Organic Quail Hatched & Raised with a Mother Hen. Nos Cailles bio Crias de codorniz SUB ENG.FR

This is the first part of a three part film taking you through the first few days of life of the baby quail with their mother bantam Ardenner, Polly, sharing information I have gleaned over the 15 years I have been observing these delightful birds. #OrganicQuail #HenHatchingQuail #Non-CagedQuail The written version is here: holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2012/03/getting-started-with-organic-coturnix.html#.Vjija5dVKlM I began raising organic quail to obtain quality eggs with which to treat Andy's hay fever and eczema, which they did and very quickly. I still keep quail today, they are part of our garden, living in our greenhouses and coldframes keeping down insect pests, just enjoying life and laying delicious eggs.
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J'ai commencé l'élevage de caille bio il ya dix ans pour obtenir des œufs de qualité pour traiter le rhume des foins de mon mari Andy, ce qu'ils ont fait et très rapidement. J'ai toujours des cailles aujourd'hui, ils font partie de notre jardin, vivent dans nos serres mangent les nuisibles, profitent de la vie et pondent des oeufs délicieux. Il s'agit de la première partie d'un film concernant les premiers jours de la vie de les petites caille et leur mère poule naine Ardennaise Polly, partageant d'informations que j'ai recueillies au cours de la décennie j'observais ces oiseaux charmants.

[@frosteelynx1754]

I couldn't stop watching because quails are adorable and her voice is so beautiful

[@Pavlovafowl]

Aaww - that is such a lovely comment and very much appreciated. You made my day! The quails are snuggled up in their house with extra straw as we are expecting snow overnight. All the very best, Sue

[@judithrey6357]

This was great, been searching for "how to build a quail cage" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a good exclusive guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the normal expense. Ive heard some decent things about it and my brother in law got amazing success with it.

[@cherigreen4471]

You have a wonderful soothing voice! I love what you are doing and thank you for sharing your story. I hate to think of any animal being raised in a factory. I can tell you have a very kind spirit!

[@Pavlovafowl]

+Cheri Green Aaww that is such a kind comment and very much appreciated. One of my big hopes is that by sharing how quail and other poultry can be kept, more people will think about factory farming and reject buying their produce and thus finally put an end to it. I was born on a small dairy and chicken farm and I can not imagine a better childhood. Our animals were free-range, even the turkeys and we had 300 of them, all roosting at night in the apple trees. I don't ever remember any of them being sick or aggressive as they lived almost entirely on a wild foraged diet. Here in France no one hardly keeps turkeys any more because they get so many diseases. For decades they have been kept on grain diets in small pens or commercially inside in batteries with no outside life at all. One of my goals is one day to have enough room to keep organic free-range turkeys, just to share how it can be done. All the very best, Sue

[@suelirocha9508]

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[@gateway8833]

WOW, this is not just a vedio. This is a short Documentary. Excellent camera work, very informative. I have been having issues trying to raise quale and now you have offered a solution, thank you.

[@Pavlovafowl]

+Abby Babby Thanks for such a kind comment. That is exactly what I hoped the film, would be! I have more recent videos on quail too and also I have a blog, which has many articles on quail, not all of which are covered by films. The link is here if you'd like to take a look: holistic-hen.blogspot.com All the very best and good luck with your quail and please ask if you have any questions on the films or anything in the blog, Sue

[@kennethpangelinan4486]

I love what she says about the quail at the end. It is so true. Man has abused magnificent creatures like quail just to make profit. Thank god there are still people in the world like this one.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Kenneth Pangelinan Your kind comments mirror the whole reason I keep quail and make these films because there has to be a better life for these beautiful birds. It made their fate even more poignant for me, in that their eggs provided the cure for two conditions Andy had suffered from since 1976. Thanks for your feedback it is appreciated, very much so. All the best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@kennethpangelinan4486]

Pavlovafowl You are most welcome. Thanks to your lovely video I too am now keeping quail in my garden like you!

