4 Basic Needs of Quail
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- Here's a rundown of the basics that you need to know about raising quail for your homestead. From feed and water to housing and security. It's simple and easy to to care for quail and you can get started today! Here's where you can find the water cups I use.
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I just got 2 quails! Love how friendly and cute they are!
Same but I got 4
gg_guys The Mobile Gamer You might wanna get more, they get lonely if you don’t have around 10-20
I’m looking for quails right now so if possible can you tell me how you got yours?
Tidepod Tomato I got all my button quail and Coturnix quail, as well as other chicks from alchemist farms. There are online orders.
Darkkath thanks that was really helpful I didn’t know you could order online at all
My family just found a quail chick in the yard with a broken leg we are going to try and nurse it back to health
How is the chick doing?
i know it is hard to make him healthy
Once he is healthy you can EAT HIM
This is the kinda instruction video I enjoy watching and learning from. This is obviously a fella who knows what the the heck he's talking about, and spouted this whole video commentary off the top of his head, rather than reading it off of cue cards. Thank you for your time and effort in helping others learn about something that not many peeps know a lot about. I feel very well informed about raising quail after watching this.
Thank you kindly sir, I appreciate that!
Lots of great information. No BS. Quick and to the to the point. Thank you.
You've answered many of my questions.
Very good! I think a lot of people appreciate the confidence booster just as much as the information. I certainly do!!
Thank you so much, I appreciate that!
Found an abandoned baby yesterday. She's 2 days old, and mom won't take her back. Trying to raise her and keep her alive as best I can
Way to go mamma!
Elliott Barela good luck
Good luck!! 😀😀
how is your abandoned baby?
Elliott Barela A quail baby or a human?
This is so helpful. Just starting out. Thank you a million times!
Cuttle bone is great. My Gambles quail love them!
Amazing! Just got 2 quails yesterday. Thanks!🙂🙂🙂
Great info. Going to start quail on my homestead. Thanks
Thanks for the info!! Even though i already know it all but it's a really good refresher. I strongly agree about them rats. They can do the most damages while you least expected.
very good video. can't wait for the next one you mentioned. I have started a small rabbitry, and am thinking of adding quail to it.
That's great! Quail would be a great addition!
Great idea using the small orange automatic waterers! I have waterers that seem to collect thrown seed, poop etc. this would assure clean water all the time! Thanks!
I know I'm late but you are a wealth of sober info on caring for quails.
Wow dude just wow amazingly understandable information great video
Earned my sub! Look forward to getting into quail when I move back to Kansas.
That's awesome! There's a big market for them their, finding birds should be easy.
Best and most informative video I've found!
Thanks for putting out REAL Quail videos. It is refreshing to here someone talk about what it is really like. Quail are super easy as far as raising animals go. You say the right things to interest fellow bird lovers. Thank you so much for being real. Its about time someone put out videos that are really informative. You say it like it is and I like that. Keep it up. You have become quite popular. I am a huge fan.
Just another Quail Farmer
Well thank you so much for those kind words Kim. Messages like this makes it all worth it.
Wow nice idea thanks for sharing your tips about quail chicks
Jaren, you are the BOMB! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good info! Thanks, Shalom!
you very good.... thank you for information . the best advice
I’m getting a quail tomorrow :))))))
I’m getting a quail 1 a week or so. If you did get one do you think you need a big cage or do you think they can roam free in the apartment type space with a tiny cage
getting today!
This helps a lot! Thank you
You bet!
You explain so good man thank you
Plz keep it up
love your info thanks so much
Well done, thanks!
Liked and subscribed! I'm going to share your video on my Facebook page for people interested in quail for homesteading and of course I'll make sure to give your page accreditation and send them here for more info :)
Give your birds calcium supplement meant for reptile pets, repti calcium ECT, it SUPER cheap and lasts for a while
ahh u mean the calcium block for austrailian parrots? can i feed that to my quails
very informative!! thanks for the video
You bet!
I got fertile quail eggs from EBay. Feed and feeders from any feed store.
Mary Mal did they hatch also what incubater did u use
I purchase my feed from a local feed mill where it is ground a few times a week.
My birds do well.
I will also bake and grind egg shells every so often for added calcium in their diet.
It really helped me sir thank you
Thanks so much!
Me and my mom just got 3 of them and we have chickens as well making it easier as they are quite similar to taking care of chickens
Just as he said “turkey starter” I scrolled past a picture of a turkey on my phone lol
very helpful! Thank u
This is very good information👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Good video i just started with quail. It got down to -18c and they did fine
Our local farm shop only sells feed of 20% and that's chick crumb how else can I give them the extra protein
+Ben wood Yeah they do just fine in the cold as long as they are out of the direct exposure of the elements. Congrats on getting started, I'm excited for you!
