15 Quail Questions Answered
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- In this video, I answer 15 questions about quail asked by you in the comments section. Questions like: What do I do with cracked eggs during incubation, how to stop predators getting my quail, should I keep both male and female quail or just one sex, how to sex quail, quail run/cage designs, keeping quail tips, what to do with quail eggs, and more.
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Got quail at an auction, hen laying and I actually love the taste of the eggs. I would say it's slightly more robust in flavor to chicken eggs. Their eggs produce a type of protein thay helps alleviate allergies, feeding eggs to my cat when I have breakfast. Research beneficial bird for meat and eggs and well profit. They are super cute too.
Thank you for that info!! Alleviates allergies, so cool!
Man, you changed a lot over 4 years!! We all do!!!
Mark, you are extremely informative, sensitive and excellent at what you have chosen to do...very thankfully for all of us that are privileged to enjoy learning from you...best regards from Italy, Elizabeth
Just as you alluded to at the end, I love listening to your talks while I am cooking/working around the house. It's hard to be in a bad mood and be listening in on your Aussie home adventures at the same time. 👍
Watching in August 2021 still like its fresh. such a nice person.
great to see an Aussie making videos about this stuff, good on you Mark, and a job well done
Your a very pleasant fellow to watch and listen to, and everything you've made are very well done. Your property is gorgeous.
Great videos I'm watching from half way around the world in the United States. Just got my first batch of birds 4 weeks ago and these guys are great. I live only 1 hour away from A&M and I think it's great to here people around the world talking about Texas A&M
How cool is that! You should have no shortage of A&M breeding stock then. They're a great breed of quail and they have a slightly whiter flesh also (less gamey) than common quail - they're my preferred variety by far.
I am watching currently some of your old videos. I have to admit, knowledgeable and masterpiece. Only words that come to my mind.
Thanks! I like this Q & A format; it's very informative. Questions I've had & researched for a long time were answered [I raise Texas A & M quails in Florida]. I would incorporate a Q & A now and then.
Thank you very much for your wonderful work, your beautiful commitment, your sensibility when it comes to wildlife-nature-life and your calmness. I came across your channel by hitting 400 times refresh... and it was and is worth it. Unconditional from now on. Greetings from Cádiz, Spain.
Miguel
Great info. We live off grid in White Hills Arizona and the quail out here are plentiful. Only been living here a few months so this summer will make a nice run like yours and catch some :-)
i love this channel , Good Info!
Thank you Rasos! :)
I never raised quail in the 51 yrs of my life, I must try it before end of 2022 God willing
There are times when you need to show the birds like you added clips of sexing the quail but I watch one youtube channel where he sits in his recliner discussing the topics on hand and adds photos or clips like you did for this one. Be comfortable and keep making great videos. I raised the A&M type several years ago and could find nothing on sexing them. So we culled the males we caught crowing and in just a few generations had quail that did not crow. To many males is the reason we stopped keeping the quail. Maybe I need to try and find some more.
Great video, thank you. Especially love your gardening videos. 😀
Thank you Mark. I am being educated on gardening, ducks, hens, quails. Really enjoyable.
Hey Mark, I have a question.. or better said a few questions, after watching your videos for a few weeks , I moved from a flat to a house with a rather big garden, atm is end January but I`m already getting some garden beds ready to put in the back yard ,since the house is rented and I don`t want to dig the owner`s garden. And since all your videos are not only about veggies and also about life stock I made up my mind to go for Chickens or Quails . One of my question is what would you suggest for a beginner to start with chickens or quails ? I personally find Quails way more cuter , less noisy and more manageable in a smaller pen/area. I want them mainly for eggs but it could happen that they end up once a month on a bbq . I need to keep in mind that I work close to 12h a day in two shifts, and I`m looking for bird that can do without her owner for a large portion of the day.
Thanks and keep them videos coming !!
I know ur not asking me but i would definitely say get quails, I've never had chickens and have been managing to keep two button quails inside my house for over a year, just make sure u have proper feed or the female will really struggle when she has to lay. Also as long as the cage is clean and everything is topped up, they'll be fine for 12hrs, tho they might miss u and do the call thing but that's it, it's not too loud
I really appreciate your videos whether it's planting a garden or raising quail. I'm hoping to start raising quail next spring. A Big Thank you from Ohio, USA!
thans mark! I just got my first 9 quails, dog got to one of them so iI had a taste test! very nice, thanks for the advice :D
Lol. You could keep a thousand birds in that much space. Many blessings everyone.
