If quail are tame enough they will follow you around out in the garden so you can free-range them. I never leave them alone to free-range outside as they are too easy for predators to catch, when in danger they often lie flat & still! These can actually fly quite well although not very far but once they land they run for cover and they can run pretty fast, also some of this breed do migrate. I have them outside in large runs when I am not with them, they love being in the sun. All the best, Sue

Aaww, thanks! I think quail are excellent for that because, when they are content in their environment they make wonderful 'happy' sounds. They were originally raised in China as song birds and I am sure it was for the purpose of meditation and relaxation as their voices are not the conventional idea of song but incredibly soothing. As for the hens and pigeons, watching them gives great insight into how societies work, or rather can work - all of humanity is in a flock of poultry! All the best.

It's a rare, ancient Belgiun breed called the Ardenner. The Romans had this breed, then it had five toes and it's possible they brought some to Britain and it was from them that the British Dorking was raised. If you look at pictures of them both they are very alike. Ardenners are good layers, good mothers and apparently take on the personality of the keeper! They have few feathers on their face and come in a variety of colours including 'birchen' (the hens have purple skin). All the best Sue

Just to let you know that I could not stop until watching almost everything, WOW! I can see your love and caring for the animals and they are so smart and amazing creatures! It is like a little paradise what you have made. My daughter and I felt much peace and joy while watching. Thank you for sharing!

Hi Sue, I started raising quail about five months ago, They are fun little birds. where I am they would not survive so well in the wild. Owls, hawks, other predators and cold winters, I have been watching Andy's videos for a couple of years, thank you

Thanks! The ratio was about 60/40 female to male. The trick is getting a suitable hen, Ardenners have the right personality and stamina for quail as do the Sebright/Ardenner crosses. They also both have light feathering, quail do tend to get stuck in thick feathers, they burrow right into them and end up getting them wrapped round their necks when the hen stands up. I had to be really careful to check them all in the morning! That apart, they bonded really well with their mother and us too!

Wonderfully taken...God bless his tiny creations.

I've tried 'taming' the quails after they hatched in an incubator but it never worked. I love the way you did it here, far more natural. Great inspirational video!

What a cute, adorable, amazing video! Thank you so much ! I live in a city and cannot have a hands-on experience, so I watch this as a mediation - to relax, laugh, and enjoy your lovely chickens! Dear Pavlovafowl, you made my day!

This is inspiring & by far the best way of raising qail I've seen.Cheers for sharing.

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Jack and thank you so much for your comment, I really appreciate it. I have more stuff on my blog too if you are interested. You can get to it by pressing the live link 'The Holistic Hen' on my channel banner (bottom right). All the very best, Sue

Thanks for getting back. I have written to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, who carried the article linking these two breeds and also Poultry.org who carry a lot of info on old British breeds. So much information was lost or neglected after the World Wars, as were these ancient an beautiful races, which are now making a comeback. I think you probably have a Dorking, google it and see what you think. If I get any answers, I'll let you know. Either way you have a fine layer and broody!

I cant' wait to retire to the country side to try things like these, raising animals as freely as possible. This video is very inspirational, thank you for sharing.

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Rafael, Do it now, you will never regret it. We stopped 'working' in 2000 and have never been happier, poorer maybe but healthier and every day is a new adventure. Good Luck and all the very best, Sue

@LosInmortalesGallos

6 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl - Organic Forest Garden Poultry being poorer will not bother me. Money and material things are not my motivations for a happy life. But I do need to buy a property and have it set up for the animals and to live comfortably and that, unfortunately requires money, but I’m working on getting the land now and as soon as a get the house ready, I’ll be out of the rat race and trying to keep the rats out of my grain bin. 🤣 just trying to be a bit humorous. Obviously not my forte.

This is beautiful.

Very nice everyone looks very health and quite happy Cheers!

Good question! Like all chicks moving in a group with their mother, they are constantly calling out to each other to establish where everyone is, so I hear them too. Also if one of them thinks it is lost, or the rest go quiet for any reason, then the chick will stand up tall on its legs and call out a very piercing and repeated cry, which is probably the quail equivalent of "Mummy, Mummy!" The others will then follow suit, so that way you know where everyone is. The Mother hen calls them too.