+Ben wood You can look at getting a bag of fish meal, if the feed store doesn't have it they should be able to order it in. Another option is raising meal worms which is really easy to do in a small space. Feel free to email me if you want to know more.
I just picked up some quail today. 2 females one male and 5 babys. so excited to see them grow up. :)
my feed is 22% right now is that ok for egg laying
+lethal Injection That will work, your egg production may not be 100% and it may take a little longer for the chicks to get to mature size and lay eggs, but it will work just fine.
+lethal Injection That's awesome! What colors did you get?
Urban Aviary there just brown
Their**
Thanks 😄
U r making me brave enuf to dive in,lol
I have 1 thx for the advice
picked up 7 birds from a RR#5 ...in Februaray ........ have 136 mostly laying hens ..........124 in my freezer ......... after listening to your channel ..........city by-law came bye last week ........says no no no get ride so more for the freezer .....was fun while it lasted ........ have till sept 1 to get ride..........never been healther eating eggs and quail ....amazed how easy it was ........... if i was to do it again only keep few males ....... thinking that was setting nebours off ......... not really sure just semizing ......... great channel "A"
Hi, I am new to quail. But I know from my chicken breeding that too much protein results in bad hatching rates. Have you had issues with that?
Very good video thank you for that one question is where would you recommend to get quail feed again thanks for the instructional video
Another thing I learned is that if your quail hen doesn't have sufficient calcium she possibly can die when laying an egg because like you said the egg will be considerbly softer making it very difficult for momma to pop the egg out safely!
Great info, Great Beard!, I have 4 female Cortunix and a male indoors. I bought 19% protein from what I googled, but I can get 25%, Ill probably get 25% since I have them for their eggs.
Great idea, and thanks!
I actually found an especific quail feed, it has 24% protein, is that ok?
That will do!
I have raised quail before and want to again (much to my wife's dismay) and I enjoy your videos as I am always looking for new ideas. Where do you get the small water cup drinker as I have never seen them that small.
Keep up the good work....Thx.
Yeah you bet! They come from a company called Beaktime. You can get them cheapest on amazon. I'll put a link in the description for them. But if you want to see all the options for different mounting and plumbing options I would check out their website beaktime.com. Thanks for watching, I'm excited for you to get back into the game with quail!
How about feeding them bean sprout fodder? I feed it to my chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl and pheasants and they all do much better then any feed I have found, and it has cut way back in the waste and rat and mice. I haven't ventured into quail yet. I live in Montana and just started to check out the best breed quail for the area but was curious about your thoughts on Fodder. Thanks
+Zule I grow sunflower, pea and radish sprouts for them and they love it! It's only a supplement though, they won't get the protein content and nutrients they need from sprouts alone.
Urban Aviary
Thank you for responding and for the advice. Sorry to see your lose on your other video.
No problem, and thank you.
WHAT DO YOU FEED THEM IN THE CRUMBLE
just starting out. quail are at 4 weeks old. what is your take on selling locally to the community? I asked my local pet store if they had game bird feed. they said no but can you breed them for feeders for me. I told a guy at work and he said he buys quail for his bird dog at $5 but drives a hour to get them. do you think if I do things right I can at the very least get my quail to pay for themselves? im afraid of hatching to many out and having a freezer full of quail just for me. I do see a market for it but what is your take? I don't think quail can pay my bills but minor profit unless I do a quail farm lol
I got five wild quails from a friend in September 2016. they are kept on ground in 7'X5' enclosure that's six feet high. my guess is that they are three females and two males but so far no eggs despite the fact that they have ample space for hiding. they are very skittish and great flyers. I hope they lay some eggs this breeding season I.e February-may.
+Bravo ' What do you mean by wild? Like Bobwhites?
Urban Aviary they are coturnix and are quite common in agricultural fields of Pakistan.
Oh cool! Never dealt with wild Coturnix, so I'm not sure how their egg laying production will be. But just make sure they get 14 hours of light and the highest protein percentage feed that you can get. Do you know how old they are? I'm really excited to see how they do, please email me and keep me updated on them!
Urban Aviary sure. give me your email address. I'm new to quail raising and your experience will be valuable. I'm giving them corn, millet, fresh grass/greens, fruit seeds and pulses at the moment. the temperature here these days is between 8 to 20 Celsius.
+Bravo ' jaren@urbanaviary.com
Good night, I’m trying to incubate some quail eggs but my incubator which started 4days ago, keeps dropping humidity level even though I keep adding warm water. It’s now 49 and it’s quite full of water at this time. What can I do again to get it increase? Also the auto turner is not turning every two hours, don’t know why but I also know they say if doing it manually you have to turn the eggs at least three times daily, is it okay for the auto turner to just turn them three times also?Thanks in advance.
What kind of incubator is it? And yes, three times a day will do. To get humidity up try adding a sponge to the tray, you need more surface area of moisture and a protruding sponge will do just that.