In the US Atwood's and Tractor Supply both have the game bird feed .
I'm thinking about getting quail for my backyard Suburban household to provide meat. One of my main concerns is noise. I have tried it chickens before but just having the females was too loud for my neighbors. A quail's Crow at least sounds somewhat like a normal bird call and not like a obvious farm animal.
Hey Mark! I absolutely love your channel! I'll be getting my first 6 quail chicks in about 3 weeks, very excited to raise them and have them help out in my little garden😄
I enjoyed your video. Thank you.
I watch your channel all the time and never comment because you cover your topics so well. I just want to say thanks for sharing your expertise on a wide range of topics. I appreciate what you are doing, and it gives me the information I need to try new things. I am going to give raising quail a try. I have the lumber in the garage for pens as I type this comment. Once again, Thanks!
Fun fact, the lifespan of your common goldfish is 15-20 years. Most don't make it to that age because they are kept in tanks that are far too small.
Another fact about common goldfish, they can grow to be about a foot long.
Are they edible? Many blessings everyone.
I see that you are picking up eggs off the ground. I like that you have a walk-in Hutch but I might suggest having more sand baths. I find that when I have sand boxes in my wire cages that they tend to lay almost exclusively on the sand. Maybe it's different if you have them free-ranging.
A new comment to an older video. Remember the old cricket clickers we had as kids? These work well on quail and even chickens to an extent ( though no need to guess chicken sexes ). The male quail we have here will look up, and the females will duck down. The only experience I have is with Bobwhites and Scale (blue) quail. I reckon a crinkled up plastic water bottle might work as well if your having a problem with sexing them.
Thankyou so much for all the information, I like to do lots of research before starting something , I appreciate that I live in the same climate as you , just about all the tutorials are in USA , I’m on the Sunshine Coast, I’m trying to get hold of quail in this area and would you please let me know a good incubator to buy , i don’t need a big one , I made my own incubator when I hatched snake eggs( captive breed) and got 7 hatchlings from 7 eggs, so I’m fairly confident . Thankyou again for all your time and a great show, and for the dad jokes lol I feel like I have my brother here 😊
Interesting symbiosis between chickens and quail. My Hutch is above ground with manure falling down. Worms grow. Chickens like to eat the worms.
I love this channel so much, I watch them over and over , I am about to get my first 5 females and 2 males Friday! I can't wait. Everyone tells me it's not worth it but I love them and mainly want them for the meat for my own family
Ignore the haters, just do it
I want the meat also. Lol. Not too thrilled about eating eggs. Many blessings everyone.
Hello I’m getting 12 female quails and 1 male and I previously incubated chicken eggs and that was the best experience when I hatched them and I’m wanting to naturally incubator with the quails and are the 12 female and 1 male a good combination for breeding or should I just stick to the incubator.
Love your garden and quails videos (form Australia )
I was told to check the sex. The females will have staggered fathering when their fethers grow in where the males will have an even layer of fethers 🤷♀️
xD I was doing the dishes as I was listening. I plan to get quails for meat which I wish I had thought of years ago. Wanted to do that with chickens but my house was rezoned after I moved in so cannot keep roosters which was one of the reasons I chose my place in the first place. If I literally lived across the road I would still be allowed to have my roosters. I am on 1 acre and planned to be more self sufficient when I moved here 6 years ago and that has not happened. Now its time to start putting an effort in and start my veggie garden and fruit trees and have more then just chickens. Thank you for the informative videos. Love being able to go through your older videos and find what I am looking for.
Hey Mark, you don't seem to have any nice tweety birds down there. Have you noticed the birds in Oz are all louder than a bell frey :) BTW your February looks like my July. I live in the semi tropics too and summer sucks, I hate it. In summer I look out the window and think, hmmm, I should go do that thing that needs doing...then I go Nah...I'll wait for 6 o'clock in the morning..get everything done real fast and go back in the hooch to cool off lol. I have a lot of wild quail on my property here (bobwhites), but I have been thinking about getting into raising them.....thanks for the info.
They make stainless steel welded mesh, and I was thinking of taking it further, and treating it with tar. I would bury it a foot or so, room for birds to dig, maybe introduce an insect habitat, as a food source, of course urine & poop may make it unsuitable. Where I am, rats can dig up to 36 inches, so a foot deep perimeter would soon have rat tunnels popping up in your pen.
