Free Range Quail, the Egyptian Agricultural Method 

Thanks LW, that is easily the best comment we have ever received! Thanks for your support 😇🤩

Thanks Nate, appreciate the comment. If you watch the video 'RAT testing chickens' and fast forward there is instructions of an amazing medicine you can make for injured birds which is worth checking out. It works really well on both quails and chickens. Let me know how your quail keeping goes or feel free to ask any questions.

No problem Harley, let us know if you have any ideas or topics you would like us to cover. Cheers, Grant and Sofia

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the comment Suburban Quails, although our quails regularly lay in the same location we have had very little success in them hatching them. We used to use our incubator and brooder which was a hassle. We tried hatching them under silkie chickens which was a disaster! However, when we purchased two pairs of king quails (some people call them 'button quails') our luck turned around! So cheap to feed and such good mothers. We are considering making a video about them but are unsure of the community interest. Thanks again Grant and Sofia :)

Thanks for the email Kelly. Great to hear you are in the quail game! They are great birds. If you are interested in dropping the costs in breeding them consider getting a bunch of King Quails. They only eat about 1/2 a teaspoon of feed per week but importantly... you can use them to hatch jumbo quails. A higher success rate and way less hassle. Keep in touch as we would love to hear how your quail journey goes. If you are ever in Melbourne, message us and we can have you over. 😇

Thanks Dena, let me know how the process goes. If you have any questions or queries don't hesitate to message. Thanks for the complement, enjoy your day.

Hi Mara, thanks for the lovely comment. Good luck with your quail journey. Keep in touch 😀

Thanks Shefali, appreciate the positivity! Enjoy your day.

Thanks JD

Thanks Jaime, appreciate the feedback. Our actual coop is pretty basic. We have our 8 quails in a 2.5 X 1.5 metre elevated steel coop with a plastic bottom. As they only spend 2-3 days a week in it is is pretty basic. I do have 2 tips for coops they may help you. 1) A good tip is try to avoid wood for your coops if you can. Plastic and metal guarantees mites never become a problem. A metal rabbit hutch will suffice. 2) This may sound strange... a lower coop is actually the safest option. Quails jump when scared and gain momentum in the air and will break their neck when they hit the roof. A coop under 50cm high will stop this happening. Another option is go higher (minimum 2 metres high) this will allow them to jump and not die. Keep in touch and let me know how your quail keeping goes. We are currently making a video showing how to treat a broken quail leg. Hopefully we will put it up in the next couple of weeks. Talk soon Grant 😀

Quail are epic. Also consider bantam chickens. The breed Belgian D'Uccle is a great egg producer and very gentle on your garden. Thanks for the comment, Grant and Sofia

@@futurefarmers8554 I have bantams already but I live in Spain and breed availability is limited here.. but I can get quail 😃

Well said Ricky, I thought I mentioned it but It may be in another video. Feeding regime stays the same. I use game bird finisher as it is higher protein and supplemental calcium is provided via shell grit. Free ranging is used for pest management not a form of feeding. Thanks again Grant and Sofia 😇

Hi Nata, appreciate the comment. I have a firm belief that both chickens and quails who free range or have low stress loves actually lay eggs than stressed birds. I remember once it even took my Rhode island red chooks over a year to lay! They now lay 5 eggs a week for the last 3 years. Google says it takes 6 weeks (42 days). We found our quails take almost 10 weeks. If they are not laying do not stress. It will happen :)

@@futurefarmers8554 Thank you very much for your reply. All our birds quails and chickens are free range. We have quails this year for the first time, we are still learning. How long we can provide for them more natural environment, this is important for us. We will wait for eggs.😉

@@futurefarmers8554 I have one more question. How often and how much food we should give to quails? We have 57 quails we give them about 1 kg of mix grains per day, plus they eat greens from the ground. During the day I give them a bit extra carrots or spinach.

Hi Crushingjustice, thanks for the comment. That is terrible news about your quail passing. Firstly, how old was your quail? Most frequently die after 2-3 years which is pretty normal. In our backyard we start incubating fresh eggs every two years to plan for this. Yes tomatoes are poisonous. They are members of the Solanaceae family which used to be called the deadly nightshade family. However if there is adequate other vegetation they will not touch them. Our quail live with tomato plants but since there is heaps of other plants to eat they are fine. As for breaking its neck it is a possibility. The general rule for housing quail is have an enclosure which is no more than 50cm high OR at least 10 feet high. This means they can't jump at all or can not hit the roof when they jump. My daughter once made an enclosure which was 1.2 metres tall and we had some broken necks. Usually an indication is a floppy neck or a neck at a crazy angle. Sorry for the length of the reply, I hope this helps :)

@@futurefarmers8554 Hi thanks for replying. They’re only a couple of months old. I have them in a 10 x 10 dog kennel which I’ve bent cattle panel over the top and the whole thing is covered in plastic as a greenhouse. Some will fly up and hit the side and flop down into my wine barrel plants on occasion if they get startled I have clip their wings. I didn’t see anything eaten off of the tomato starts. But there was a leaf chewed on a potato plant such a mystery

Thanks for the reply and sorry we could not be more helpful. Quails can be finicky thins. We have lost a couple over the years and have been puzzled at their deaths. Have you had any more fatalities since we messaged last? Thanks Grant and Sofia

@@futurefarmers8554 thanks, yes one male was looking unwell for a day them died in separate enclosure but not sudden like the first.

Sadly that would be a disaster. Muscovy ducks are kind and sweet to humans but have a fierce temper and a strong bite. I feel it would be a dangerous if they were together.

@@futurefarmers8554 thanks

hahah thanks 😅