[@Selfsufficientme]

Very enjoyable video! One of my subscribers pointed your video out to me. I tried this but wasn't successful at all - my fault though, I just didn't have the right hens or conditions to hatch quail via hens. You've done a great job. Cheers :)

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there thanks for your kind comments and sorry this didn't work out for you. The choosing of the hen is actually quite difficult, I have written about this on my blog, as I have raised quail with several types. sizes and races of hen. Even when you think something is obvious it isn't because hens are individuals, so for example a feathery footed frizzled Cochin, who technically could have been a disaster worked out brilliantly because she was just so careful. She hardly lifted her feet off the ground for the first week, she actually developed a 'shuffle', she sort of skated along the ground to avoid accidents and she did that all on her own! Don't give up because as you will see if you watched any of my more recent quail videos, my quail now raise their own chicks and I'm sure they learned this from their mother hen. In this case it was the aforementioned Cochin, Cappuccino, in fact two of her quail chicks have already gone broody and raised their own quail and adopted some purchased quail chicks. Good luck and all the very best, Sue

[@mycedarridge]

I have watched your films over and over again! I've found none other like it. Because of you, I am introducing my 4 baby Silkies to my only Cochin hen, Collette. So far she is sitting on them at night but not interested in them during the day. Thank you for your time in helping by making these videos!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there I am so sorry that I only just found your comment today! How did your quail experiment go. In reality as quail are precocial the main thing is warmth so the fact that she looked after them at night was really crucial. Did you end up having to use another heat source for them during the day? All the very best from Normandie, Sue

[@mycedarridge]

@@Pavlovafowl, thank you for your reply! It went amazingly well and she became a good mama, covering them during the day when they were chilled, and flying at anything that might show interest by attacking. She still thinks they are hers but they've moved on in life 😂 Poor chicken

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thank you for your comments! So happy you enjoyed the video. The interaction between quail and the hen was amazing, particularly over food. My quail chicks dislike bread but to the hen this is a real treat so she kept on presenting a piece I had given her and encouraging them to eat. In the end one of them took it away and hid it, she presumed he had eaten it and was quite happy to go back to foraging. Things she didn't want them to eat, like compost worms, they ate when she wasn't looking!

[@lostmangos]

So nice to see someone really looking after quail properly. I hate seeing them cooped up in rabbit hutches their whole lives. You have a beautifully easy to listen to narration voice also!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thanks, it's very much a symbiotic relationship, Polly is very affectionate with the chicks and they with her, it also sets them up for the future to learn how to forage. I notice with the quail I have just bought and am converting to organic and outdoor living that they really haven't got a clue about insects or greenery. They are tasting everything in the greenhouse, at the moment they are very keen on squash leaves but are ignoring the compost I left for them to sort through! All the best Sue

[@Aerodil]

Pav, what a beautiful video, garden, and birds you have! Thank you for sharing this video, even if it's been two years I am glad I found it.

[@Pavlovafowl]

***** Thanks for your kind comments, they are much appreciated! I have many more quail videos on my site including some in-depth ones following the quail chicks who were born last year with my Frizzled Cochin hen Cappuccino. I'm afraid I haven't quite got the playlists sorted so this has jogged my memory! I also have more photos and information on my blog: holistic-hen.blogspot.fr All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@___pphh8554]

I love this video and how you spoke do passionately about quails ^^ This was 4 years ago but I just want to let you know you inspired me to hatch some quail with my hens

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Ryan, Thank you so much for your brilliant comment, you have made my day! As you may have seen from my more recent films, I am actually at the stage now that my quail raise their own chicks but I still have my broody hens as back up. Really good luck and I am sure your hen-raised quail chicks will turn out like mine and re-learn how to make nests and sit their own eggs. All the very best, Sue

[@jenitdeula8672]

i want too buy this quail

[@mariafranco3448]

I gotta say that this is by far one of the best videos I've seen. Your voice is so shooting, and your love for animals melts my heart. Thank you for sharing your passion.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Maria and thank you so much for your lovely words, I so appreciate them. You are right that making these videos is a passion for me but getting such kind comments as yours are the 'icing on the cake'. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

[@carolnefedow]

I just love Polly! Her clucking as the little quails listen, so sweet. You should write a children's book about this! It's a real story that's great. Cheers!