Thanks for the video Mark, can you share some of the recipes you use to cook the quail? cheers from Tassie.
Hi Nathan, lately I've been thinking of doing a series of recipe vids mainly on quail (as a way to show from pen to plate) so yes in the future I will. There's a cracker of a quail dish I cook up that's a huge hit at BBQs when we have friends and family over so I will share this recipe and cooking technique first. Cheers :) P.S Love Tassie - had our honeymoon there...
Self Sufficient Me you should do a pen to plate on the eggs as well
Thank you for the information I will take it to heart on rasing them. I like how you do your answering to the questions. You are a good teacher. Keep up the good work. Thank you again Robin
Cheers for the info mate. I love their eggs, but my wife isn't so keen. Given how much easier it is to process the birds, I reckon I'd keep quails over chooks any day (yeah - my wife disagrees about that too!)
Well Andy, there's a whole continent of people in Asia who love the eggs too just like you. Look, I don't mind them actually and I do love the eggs in Asian cooking or pickled etc it's just that I prefer chook eggs LOL Cheers mate :)
Does she process the meat? xd
@@thomaswolf6507 Hell no! LOL.
@@McDowallManor Lol, they rarely do.
But if they don't process or procure the food, they have no right to complain.
Of course, they will anyway :P
@@thomaswolf6507 Well, she lets me do it. She's okay for me to eat them but she won't be part of it or the eating. I'll take that as a win.
I'd like an update video on how you suggest the build of the pen
Thanks for all your videos you have done sadly our 1st lot of 48 eggs only two have survived kids are abit bummed but just wondering my kids have 5 females and 1 male but they got the eggs of online , there a 12 incubator but we used the 48 egg incubator how can help them have a better hatch rate in the future? your videos on living in the city really have helped got a birdie bed and started composting my kids have watching your videos, can I ask why quails were not on the list but chicken was on the small space videos most places in Sydney nsw have limits and restrictions and the quails have seem to be best friends and mentally great for my daughter austim , again thank you mate for all your videos and look forward to see what you have install. I know you may not see this with all your views but you have no idea the positive impact you have set with these hard times. Thank you and if you ever get chances to more videos when comes small spaces I know my kids would love it. Thanks mate
Love your Videos. Always informative & sound advice. I've just ventured into Backyard Quail raising & looking forward to all the adventures they will bring along lol. I live in Suburban Melbourne by the Beach & have quite the Urban Farm happening. I did my research & quail was the only Bird that suited this environment as they arent considered Poultry which are strictly governed by local Council. They are considered Aviary/pet birds so scoot around the normal regulations. Thanks again for all your advice, keep up the great work. Cheers.
So nice to come across an Australian TH-cam 😊👍🏻
Thanks for the tips :) Although I don't know if that species is found in Dominican Republic, but! if I see them, now I know more about them :D
Yes no worries mate! Cheers :)
How you going
Thinking of getting into breeding quails but not sure if it is worth it? Do they pay off their food and how much does there food cost?? Love your videos by the way. From Australia too👍🏻
Yes we need 15 questions every week or so, love the information you have to share about quail as I'm new to the sport! Thanks Mate!
I am about to get my 1st um clutch of quail. Is clutch the right term? Anyway, guess who's video I came across to learn more about them?
How are they now? I'm about to get my first flock this weekend.
Thank you again for your content. I had Cutornix years before but not for a while. I just ordered 40 new ones today to add to our 30 meat rabbits and 200 chickens farm. I am trying to figure if I want to put them in the "Ark" (my barn) or build a pen like yours-or just build field tractors. Lumber is SO DANG expensive it is very frustrating. I have 50 new 2x4's delivered a week or so ago. Building your cage/pen will run me 20 2x4's just for the frame before the door and such. The lumber was for my meat birds to be in tractors where I can slice each 2x4 in to a 1x1 and get 2 tractors instead of one. That is for the meat chickens. I think I will do the same for the quail. Anyways love your content, your homestead and the hard work you do for helping educating others in this lifestyle. Your a good man. Have a great weekend.
wow great video on quail and thank you for answering my wire question. i will be starting the run this week so checked you tube right on time! We eat quail all sizes and one taste as good as other however when selling with all the literature saying Texas A&M weigh 10 ounces when actually some do some do not and I have a few down right tiny. I'm not even sure if culling them I can see a difference, I see more of the same ... all different sizes and the average of 7-8 ounces, so I may stop the practice before long of culling them. I guess its kind of like the egg laying, literature all says laying at 6 week when truth is most lay 7-8 weeks but can lay at 6 weeks. great video and all the questions were good.