Thanks, much appreciated. I have many more quail videos coming up. I am beginning to appreciate even more why the ancient Chinese kept quail for their soothing voices. All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Very nice!

Aaww thanks a lot for that lovely comment, much appreciated! They are such great birds - I have just been out to the greenhouse, the quail chicks are in there with Cappuccino sorting out the compost before we plant our Winter vegetables. They are also enjoying flying practice, much to the amusement of the mother hen, they rise up almost to the roof. I have more quail and chicken films coming soon so hope you'll enjoy them as well. All the very best, from sunny Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Your videos are adorable and relaxing! :D

So interesting and precious!

Thanks! All the very best from la baie de Mont Saint Michel.

Beautifully filmed they do look very healthy and happy. What did the male/female ratio turnout to be.

What is that beautiful hen with the gold and black feathers? She is so pretty.

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

hi there, that is 'Lucky', a Gold Sebright cross - the Sebrights are an old English bantam created by the politician, farmer and poultry breeder , Sir John Sebright. They are the only breed where the male has similar plumage to the female. Despite their small stature, they are exceedingly feisty and although the hens are not great sitters, the crosses are and they make superb mothers and because of their light weight, quick understanding and temperament, they are excellent for quail. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

Thanks!

& Thank you for showing us :)

@abdullahsulthana7304

3 жыл бұрын

Hello gais saya nyasar

Great to see a clip on free range quail, I haven't found much info so far ( on free range) We have only just started with quails a month ago. We have three jap quails and plan on breeding them. Hope you post more on your quails, thanks so much

Sorry, I realised I read your question incorrectly! My quail lay their eggs in a little excavation they create within the grass so normally you can just see where they have laid. Also if there is a male quail with them he tends to guard the eggs for a time once they are laid, so that is a good indication. That said, I had a quail who used to freerange with me in the lane at the front of the house and a neighbour found one of her eggs a couple of days later when she was weeding! All the best Sue

You can only keep baby quail with a hen, which has bred them and if you have two broodies with quail, unless you are sure the hens get on really well you can not put them in the same pen. You can free range them when young with the hen and with you nearby because of predators. Afterwards you can free range them in the garden if they have bonded to you but again only when you are there and can protect them. Otherwise you could put them in the chicken tractor when you are not present. Best Wishes

Ha Ha! You are right but also I think he wanted it for himself! That was one great moment when I was filming this, it was a gift, he just kept trying to get that plantain over and over. I think it must taste really delicious because later I flattened some down for them and they all went into a feeding frenzy. All the best, Sue

You are very welcome and it is an adventure! The latest hatch, I am following them step by step, hoping that this will help people who want to change the way they bring up their own quail or are just starting out with them. I have hours of film to edit!! Yes, due to predators, these went into their house at night but as I am planning to encourage my quail to hatch their own eggs I need to develop a specific environment where they have the illusion of being out in the open 24/7. Best Wishes, Sue

Mighty fine ...

Such a beautiful video. I have quail & bantum hens. Just love this!

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Paula Kaiser Hi Paula, Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated. All the very best and good luck with your birds, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

@deannal3678

9 жыл бұрын

Paula, Do you keep your quail and hens together? I have heard many reviews not to do this but I wonder how many people have tried free ranging them together, I imagine some terrible things happen when they are caged together no doubt.

@paulakaiser7138

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Deanna, I did try introducing my 2 hens to my baby quail thinking the hens would take on a motherly instinct. No such luck. We went ahead and built another large separate pen for our quail. I would think maybe free ranging would be different.

Nice

Lovely video.

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Agustin! All the very best Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Very cool

quail need a good life not sitting in cages all day long. I am very happy to see your quail so happy.👍

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim! I'm sick of seeing quail in cages and also reading endless articles suggesting you can keep them in tiny spaces! I very much appreciate your comment. All the very best, Sue

Coturnix are good quail to raise, their eggs have really excellent nutritional and medicinal properties and the birds are lovely - they can get very tame. Quail need a higher level of protein than hens so raising insects is a very good idea. If you can, try and start with organic quail eggs as you will get good strong chicks without the deficiencies endemic in cage bred. However, there are so many varieties of quail and I would love to raise some but getting eggs/birds is hard! Best Wishes, Sue

This is so lovely! The little quail wrestling with a long grass stalk made me laugh :) quail would be my choice of bird to have but not at the moment as we live in an apartment block sadly. But someday I would love to have a similar set up to you. Wishing you all the best!