[@SeniorCinco]

Absolutely brilliant. I found myself in an almost therapeutic state while watching. I was utterly captivated and hanging on every breath of your narrative. I am from the deep south of the US and it was truly inspiring, even with my knowledge and experience of livestock. Most definitely an all around sound strategy that I will surely implement and mentally archive for the rest of my days.

[@Afonso_Guest_House]

Thank you indeed for the video. It not only was heart warming and informative but vibrated healing energy! May u be blessed!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Afonso, Thank you so much for your kind comments, they made my day! All the very best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@RocaWeaR4]

I love chickens and quails and you miss have a very beautiful soft voice. Thank you for such a nice video and explanation.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi RocaWeaR4 You are very welcome and thanks for your kind comments, much appreciated. All the very best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@user-ld2ee2bw2b]

I started giving my cat Jacob fresh quail eggs here at the homestead I got them for me and said why not for his skin allergies. And WOW! within weeks he stoped chewing and bare spots were growing back. No issues since 2 years now, he only gets here and there as he seemed to stop completely. I got silkies yo hatch my quail eggs. My other hen she hatched 3 and well, bad mom... hence the silkies here.

[@Pavlovafowl]

That is a great testimony to the use of quail eggs in medical issues. Since I made this film, I have seen so much more published research and so much previous research has now been more widely made available, into why quail eggs work so well and for so many illnesses. I recently wrote all this up and if you are interested here is my written article: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2016/01/quail-eggs-history-medicine-and-pure.html#.VpfsU15VKlM I think it would be very helpful to so many seeking cures (if you haven't already, that is) to make a film or publish an article on your experience with your cat. There is still not nearly enough written about quail and their therapeutic eggs. All the very best from Normandie, Sue and P.S. Silkies are great for quail!

[@iam_james]

Hey tbh I just fall in love with little quail 🐥 🐥 and I really loved how hen 🐔 is taking care of these lil adorable sweet 🐥 🐥 I really feel inspired by your video and very soon I am gonna do the same as you, yes quail 🐥 🐥 deserve a much better life than to be caged and just egg machines and thanks may God bless you ❤️

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there James and thank you so much for your lovely comments and wishes - you made my day! Good luck too with your quail adventure. You are so right quail deserve good people like yourself to take care of them. I have some eggs awaiting hatch at the moment and I never lose that wonder at seeing quail chicks hatch under a mother, they are so happy and they express it in their whole behaviour. I have had several quail go on to raise their own chicks afterwards and that is a wonderful experience too! All the very best from Normandie, Sue

[@ivanchitzzza]

Thank you so, so much for putting this video up! We recently bought a homestead, and while I was planning which animals to raise and what to plant (I'm also planning a food-garden combo) I stumbled upon your video....you are such a great teacher, I could listen to you for hours. God bless you

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there, Aaww and thank you for such lovely comments! I greatly appreciate them and wish you all the best with your great new adventure. We started this forest garden and raising poultry in 2000 and never looked back. Make sure you document what you do and if you have time, film the journey. There are so many people now who would like to raise their own food but get put off by taking that first big step, so sharing your experiences really helps. All the very best and do try quail, they are lovely birds. Good Luck! Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

+Marco Antonio Alves What lamp? I have a mother hen, better than any lamp and totally intuitive of her chicks' needs, if she sees they are cold she sits down and they get underneath her. I've never lost a single quail or any other chick to cold, that's why I explain in my various quail videos and blogs about the importance of choosing a good mother hen. Think about it, if you were a baby quail which would you rather have a metal lamp or a warm, feathery mother who kept you warm, loved you and found your food. All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@quailstoriesandtutorials709]

You are right in the wild the birds are like that I'm one of your sub's great video keep on work and never stop

[@hardcorehunter9155]

Pavlovafowl - Organic Forest Garden Poultry do i have to use a batman hen to mother quail eggs? will a broody barred rock crush the eggs from her weight?