Yes I agree, egg laying and sizes etc can all be different than the actual "word" - I guess every flock is slightly different. Thanks! :)
Watched this video for a 2nd time, its still more helpful and entertaining than watching hours of other people's quail videos, trust me. I started watching Mark a couple of years ago because I was getting quail eggs. Now I've got back into my gardening, stayed positive over Lockdown, and made my 1st black gold thanks to these videos. God* bless, and thank You*
I have a question, my coturnix is sitting on her own eggs (YAY) but, the other day i found a cracked egg at bout 7 days? Any ideas as to how and why?
Snap test for male and female has 50% success rate? Same rate as guessing...?
Can quail eggs survive 3 days in the U.S mail? They were well packaged But it has been cold recently. I put them in digital incubators as soon as I got them.
Frist off love your shows Mark you really inspire my wife and I, Thank you so much. My question is you said to put the eggs in an incubator we were wondering if you can just leave the hatching to the birds themselves?
They say quail don't go broody. But a bantam could hatch them!
will quail lay their eggs in nesting boxes if given?
Been raising, hatching out Quail, mostly for eggs, some meat. Feed: super breeder by "Southern States" (USA) feed 21% protein. the hatchlings, juvies get flight developer, 28% protein
Hi Mark, thank you for the interesting video. How do quail cope with the cold weather? I'm in Wales UK. I've kept hens for over 35 years, and they cope with extra bedding, etc. But quail look so tiny. Thanks a lot.
You give such clear explanation on all info on quail....love ur channel..
can u tell me how to pick the eggs .. in the sense - how many days after its layed do you pick for incubation.. is there a max duration before an egg turns bad for incubation ? Also does it hatch naturally if left where its layed ?
Forgive my silly questions.. I'm really new to rearing quail ..
the goal is to be 100% self sufficient, or at least i assume since it is your channel name. how much food do you have to buy as of right now? like for example, 40% bought 60% self sufficient, do you grow and process your own feed for the animals? do you have a well, or plan on getting one dug? anything for power other than being hooked into the grid?? people who have watched more of these videos than i have(only 3-4) are also welcome to answer :)) thanks in advance
Hi Mark I have 3 quails one is 6 years and other 2 are 4years they don't lay as much but the do live as long a chooks
I suppose I'm generalising when I speak about quail living 2-3 years (and for that matter chickens around 7) as I too have seen them live longer but around 2.5 is the average in a flock. Cheers :)
Do you know how fast they can run
You're so stinking cute, Mark!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge on how to keep quail 🥰 I’ve been thinking about getting some many for the eggs, you answered all my questions now I just have to convince my husband 😆 that we need quail 🤞
Same here!!
I know you said you have snakes around the quail pen but do you have snakes hanging around the house because of your poultry?
We appreciate everything you do! Thank you for being a great teacher!
Awesome as always Mark. Fantastic information. I did keep quail when I was younger, you have inspired me to do so again. Maybe they’ll keep the garden in check,as well as my native bees look after the flowers. Tricky Trev
I put quail eggs under a broody welsh harliquin duck. They disappeared within a couple of days.
Thanks for all the useful advice !
I'm curious! What animal is more intelligent, chickens or quails?
I have 24 quail eggs in the incubator at the moment. Have you used an Electric Hen instead of lights in the brooder before? EG ecoglow or Titan.
I'm learning a lot about quail and I'm wanting to have a set up in my garage. I hear a very loud Quail is that the male or female? We live in an HOA where we're not allowed to have poultry but they didn't say anything about the garage LOL and I would like to start with two female and one male or three female and one male. Are they relatively quiet or are they as loud as chickens? I don't hear that much noise coming from them in your video except that one loud one in the background lol and I'm assuming it's a male but I could be wrong?? I know you're super busy so no worries about answering my question right away I know you will eventually get to it. I guess my question is if I keep two females and one male or 3 females and one male would that be too much or too loud for a garage setup? Silly question I know but wondering... another thing I noticed you collecting all the eggs and their place in the weirdest areas so I take it Quail are just not a beauty kind of bird that actually will sit on her own eggs or is there a specific season that she will?