I'm getting quail eggs on the 24th So happy :)
Umm the egg?? Or is it alredy hatched?? R u gonna eat it??
My quail suddenly starting high jumps and never stops and he didn't take food what I do help
My bobwhite did that when I first got him. I got him a female and he chilled out.
I have exite with my second round but when they are tree weeks they died one bye one I don t understand why
For a calcium supplement, is it possible to use powdered chicken egg shells? Thanks
Yeah you bet!
The highest protein 'layers' feed I can find in the UK is 17%, which is sold as suitable for quail. It used to be 20% but the percentage has gone down.
How do they handle heat? Cold is not so much a problem where I live. In the summer it can get quite warm in our garage and outside
They are tropical birds, they are built for the heat. if they have good airflow and constant access to water they should be fine.
Is it possible do you think to raise the protein level in feed by hard boiling chicken eggs then mashing them up to tiny pieces! Only asking due to turkey starter as well as game bird feed is almost as hard as finding an honest politician around here! trying not to rely on stores.
What is the basic food for quail which is not commercial
For a calcium source, can quail eat eggshells ground up? Maybe eggshells from a different species so it is less like cannibalism?
That's a great source, I have no problem feeding their own eggshells back to them.
Where can I find organic protein ?I bought a non gmo but its 20 % what can I do?
As far as the mash, crumbles and oyster shells, it sounds like how I started out my chickens. I am wanting to start raising quail, what is a good ratio male/female?
5 to 1 max
My wife pointed out a quail in our back yard foraging under the bird feeders this is first time we have seen one in the 9 years we have lived in Bucks County, Pa. Is there anything I can do to encourage the quail to return?
Ed, quail need shelter from hawks, cats, and a variety of night time critters, so unless adequate shelter is available, you probably won't see quail again for another 9 years. Most of Bucks County is country, so adequate shelter may not be an issue (I went to both Pennysbury and Neshaminy but now live in the west) . Winter kills them if they can't keep dry and warm, another reason for thick, adequate shelter. I raise quail but I "free range" them, and they are so prolific that their numbers are stable, even in my urban environment. A hawk gets two every week and a neighbor's cat gets one every 7 to 10 days, but that's life. I should make a video for you to see my experience since the population seems stable at about 47. They come thru my yard every morning and evening to eat and they bed down mid day. I'll leave a message for you if/when I post that video.
You forgot raptors, like hawks, falcons and eagles, also corvids like crows, ravens, and magpies in the states, in Europe this includes Jackdaws, they will eat everything from eggs all the way up to full grown adults.
You're right, I failed to mention that.
@@UrbanAviary Not a problem at all. That's what we are all here for, to help one another out when and where needed. I only mentioned them because I had a few quails years and years ago and lost them to a murder of crows before I could do anything about it. It took them all of 20 seconds to take all 20 of them and all the eggs I hadn't collected that morning. After that I put a stronger mesh over the top of their enclosure and didn't lose any from birds, though I did have a couple of red tails try to find a way in and the crows came back around from time to time till my cat started sitting on the enclosure in wait and took out a few of the crows.
I found a baby quail back when I was younger and he passed away. It was the early 2000s so I didn’t have WiFi at home and wasn’t able to look up how to keep it alive :(
U.A., do you use/recommend medicated feeds ? Thanks for all the info.
I don't use medicated feeds personally, just because my animals end up as dinner fare and I don't want that stuff in my body. I won't tell you that you shouldn't do it, I'm totally fine with anyone using medicated feed. I just want to pass on good naturally resilient genetics, so I don't use them. My personal believe in doing things as much like nature intended as I can. It's hard to do with small scale operations like this but I do strive to do the best I can. And nature doesn't use medication. But I wouldn't put you down for doing it. You will definitely have less problems with animals getting sick and dying if you go medicated. Hope that helps!
Medicated feed can kill baby quail. I don't know about adults, not willing to test it.
Can we use a big cardboard box instead of a plastic tote
No, it will degrade and fall apart. Maybe as a temporary thing, but not permanent.
My quaill aget 24 percent protein also I use calcium fortified feed
What you feed ur six week old quails i need help on what to feed them other then jst grains
Turkey starter or game bird starter
Thanks soooooo much I'm thinking of getting a few oh and by the way could you use milk as calcium supplement
I wouldn't, birds aren't built to digest milk. Oyster shell is pretty cheap though.
Urban Aviary 👌 ok thanks for replying
Do they eat other egg shell
They sure do
Urban Aviary ok thx the reason I'm asking is because I don't know anywhere I can get crushed oyster shell
so can i feed the feeed i feed my chickens to my quails and will that be enough protein for them?
Adults it will work but it will affect how often they lay a little bit. For chicks it will most definitely stunt their growth.
Question: can I feed the quail the turkey starter their whole lives or do I change it up somehow when their adults?
