nation Thank-you very much for such a great comment! If you are interested I also have written articles on my quail and other poultry, they can be found here: holistic-hen.blogspot.com All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Your videos are so precious.. thank you for making them x

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Tracy and thank you for your lovely comment, you are very welcome! All the very best from stormy Normandie, Sue

Great video.

Thanks! All the best, Sue

She's a great little mother. My Chantecler chicks are almost as big as the Cochin mother and they are roosting at night. The ones either side of her on the roost still want to be under her wings, looks like she is hugging them.

Thanks, much appreciated! All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Lovely frizzle hen...you can't beat banties for hatching chicks out. Especially cochins!

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi there, Oh you are so right Cochins make wonderful mothers and if you want to take a look at this too - I think you would be interested: holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2015/11/chicks-in-cold-weather-finding-some.html#.WOIdZUclFj5 It is the amazing tale of how our Cochin, Snow Kitten became 'nanny' to the smallest of a big hatch of chicks. All the very best from sunny Normandie, Sue

Amazing little hen

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Neil, a truly wonderful hen - that combination of Cochin and Frizzle is a winner every time. They make great mothers and they are so good with quail! All the very best, Sue

Awesome job sue, I read somewhere that chickens would not hatch and raise quail, You proved that wrong.

very lovely!!

First time I've seen this breed, Cochin Bantam Frizzle, not only are her quail babies cute, so is Mummy! Thanks for sharing, greetings to ya from Mexico! :)

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Hi there Joe and Greetings from Normandie, where we are in the outer circle of Hurricane Orphelia and the sky is orange with Saharan sand and it seems like night at 3.30 pm! Cochin frizzles are beautiful and have great personalities, I have a rooster too now in the same colours - I have called him Caffè Latte! All the very best, Sue

amazing , thanks

Thank you for sharing this! It gives me hope I can raise quail who act like quail someday soon. Caroline

Thanks!

Lovely Videos

very good video

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! All the very best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Oh i wish i could have chickens in town !!! My grandma always had little bantams!!! I love to watch them. I had a rooster when i was little then they got it hens and ignored me. Id put it up to the table i was told and packed it around!!! It didnt mind til it got some honeys !!!! Lol

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

You might see if you could get a social garden, I know in the UK, many people keep chickens on them. Other than that, what about quail? Roosters can be great pets! All the very best, Sue

Thank you very interesting!

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome! All the very best from sunny Normandie, Sue

So extremely sweet! ❤️

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Your comments are appreciated! All the very best from Normandie, Sue

@Arohass

6 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl - Organic Forest Garden Poultry I would love to visit your farm some day as baby chickens have always been my favorite since I was little. 😊

Hens retain the wild instincts to eat shells once they hatch so that predators do not know they have chicks. Mine do it all the time. The egg shell won't hurt her at all and if you are worried she may go on to eat eggs from nest boxes - that is one of the reason I cut them in half but she wouldn't any way she gets enough protein in her food and foraging. All the best, Sue

Wonderful

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So happy you enjoyed it. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

Thanks! You just need a good Mother hen, she makes it look easy!

Aww so Beautiful. Mommy and babies are gorgeous. I see this is from 2013 do you still have that beautiful hen?

واووو أفراخ لطيفه وجميله انتي مبدعه عمتي.

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl شكرا لتعليقك، لذلك النوع وجميع بأطيب التمنيات من فرنسا،

Thanks Caroline! I'm sure you will find it a great experience. The main thing is to get the right mother hen, with both Polly and Cappuccino, I don't think even a real quail could have done better. The only funny thing is when the hen stops them eating something they love because she wouldn't eat it. There was a bit of an issue the first week over cabbage white caterpillars, which she stopped them from eating but now she figures they can make their own decisions!!

Delightful! Thank you for making and posting this. I have bantams and a Japanese Coturnix pair that I hope to get fertile eggs from. I will try getting my frizzle hen to brood some of the eggs. I was told the quail hen will not brood but my chickens are always broody. I was also told the bantam hen will either crush the eggs or kill the babies and that you should never mix the two species for their health reasons (transmission of diseases between them). Seeing this presentation gives me hope that once again I can naturally brood some baby quail after much discouragement from others.