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Crystallos, Thanks, much appreciate your comments. I have baby quail chicks at the moment hatched a couple of weeks back - they are just as much fun as the ones in the film. I hope you get your wish soon, there has never been a better time to get started with a homestead/smallholding or even just a place with a garden. In the meantime you can share these! I also have articles on them and our other poultry on my blog: holistic-hen.blogspot.com, if you are interested. All the very best to you too and have a great weekend, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Good job! !

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+Tim S Thanks Tim, appreciated! All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

I like her

You're welcome, you could get a few for your raised beds, they are brilliant at eating woodlice and aphids, just don't put them in with the lettuce though!!! Best Wishes from Normandie.

I had a trio of quail . I set up a five meter run for them in the orchard . The male was very tame . I used to let him in the orchard he would follow me and when he found fly he would bring it back to the run to feed his hens .Once a month I brought them into our green house . They work as very good pest control as the eat a lot of bugs mine even ate slugs and small snails . they were clipped . of luck with your quails.☺☺☺☺☺

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+Tim S Thanks Tim! I hope you will make some videos of your set up, the more people who show that quail should not be kept in cages, the better! Plus it is very important for their optimum mental and physical well-being that their diet, as you illustrate, should be wild invertebrate and not grain-based. All the very best, Sue P.S. If you are interested I also have a blog with articles and photos of my quail - holistic-hen.blogspot.com

very nice!!!

@Pavlovafowl

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it. All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Mmmmm, hadn't thought about using them here.. Might have to show this to Bianca... Would help control other pests in the insect "proof" hoop house... Tar again..

so interesting to see quails free-ranging with hen.Don't they fly away if we kept open?

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+Vv hese Hi there and thanks for your comment. No, because they are bonded to the hen, which is quite interesting because wild quail are precocial and actually are very quick to become independent from the mother quail. I think this suggests that the process however is two-way because to the hen they are still small chicks and therefore need looking afterwards, whereas to a mother quail at this stage of development she would see them as adults. To free-range quail later in life you need to have bonded them to you and you will still need to be with them when free-ranging because they are still at risk from predators, in particular in are area from birds of prey. All the best and if you want to see my blog for more info, holistic-hen.blogspot.com Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Your videos really are like a wonderful fantasy for me! I'm still cooped up on my 1/20-acre suburban lot! UGH! But soon I hope to change my environment. It seems like this (vid) is an adventure for you as well. I too was wondering if you would close the front door to your open-ended greenhouse at night to protect the quail as you would chickens.

yah its defenitly a dorking i bougth two of them when they were very young and the older one died but the one that is alive is vary lively and freindly but she is still kinda young i think she will start laying in early summer.

Thanks for your kind comments. I've just posted a film on 4 caged bred quail I have bought and I'm going to see how tame I can get them - hopefully enough to free-range. I'm going to follow them through and film them, so hope this will be of help. Don't give up and do make sure that their not being tame is not purely biochemical, in that they are short of the B Vitamins, (very common in quail) which cause nervous behaviours. All the best, Sue

🤗

I make sure they bond to their mother hen, a good mother hen will do this naturally and they will stay with her. I have just hatched some more quail last month so if you go to my main page you will see a film on bonding. By the time the Mother has stopped looking after them, they have bonded to me, so they should stay with me when I am in the garden. I do not however, leave them out when I am not there because we have predators like hawks and falcons. All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Thank you, I really appreciate your comment. All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Thanks! I just had 12 quail chicks hatch under my Cochin bantam Cappuccino. I'm interested on your views as to whether Old World quail are nocturnal. I've wondered about this before but I got up in the night to check the chicks were OK and they were all out, running about looking for food, much to the consternation of their mother. I see various reports on wild quail migrating at night and that people who keep them indoors hear them calling at night. Any ideas? all the very best, Sue

I'm too late to watch the video..but it was very useful 😊and I have a doubt.. will U please clear it.!.. when the quails grow up will they hatch their own eggs or again you need to use a broody chicken for hatching?