The same feed their whole lives
Urban Aviary AWESOME thank you so much!
What is the ration of feed and calcium I should do ? For example every two cups of feed should be how much calcium
If giving your own calcium then I just give it to them separate and they will eat what they need.
thanks im haching quail eggs now
Wherever rats can fit their heads they can get there whole body
Easy CZcams videos to make a EASY calcium/grain mill using an Angle grinder!!!
I watched your videos before getting started with quails. Thanks for all the information and answering my questions. I started with 30 quails (3 day old). 16 of them died mostly within the first week. So sad. Is this a common problem?
It's common to have that happen the first time around. The most common problem is quail getting wet or getting crushed because they get cold and huddle together in a corner too tight. Don't be too hard on yourself, there's a learning curve to everything.
+Urban Aviary Thanks!
HELP!
I found baby quail. I have them.... what can I feed them right away? I don't have car at the time and it is late at night.
Could I feed them on 22 % chick starter and add some other feed such as cooked eggs, greens etc.?
Yeah that would work just fine, just try and do as much protein as possible with the supplemental foods.
@@UrbanAviary I just collected the eggs from my quails (3 out of 3) so they are all laying, but the egg shells are thicker.
I might have to add some dry smashed egg shells to their food.
How dirty is it to keep inside finished basement ? If i keep it clean will it still attract mice/ rats?
That all depends on how well you clean up after them and how you house them. look at my videos on keeping quail in an aquarium, that's my suggestion if you're keeping them in a finished basement.
I subscibed
Can you feed the quail crushed up chicken eggs for their calcium?
Yep
can you use those poultry cups on chickens to?
You sure can, I hear people complain that they aren't strong enough for chickens and they end up breaking. I imagine it'll be just fine if you don't put them in a place where chickens will be bumping into it constantly.
hi..can you grind up egg shells to give the quail ?
+Tracey Headford You absolutely can! That's a great way to supplement their calcium. I would try running it through a coffee grinder to make it easy for you.
Urban Aviary thankyou
blend eggshells into a powder perhaps?
I also have two quail which have lay eggs today
Can I feed the quail their own egg shells for calcium?
You bet, That's probably the best calcium source you could give them.
Do the oyster shells have soy?
I highly doubt it
What type of food do you personally use?
I've used 27% turkey starter in the past. Where I've moved to now they have 30% gamebird feed so that's what I'll use.
So I have a question about the calcium because you said it makes the eggshell thicker so if the birds eat to much will the babies have trouble getting out?
+Simply C&A No, not at all.
Can I feed them hard boiled eggs?
How do u keep pests away if they are outside?
They will eat pests, it's a benefit not a problem 😁
Where can i buy the food for the quails?
Most feed stores will carry turkey starter or game bird starter
CAn you recommend a food for them please as I am not sure where to find them
Find Turkey Starter at a local Tractor Supply or other feed store.
Urban Aviary thank you
where can I get all things necessary to start raising quail, including eggs, or small birds?
+Nick Beam For supplies you can go to urbanaviary.com and click the STORE tab. I put together an Amazon catalog that has a lot of what you might need. How do you want to house them? You can check Craigslist to find chicks and eggs, if not you can email me and tell me where you live and I can find a good breeder that can ship birds or eggs to you.
Urban Aviary - thanks alot,I will check into everything.
Urban Aviary - which quails are best to raise for eating? courtunix, bob white, or pharoh?
+Nick Beam Pharoah is just a color variation of Coturnix, same bird. And they are better than Bobwhite for two reasons. Bobwhites only lay seasonally and they don't get to maturity nearly as fast, so they take more feed to get them to slaughter size and don't lay year round like Coturnix.
Urban Aviary - ok, thanks, my brother and I are about to invest in raising quail.
Found baby abanded quail. It's a male,and can't walk. I think this is because its legs are limp. We are caring for it, and I think it will live.
christine dobis Update?
Where could I get quail individually? The hatcheries I've found only sell them by the hundreds.
By individually, I mean like 5-10 of them
+Austin Hartenstine first place I would check is Craigslist. There's usually someone relatively close to your area that has chicks or will incubate eggs for you. If not I can recommend a breeder that ships quail chicks.
Urban Aviary thanks for your help although I was unable to find any on Craigslist.
Let me know if you want to get chicks shipped to you, I can give some good recommendations.
Urban Aviary that would be great!
I grind their own egg shells to add calcium to the feed for free
+Inese Kalnina that's a great way to do it
Cannaquails 😂
@@funguscordyceps6150 in the wild if eggs dont hatch they are forced to eat their own eggs so preditors wont smell and come
I do the same for my chickens with chicken eggshells. Will chicken eggshells work for quails as well?
For sure!
Rather than using your coffee grinder try the old fashion way. Smash the stuff with a rock. They do break up rather easy