@Pavlovafowl

9 жыл бұрын

lobzi1 Hi there, you are very welcome. The only way you can raise quail 'naturally', in my experience, is with a bantam and a frizzle is ideal. (Recently though, if you have seen the video - I have had a real success with them making nests.) The problem most people have is with the health of the quail chicks i.e. the quality of the hatching eggs. As you are using your own eggs everything should be fine. Just make sure your bird has had enough vitamin D3 from sunlight and a good balance of calcium/magnesium/phosphorous to get the calcium delivered to the shells and not to the soft tissues. I would take time to research this as you will be putting a heavier bird than normal on the eggs and you do want the shell to be optimum quality. You can obviously do this with foods and oyster shell. A majority of quail are cage bred and grain fed - also often medicated - thus the general health levels of the parent birds are poor. So it is true that commercial or even backyard hatching eggs can be crushed by the hen purely because the shells are so weak. This puts people off, mainly because they don't understand the true reasons. Quality quail eggs are quite strong enough to withstand a bantam sitting on them! As for disease, again that is a question of the general poor health and life expectancy, not to mention quality of life, of quail in captivity and the fact so many are given medication and artificial supplements - the only way they can survive in such caged conditions, where they are subject to permanent stress, compromised gut flora and poorly functioning immune systems. I would say you have a very good chance of success and I would ignore people whose only criteria for their opinion is based on parent birds already in poor health and under stress. This goes also for the hen, if your hen is stressed she will neither sit well nor accept the chicks as she should. I have only had one problem with a hen hatching quail chicks and you can read about it here and it was quite logical and we solved it holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2014/05/raising-quail-organically-with-mother.html#.VFyto2fsq_J I am in the process of writing up all my experience with raising quail with hens and eventually all these articles will end up on my blog. Winter will at last give me a chance to catch up on everything! I am so happy you are thinking of raising quail this way - it is a real joy and very exciting and so worthwhile to see quail chicks with a proper 'Mummy' albeit a larger one than normal but their mutual attachment is very real. My next experiments will be with creating the right environment for the quail to sit. I have always, in the past ,had a big problem with predators but hopefully I now have this solved. Feel free to ask if I can be of any help or, if you want tom join my blog to be sure of quail updates. All the very best and really Good Luck, Sue

Beautiful hen I have 6 king quail right now!

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your comments and good luck with your quail. I will check them out on your channel. All the very best, Sue

@Tryinglittleleg

7 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl :)

@Tryinglittleleg

7 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl I've got a little chick that got abandoned in my brooder at he moment!

Love this! I'm wondering if you hen raised quail were able to then brood their own?

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi there yes they did - here is one of the films that covered the experience: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3mImMmDk8vHn7A.html and for more detail on how we raise quail, including encouraging pair bonding and nesting, you can find my written articles here: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_27.html#.XNa_E5wv6V4 Please feel free to ask if you have any more questions. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

Wow this chicken is such a nice mother. Are all hens like this ?

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Albert, I actually pick out my best mothers for quail because they need to be very adaptable and caring because quail chicks are both demanding and they can get cold quickly, so the hen has to notice. They also, as you can imagine, don't understand each other at first and you need a hen that can cope with their very noisy vocals when the chicks are cold/hungry/think they are lost!! However, I don't think I've ever had a bad mother hen. All mine are old races or crosses, so they retain their natural instincts and I do believe that keeping them in a forest garden has brought out a lot of the original Jungle Fowl behaviours, in particular keeping the chicks for much longer than usual. If you look at the later films in this series with Cappuccino you will see that she is still mothering the quail when they are quite grown. I also believe that the Cochin Pekin breed make superb mothers and I have written several articles on them on my site if you are interested. I'd really recommend them as good mothers if you are thinking of raising chicks - they will even adopt chicks: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/ All the very best from Normandie, Sue

Oh so sweet !!! Little family !!! Do quail babys ussually eat from there mums mouth ??

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

I think many birds do this naturally - I believe its the way the mother passes dietary enzymes on to the chick to help its digestion before it has been able to build up its own gut flora. I also think it is part of the bonding process too. All the very best, Sue

Hello Sue, how big is the mother hen in this video compared to a Mille Fleure d'uccle? With a d'uccle, would the baby chicks be less suceptible to being trampled on?