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi there and thanks for your comments, they are appreciated! In my experience everything will depend on the personality of the mother hen and equally on how much the quail learn from her behaviour and this is very much down to the individual nature of each. If you take the hatch of quail I had with my frizzled Cochin - here is the film: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pmaJspmvZ822e7Q.html she stayed with those quail until they were adults, thus she had an enormous influence on their early lives and they had a great rapport with her - you can see that in the later films in this series. Many of these quail chicks went on, as adults, to make nests, pair bond and to raise their own chicks. Quail chicks being precocial are actually equipped at hatch to look after themselves, much more so than hen chicks but of course a hen doesn't know that and I believe their smaller size makes her believe them to be in need of 'mothering' for a much longer time. There is also the influence of the environment to be considered too, my hens live in a forest garden and they exhibit many behaviours that can linked back directly to their original forest dwelling roots, one of which is the length of time they will brood chicks, six months of looking after their own chicks is usual here, I have several mothers who still roost and forage with 'chicks' when they are over a year old. Interestingly, I found the two major factors that influence quail to bond and nest (apart from what they learned from their mother hen) to be: environment - so they need space and suitable foliage and most importantly the right diet. Quail are not granivores but most people feed them on an exclusively grain diet, this means they are short of essential amino acids and B complex vitamins, which are crucial for optimum nervous system function. Without a balanced nervous system quail can become aggressive, fearful and highly nervous and in this state they are most unlikely ever to form bonds and nest. If you want to take a look at my written article on this subject then I think you could find it useful: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2017/05/ideas-for-encouraging-pair-bonding.html#.XNasoZwv6V5 Hope this helps, there is no simple answer but the major factors are your choice of mother hen, the diet you feed them on and the environment you provide for both the hen and the quail, these you have influence over but as to whether your quail can pick up on them and learn that is down to them. However by controlling the first three you are a lot more likely to get quail who can rediscover their innate behaviours. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

@mohd.sirajuddinkhan8537

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you..for responding quickly ....😊.yeah it was quite helpful..

Thats the way to do it.

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Christopher - I appreciate your comment and the quail love being out like this. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

thanks aand she kinda does it would be that shorth but she dosent have long legs either kind of medium.

An intriguing question! My hen is a rare breed Belgium Ardenner, colour: silver duckwing. I think you have a Dorking, a five-toed rare breed English (Kent) hen, colour: silver grey. Dorking is one of the oldest known English breeds, they start laying late but are great layers, lay through the Winter, go broody, are excellent mothers are also apparently one of the finest meat birds. You have a real treasure! However, there is 1 reference to a five-toed Ardennes hen? Does your hen have short legs?

Thanks for your comments, I have some more information on my blog and I also plan to make some more videos shortly. Good luck with your quail, they are a such a joy to keep. Breeding your own is the way to go, my goal is to get the quail to sit their own eggs, which I'm sure can be achieved. My last lot already made nests and started to lay a clutch, I just need to find a place where they will be secure enough and yet feel free enough to sit. All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue.

Thank you very much :) I don't have a lot of space but I did want to make a greenhouse. What for quails do you prefer? I heard many people raised coturnix quails. I am going to raise black soldier fly larvae and silk worms, perhaps I can feed them to the quails if I will have them :)

Thanks for your comment, much appreciated.

do you think quail could be train to return to a "inclosed or cage nest every night?" i know chicks if you put food in the pen will return to the same place even if it's in like a chicken tractor could quail do the same? if say they had a moblie lightly inclose pen for daytime then a kinda better inforce pen at night if food was in it waiting?

Really good idea!! I am making a whole set of videos on raising quail with a Mother hen. If you go to my main page you'll see I just uploaded several but do ask if you have questions. Your temperature will be a little colder than ours in North West France, also we have a microclimate by the sea. If you have an area to put a small greenhouse (plans on our other channel Organikmechanic) quail will live very happily in that in Winter and they will eat pests like aphids and caterpillars. Good Luck!

Thanks for watching and commenting. Hope you get to keep some. They are the most optimistic birds and are a joy to watch coming out in the morning, they skip and beat their wings in sheer fun of a new day! Best Wishes from France.

how do you find the quail eggs in tall grass?

will they be able to go outside and not fly away also how far can this breed go?

Kawaii

Can you also feed the quail things like crickets, meal worms, or blood worms?