Should I introduce new mail quail to my flock periodically to increase gene diversity?
Can you keep Quail in an avairy that is 1m wide x 9m lentgh and how many birds could one have in this size space?
How much water do quail drink (day/week/month)?
Do you ever feed your quail any grass clippings for the greenery? Growing up, we raised fighting chickens. The brood stock we had in pens, I would cut weeds and grass to feed them a few times a week. Do you do anything like that?
Thanks for the questions and answers video here. I keep a small number of bantam hens in the garden (in the UK) but a quail appeared in a neighbours garden, with its head skinned and a broken toe. Looks like someone must have let it go inside the house and the poor thing got injured before escaping outside. I like the way you keep your birds. I looked at a number of videos on quails from the USA but they all seem to want to keep them indoors in wire hutches and I don't think that's much of a life for any animal. I can't keep this little quail so hopefully the owner will turn up, however, your video has made me think that quails might be the thing for me when I move to a place with a bit more outdoor space. Thanks once again.
Quill can be raised in your house. That's why they're considered pets some places. Many blessings everyone.
Great video 👍🏽
Really enjoy watching your video.Thanks👍
this is probably answered elsewhere, but how many square feet per bird do you like? or square meters I suppose
yep there we go
How do you keep mold out of your quails watering system?
I have 10 quail, 2 males and 8 female, I have noticed the females are getting attacked by the males and are loosing a few feathers on the back of their neck. How can I prevent this?
KIMKAI. They are breeding
I really enjoy the way you teach. I’ve learned a lot from your videos. Great detail!
Do quail handle high dew point in heat or cold temps in winter?
Nice video. I wonder if they would breed on their own. Thanks.
hello can you use a chicken coop for quail to live In because I can not see one just for quail can you help thanks
This was a great video....Larry @ Scoot's Organic
Really good info. Thank you. I love the taste of quail grilled and broiled.
We are in the process of building a large pen for our chickens, and we were wondering if it would be okay to incorporate our Bobwhite quail in with our chickens and ducks.
Since the bobs can fly they would probably be fine - yes I would give it a go. Best of luck! :)
Really appreciate all your videos across the board, they are not only really helpful but are also really enjoyable!!
Pythons and owls and hawks. WAUW! So jealous right now!!! I just love everything about nature! I do so love to watch birds of prey and snakes are beautiful arent they? Amazing ceatures! I live in Belgium and we are currently enjoying the return of the wild wolf in our environment. Well, at least I am enjoying it! Most people are afraid....so sad. Some wolves have dissapeared, some have ended up dead on the road, some were shot. Why are we so unable to share our world with other creatures? They are strong and we are weak. Maybe we dont like to be reminded of the fact that we are not at the top of the food chain when we meet a bear, tiger or wolf!!
Unarmed humans are easy pickings.....soft, mushy and probably yummie like bacon LOL!!!!
Hi Mark, thank you for the videos. I just found out about quail in the States. Are you from Australia. I am in LA California. How can i find a breeder to purchase mt first pair? Thank you.
Hi Sandra, thank you! Yes I'm in Oz but you can usually find quail breeder eager to sell eggs or chicks in most places around the world so check out online. I usually get eggs in the mail and then incubate them myself but local breeders should also be around your area. Cheers :)
The quails wanted to answer those questions themselves, but you didn't let them. :(
Lovely video, thanks for the uploads!
Thanks Steve, no worries I'll keep them coming! Cheers :)
This video was full of lots of information and has really inspired me. Thanks for sharing your experiences and time with us!!!!!
Thank you Emily glad you found the video useful. Cheers :)
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solar panel powered fan in the coop?
Hey. Why don't you grow duckweed for you animals? Love your videos by the way!
I hadn't thought about it to be honest so thank you for the suggestion - I'll look into it! Cheers :)
Self Sufficient Me love your videos by the way
G'day Mark
I have 12 quail (3 male, 9 female) I and was wondering if they should be crowing, because my males dont make any noise is this ok?
Cheers
Tom.
I think that makes you lucky
I am a new quail keeper but I noticed they make a sweet sound that sounds like a cranky cricket
You are just fabulous
Do quail need oyster shell