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

Hi there and I am so envious of you having a barbu d'uccle and in that wonderful colour too! I had a blue barbu de Watermael years ago and she was fabulous but they are so difficult to get here although France is next to Belgium! This hen in the film is a Frizzled Cochin; bantam version I raised from a egg. I got the eggs from a friend and all the females came out really small and the next generation even smaller! However, your barbu would be perfect as she would be even lighter. The only thing you would need to watch out for and why I use frizzles, is for the quail being stuck in the feathers in the morning. I found when my quail raised her own, that she would carry the chicks in her feathers, as they naturally burrow right down. In a hen and with the depth and volume of feather, they can get badly stuck and twisted up. This is particularly aggravated overnight when there is poo(p) and that adds to the problem, so first thing in the morning as the chicks emerge, if you are missing one, you will need to pick up the hen and check. I've had to be so careful because the hen, if not very well balanced (nervous-system wise), gets freaked out by feeling the chick hanging and can start to kick out with her feet! That is why I found Frizzles, particularly Cochins so good for hatching quail because they have good plumage warmth but the feathers with their backward curl, are less likely to get snarled up. So I lift up the hen, with my hand around her feet and then I have to be quick to catch the chick and to usually have Andy to get the chick free. I can do this on my own in an emergency but it is hard. I'm not saying this will happen, it is just you need to be aware it can. Plus, I don't remember the barbu having very heavy plumage but more so than the Sebright crosses and the Ardenners I have also used. All the very best for your great quail adventure and I hope you will film and/or write of your experiences. So many people would love to raise quail naturally with a mother but are put off doing this and it is such a joy to see the quail chicks get that love and affection and of course their learning curve is amazing and you will no doubt get your future generations to raise their own! Greetings from Normandie, Sue

Is your hen a frizzle? And are most frizzle hens broody?

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Kathleen, yes she is a Frizzled Cochin and in my experience Frizzles do go broody easily and they also make excellent mothers. I really like Frizzles for hatching and raising quail chicks because the spaces between the feathers allow for quail chicks to snuggle close to the mother, which is a natural way for them (I've seen it with my quail when they raise their own chicks). The chicks can do this without danger of getting tangled up in heavy plumage and over-abundant (for them) down feathers and yet are warm enough next to the hen's skin. Cochin are also very prone to going broody and are excellent mothers, so this little hen can't help being a great mother! I've articles on my blog on Frizzles if you are interested: holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2016/07/choosing-chickens-for-forest-garden.html#.WXcW_jclFj5 If you don't have frizzles already I would recommend them as a great addition to any flock, they are a joy to have around. All the very best, Sue

Hi. I got my quails a few days ago, seemingly they look healthy, they love to eat, drink and enjoy their sandbath. What I am worried about is that they sometimes kind of sneeze, is it normal, if not then what should I do.

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi there and congratulations on getting your quail! There are several things I can think could be the problem. Firstly no new bird travels well , it is quite a stressful experience for them to be taken from one home to another and the stress will build up toxins in their bodies which are later eliminated and one of the manifestations of this is to detox through the nose - with sneezing. Secondly, if they are sand bathing frequently then maybe they have not had the opportunity before and are getting rid of a lot of debris and dirt in their feathers, so I would think you should maybe change the sand baths more frequently than you would need to normally. They may also sneeze because their food is different or the air is different where you are to where they were before, it will just take them time to settle. Your quail may also have been under stress where they were before and are now feeling more relaxed and again this will manifest itself in a detox - this is why a lot of people get allergies and respiratory problems when they go on holiday - they are winding down after the stress of being at work! All these factors should only be transitory and should settle in the next few days. Therefore if your quail continue to sneeze after this time then it could be something else and you should contact the place from where you obtained them and question the breeder. I hope this is of help but I have to tell you that I once had a very tame but highly emotional Sebright hen called Sneezy, she's on some of my older films on this site. She sneezed from just about the day she was hatched until she died aged 9! However she was unusual and certainly quail do not normally sneeze a lot in my experience. All the very best and get back to me and let me know how everything is progressing, Sue

@haqtarar4594

5 жыл бұрын

@@Pavlovafowl Thanks for the info.

Which breed of bentam chickens are good for rearing and brood the quail chicks ??

@Pavlovafowl

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there, I've used Ardenner , Sebright crosses, Cochin/Pekin Frizzles and other Frizzles, I have also seen marvelous results with Seramas and bantam Silkies. Basically anything smallish that has the personality to cope! I wrote an article on some of my experiences, you can find it here: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2014/05/raising-quail-organically-with-mother.html#.YDkVGrrk-V5 All the very best and if you need any more info and think I can help - feel free to ask, Sue xx

Why is there half a boiled egg in there?