@Pavlovafowl

9 жыл бұрын

Brandi Mathis Hi Brandi, I give my quail a bucket of well rotted compost form my compost bin - they are in the greenhouse so it is a dual process; the quail eat whatever they like in the way of invertebrates and in doing so they work the compost into the soil. In my experience birds know exactly what they should and shouldn't eat, so I would offer crickets etc.,. to them and see what they do. Birds also eat more invertebrate protein when they are laying and when they feel a need for methionine, an essential amino-acid and the B complex vitamins, in which certain invertebrates are particularly rich and which support both the nervous and motor systems. However, there is a difference in rates of nutrient in commercially raised invertebrates and wild ones, so catching your own or creating a space in which they can flourish, such as a compost heap, or similar optimum environment would be ideal. This is a short film I made on the subject if it is of interest: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4OcvMOcd5rdeNY.html All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

Hi, I am 14 and I'd like to be a bit more self-sufficient. I was thinking about breeding quails because I have no good space for chickens (I don't want them to be in small cages) but I only found that they could only be bred in an incubator. Have you got tips? I live in the Netherlands so it is a cool climate. Quails are in the wild but they are getting extinct.

So this is what I had in mind when designing a garden, and I know this might sound silly, but this is my first time owning quail. How do you find the eggs?

@Pavlovafowl

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Nate, no it is a sensible question. I'm usually always with my birds when they free-range but I remember one time at least when we were out in the front lane and my quail wandered off to the other side of the farm track but as there was a low wall and plenty of bushy plants against my neighbour's garden I thought the quail would be fine. A week later my neighbour came to me with an egg she had found in her flower border! Usually though the quail lay late evening here so they tend to be back in their greenhouse. All the very best, Sue

@fatherthomas1575

5 жыл бұрын

very, very carefully😎

hi! i have some caged quails and I've got some doubts. 1st.- how do you collect eggs? do thay have a laying fixed spot? usually when I leave some bamboo or any kind of shelter, they lay inside and around it.. and the 2nd question is, dont they fly away? thank you for the video and for the forecoming answers! cheers

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

iron chaves Hi I have no idea if I have replied to your question or not because the comment section is so confused now, nothing matches up! Anyway sorry if I haven't and yes my quail do tend to lay in the same spots and no they don't fly away, they are tame, even so I do not keep them out at night I have too many predators in the surrounding countryside, apart from the neighbouring cat! I am making them a specific tall grass area in the greenhouse where I hope they will lay a clutch of eggs and sit them so fingers crossed! All the best, Sue

you no the mother hen wat is her breed i think i have the same breed does she have five toes then if she does she is defo the same breed and is she a good broody or good egg layer or bougth becouse mine is young and has not started laying yet thanks.

Really nice video Sue. I especially enjoyed your lovely music choice. How do you find the eggs differ from free to range as opposed to pellet fed... If you've had a chance to taste the difference. That Seebright hen was very gracious. They are mostly a show bird now days I think. I loved how you showed her scratching then the little quail scratching near your shoe. It would be interesting to see how well they work in a field with "Leatherjackets" in the soil. Might be a good low damage tractor bird too. They get a good feed of larvae and bugs, the field gets some nice poop and the gardener/farmers kids get to watch some pretty birds being natural and having fun... Got to be good. I've just watched your video on Red Spider Mites too. Nice one. Thanks for such a nice video. It has given me food for thought about using differing poultry species in the future. Cheers from Manchester for now... David

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

David Trees I seem to be doing a lot of catching up as I have just discovered where to find all the comments!!! I have only fed organic layers pellets once, my hens hated them - in fact I ended up giving them away. However, I once, on a journey, left our eggs at home and was forced to buy some organic ones in the UK and I know they are fed almost solely on pellets to get the certification - we both thought they were completely tasteless! I use quail a lot to clear overwintered pests in the greenhouses, they are most methodical, particularly on the small aphids, which hens get bored with! At the moment the quail are working through the compost prior to my planting - so we all are part of the success of the crop! I love Sebrights, my last pure bred, Bob died within two weeks of my last hen Sneezy, they were both 9 but they were so used to each other, I think Bob just missed her too much - I've had this happen before with brothers. I hope we will find some more, they are wonderful birds. Did you ever check feathersite.com? It's the on-line poultry encyclopedia - my Ardenners and Mantes are in it. All the best and thanks for the comments, much appreciated, Sue