OMG they are eating their brother hahahaha

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

It's actually one of the most nutritious foods you can give your baby birds, particularly quail chicks as they have such a requirement for protein and it isn't always easy or practical to go outside and start looking for enough invertebrates! Now I've started a mealworm farm and they absolutely love those! All the very best from Normandie, Sue

i guess animals are lot smarter n feeling than we give them credit for. i wish i can raise chicken as pet but no time, money nor place due i live in cold region, chickens are so cute lovely n beautiful n wonderful creatures. that's why I don't eat chicken nor egg due i used to raise them so i know how they are.

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+trinhcuong 1964 Hi there and thanks for your comments, I appreciate them. How cold is your climate because some breeds of chickens do very well in the cold, check these ones kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqSF1pZ-Z6W3qbg.html . I really hope you get some more chickens some day because they need more people who really care for and appreciate them. All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

@xristo702

8 жыл бұрын

+trinhcuong 1964 I live in Canada and I took care of a bantam hen for years. Maybe mine was special because during the winter I'd make a little bed for it and put it on top of a bookshelf or a dresser and it would just sit there and watch me.....and whenever it was hungry I'd feed it a leaf of romaine lettuce or a sliced up white grape. I lost it to a predator in 2014 and I still miss it dearly.

Why would a qual eat a chicken egg? That seems strange.

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi there, Thanks for your question. Before my quail chicks can go outside with their mother hen or mother quail and scratch for invertebrate protein, egg is one of the easiest way to get protein into them such as amino acids like L-methinone, which is really crucial for growth, particularly nervous system and feathering. Furthermore a quail chick is only as good as its egg, so if its mother was deficient the quail chick will be too. I find that with commercially sourced hatching eggs, which are normally from caged birds their levels of crucial B vitamins such as Niacin, Riboflavin, Thiamine and the all important Cobalamin are low and once the chicks start getting the sort of high level of exercise they do here in the greenhouses and freeranging, the deficiencies show up quickly. So all this is precautionary. I'm just really continuing what they eat in their own eggs but with a highly nutritious organic egg from our own hens. Also because these vitamins work in synergy with others in the B complex, such as Folate, I also feed a high level of green leafy vegetables as well. Hope this explains and all the very best from Normandie, Sue

what breed is the hen?

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Sammy, she is a Cochin bantam Frizzle. All the very best, Sue

@navami1264

7 жыл бұрын

have you given eggs to quails

Ostriches eat their own species' eggs, as well.

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input, appreciated. All the very best, Sue

is it bad feeding hens eggs.??? because when they eat it when they hatch chicks then they will want to eat it.

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+Eadyn Clifford Hi, Normally I don't feed eggs to hens unless they are stressed and in need of an all round vitamin and protein boost but quail chicks from non-organic sources can be very deficient, particularly in the B complex vitamins and along with some leafy greens for folate (B9), an egg is the quickest way to get these and many more essential nutrients into them. This in particular before they have started to forage for invertebrates. I feed it halved and hard boiled in the hope that they do not recognise it for what it is, just something nice to eat. Interestingly enough most of my hens will eat the shells when they hatch chicks, it is a natural way they hide from predators the fact that they have hatched. Most birds will hide the evidence of hatches this way, often by carrying the shells away but with hens they have to stay with the chicks. I have never had a mother hen eat eggs, she so wants to hatch chicks. However, if an egg gets broken, hens will eat it, they will also 'steal' egg shells from the compost bucket at the back door. In the main however, I have not had a problem with hens eating eggs but I do collect eggs every day. Hope this helps and all the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

They don't eat egg because they know about the egg

umm why would u give them eggs to eat??

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

It's the best all round food, the only thing it is lacking in is Vitamin C. I like to give my baby quail a good start in life and normally they would be eating invertebrate protein with their mother quail but with a chicken mother, the baby quail need to get used to her weight and feet and she needs to understand that they are smaller and at first, more delicate than hen chicks. Therefore unless I can get ant eggs, which are also great food and easy to feed just on a plate in the nest, I feed egg. I tend to want them to stay in the nest for the first few days until everyone is up to speed and this less likely to get injured or even worse. I really need this great source of nutrient too with commercially raised quail eggs as I'm never sure if the parent bird has had deficiencies it will have passed on in the egg. These are usually the B complex vitamins and my own organically free-range hens' eggs are a great source and B vitamin deficiency in quail can be fatal if not addressed quickly. Hope this answers your question and all the very best from Normandie, Sue

@bbyt3719

7 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl - Organic Forest Garden Poultry thanks for answering me. That does make sense ☺️ glad your helping the hen take care of them.

The hen and chicks are eating eggs they're cannibals!

Wonderful

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sammy - your comments re appreciated. All the very best, Sue