@davidtrees1714

10 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl Hey Sue. No I hadn't heard of the site feathersite.com. Crazy hey. So many sites now days they don't show in searches now. The comment about quail in the compost sounds interesting. How do you protect them? Is it like a mini tractor on top of your compost pallet bin.. Or is a different one to the video you have showing the "chooks" scratching through it? I hadn't thought of Quail adding their value to the compost bin/site at all. So once again thanks. Hey here is another slightly off topic question. Have you heard of quail, bantams, heritage breed chickens being used around bee hives to control Small Hive Beetle? If you come across anything like that I would be pleased and grateful to hear about it. Thanks again. Trust Andy is well... :) David

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

David Trees Hi David I usually move the compost to the quail and then they work on it in the greenhouse before I dig it in. The only thing I do is try to remove most of the red (brambling/compost) worms first, as quail, unlike chickens, will eat them. However, quail are very thorough in eating all the little aphids that hang around the top of compost bins and those you really don't want in the greenhouse. I do find that if I don't give my quail a regular amount of compost to sift through they do come up to me and stare which in quail-speak seems to mean: "more invertebrates please". Not only have heard of quail bantam, they are one of my favourite breed. I had a Barbu de Watermael - if we are talking about the same group of tiny birds bred first in the 1930s by a group of Belgian enthusiasts. My Dad used to call mine Kakapo because she spent her life sitting on my shoulder, in fact most people thought she was a parrot. She certainly was fearless, she used to kickbox any chicken who annoyed her so a bee hive would have been a mere bagatelle. However, I will see what I can find, thanks for the very interesting lead. Gabrielle was blue and very rare, I have been trying to locate some more but they lay so few eggs you don't often see them available for sale, either egg or adult. All the best and thanks, we are fine, Sue

Don't they fly? They basically can fly.

@Pavlovafowl

5 жыл бұрын

Hi there yes they fly but the chicks are bonded to the mother hen and later when I free range them, they are bonded to me. They also like to keep to certain territories, so once they are used to the meadow and find it safe and a good area for foraging they tend to stay put. The only problem I have is with predators, overhead and stray cats but I usually try to stay in eyesight of them because then they could get spooked and fly off! All the very best from Normandie, Sue

What breed of chicken is in this video?

What did they eat?

@Pavlovafowl

4 жыл бұрын

When my quail forage they eat all kinds of invertebrates and wild plants (leaves, seeds and flowers), at the moment for example mine are eating ants (both the ants themselves and the eggs) and they are eating all the caterpillars that are trying to decimate our cabbages - they love them. In general I do give them sprouted organic triticale but quail and quail chicks in general do much better on a majority invertebrate diet. As I can't always find enough wild invertebrate, so I raise meal worms. The more natural a diet you can get for quail the better in my experience, it has a bearing on their mood too, mine are very calm and they do get on well together I have mixed groups of male and females and they do pair off in the breeding season - you can read about it here if you are interested: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2017/05/ideas-for-encouraging-pair-bonding.html#.XzPxjHcv6V5 Hope this answers your question and all the very best from Normandie, Sue

Do the quail which was raised by chicken , can they go broody ??

@Pavlovafowl

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and raise their chicks, mine also pair bonded, so during the breeding season they became monogamous. I do have films about my broody and nesting quail: here's the first one kzread.info/dash/bejne/pIOm0bCkfdCxqLg.html All the very best from snowy Normandie, Sue

Mama morata zindaba

but quail flies how you prevent them from flying

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

joseph danho They do not fly away because initially they are bonded to the hen so they stay with her, even if they do fly up they will come back to her or in the case of the field where we took them they run back into the tall grass we left for this particular purpose. You do need to get them to bond to you though, after the hen has left them, that way you can freerange them. I never let mine out without me being there as we have various predators!! All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

@joedanho

10 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl WELL MINE ARE HATCHED IN AN INCUBATOR SO THEY DONT BOND TO ANYBODY I WILL TRY TO PUT TWO OUTSIDE AD SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO , THANKS A LOT FOR UR REPLY

@Pavlovafowl

10 жыл бұрын

joseph danho HI, You need to tame them first, otherwise they may just fly up because if they have never been outside before they may be startled by any sudden noise or movement. They will probably take only take short flights but the trouble is they can run very fast when they land! They get tame really quickly as they are intelligent creatures and respond well once they know they can trust you. I trained one of mine to the garden fork, as she recognised that if I was gardening, I would find her worms and grubs. I could have her out in the garden with me and she would follow me about. Get them plenty of insects and other invertebrates as they contain the amino acid methionine a protein which keeps the nervous system balanced. It is my belief, having watched mine over the years that if they don't get enough of this they get stressed very easily. I just uploaded a film about this and some of the B vitamins, which are also very important for quail, as well as other birds. It's here if it is of any use to you: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4OcvMOcd5rdeNY.html once you put them outside they have obviously a much more active lifestyle than before so they need a good diet - although in the long run they will start to forage and get the optimum diet themselves. I also have another film on here about converting caged quail to organic, showing the stages I go through, which might be of interest. Good Luck and all the best, Sue

@joedanho

10 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl thanks for your tips, i have made quail coop outside for them cause i really dont like to hold an animal in a cage i feel its unfair, i recently noticed that the males attack each other and there were two males badly wounded but they become ok now > i dont know how could they be living safely with each other

@deannal3678

9 жыл бұрын

joseph danho Do you have updates on how your free ranging worked out? I like you feel caging unnatural, I would like to free range my bob whites once they are more tame and I plan to clip their wings.

Самой большой проблемой на воле есть то, что их все время кто-то хочет съесть.

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

Да я должен держать их под постоянным наблюдением из-за хищников, особенно хищных птиц, из которых у нас много!

@alexann1249

8 жыл бұрын

У меня их было двадцать, вольер закрыт даже сверху, но сорока через сетку пролезла 5*5 сверху очко и за день убила 8 шт., сделал меньше сетку, так кот через боковую сетку 2,5*2,5 лапами пролазит и убивает, максимум голову отгрызет, а остальное не вытащит 2 шт. убил, так что осталось десять.

R hen ate the quail chicks must not like them

@Pavlovafowl

8 жыл бұрын

+James Randall What a shame! I had a Brahma hen once who ate wild birds and hens after all will catch mice so a quail chick is much smaller. Was that after she had hatched the quail eggs too? All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

yeah good video - except you didn't show anything about harvesting eggs.

@Pavlovafowl

9 жыл бұрын

Jay Ray Hi thanks for your comments, appreciated. With regards to eggs, as you will have seen, I am raising quail with a hen, they learn to forage, follow an organic 'paleo' quail diet and thus lay therapeutic grade eggs. My quail lay clutches of eggs as the wild quail do, from the end of March/beginning of April until the end of September. If you look at one of my later videos on quail you will see I actually show my set up, with the quail making nests: Organically raised coturnix quail nesting. Caille bio nidification. Codornices orgánicos anidación My project in hand at the moment is to create an area where the quail can actually lay and sit their own eggs, with the illusion of being out in the open but within the safety of a large greenhouse. We have a real problem with predators here, basically birds of prey, martens and the occasional rat/cat. I am slowly writing this all up on my blog: holistic-hen.blogspot.com but I do have many quail films with various aspects of how we raise them already here on youtube. Hopes this helps and if you need any further information, please do ask. All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

@jayray7230

9 жыл бұрын

Pavlovafowl I see......thanks for your reply and I will watch your other videos.

How do you keep rats out of your lovely indoor environment? This is our biggest problem plus buzzards outside

@Pavlovafowl

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Suzanne, I put bricks all the way around the bottom edge but I then found one was climbing up the side of the greenhouse, or rather up the rose bush and jumping on the roof and dropping down through the wire, so I changed it for smaller gauge. Buzzards find it very difficult to land in our forest garden with no clear flight plan nor easy exit if they get down. This goes for hawks too - in the past I have actually caught them tangled in the hedge when they tried to get away - they are beautiful birds, I take them back out into the open fields. I once also threw an apple at one that was on the roof - they don't come back, like rats they like an easy life, annoy them enough and they remember - there is so much easy prey here. However, when I'm free ranging my quail, I'm always about with them because you never know! All the very best from Normandie, Sue xx

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