[@indiecloud100]

What a beautiful garden. And such cute quails 😊

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thank you so much for your comment, it is appreciated. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thanks for adding this to your favourites. Your daughter will really enjoy keeping quail, they are cheerful little birds and can become very tame. You are very lucky in the US to have organic quail farms selling hatching eggs and chicks, so you will be off to a really good start. These farms also sell many more breeds of quail than we can get in Europe. All the very best for your farm project, many of us just started from nothing and if you have any queries please do ask, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@alexjames4315]

You have the most soothing wonderful voice I felt comfortable while you inform us with knowledge thanks for the wonderful videos. Keep advocating the importance of free ranging to stop those poor birds who are cage bound. Thank you once again and hope to see more videos :)

[@Pavlovafowl]

+Alex James Hi Alex and thank-you for your lovely comments they are very much appreciated. I have 21 quail videos on a playlist here if you are interested: kzbin.info/aero/PLHgq6wrWg6dedER4JF4EYs85yt9LWkkUc I have been keeping quail for many years and am just beginning to see the tide turning on caged quail. I get more and more questions here and on the blog about keeping quail outdoors in large spaces, free-ranging them and also raising them with bantam hens, with the end point that they will in turn raise their own chicks. The trouble is on the internet there are so many cut and paste articles and often I suspect from people who have never even kept them, compounding all kinds of myths on why quail can't be raised naturally. Happily more and more people are also sharing the way they keep quail in a quasi-wild state and I hope they in turn will be encouraged to make films and write about their experiences. Thanks again and all the very best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thanks! It is a really satisfying experience, particularly when you witness how happy quail are out in the sunshine and in particular if you can get them tame enough to free-range. Polly is a great mother hen, she has a strong bond and empathy with the quail chicks. This year she hasn't gone broody, so I am using Cappuccino, a one year old Cochin frizzle. She has a great track record, as she accepted and looked after an abandoned baby pigeon and so far is proving a great quail mother too.

[@theaquaticmaze]

I love this! I love your channel p, it’s super informative. 💕💕

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thank you for your lovely comments, they are very much appreciated, Sue xx

[@picturetakermaker]

I've added you to my favorites. My daughter wants to raise quail. She is 10. She loves farming but it's hard to start a farm from nothing. So we will start with Quail.

[@ohanaorganic5189]

Wow. I just came across this video. Thank you for sharing as it is extremely helpful.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there and I'm so happy you found my video useful. You may also like to take a look at my site The Holistic Hen, here is the index page for the Quail articles: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_27.html#.XSH66hcv6V4 In general I try to write an illustrated, detailed article on each film topic but I also have stand alone written pieces as well. All the very best from sunny Normandie, Sue

[@theshark2005]

i been seeing a lot of videos on youtube of how people raise they quail and most of them like you said do it in cages and just like for their eggs, and its so sad. I am so excited to get quail now and i wont put them in caged but will raise them like you do with yours. Thank you so much for the videos i can't wait to see more. I'm so inspired by how you raised your quails and I want mine to have a happy life too. thank you!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Charlie, you are so welcome! There are 31 videos in the quail playlist, this video belongs to and I try to look at all aspects of raising quail this way, including having them raise their own, which in Coturnix is quite rare. I do hope you will get quail, there is nothing quite like seeing their joy in the morning when they can fly, skip and jump about in a good sized space. If you can get them tame enough, which I am assured you can as you have great empathy with them, then you can garden with them and take them free-ranging (that is my most recent quail video). All the very best and if you want to, check out my site holistic-hen.blogspot.com/ , where I also have written articles and photos of my quail. Please also consider writing and or filming your experiences with quail, these are so helpful to others who want to keep quail out of cages and for the quail too of course! All the very best from sunny Normandie, Sue

[@tkarlmann]

What an absolutely beautiful movie on quail! Thank you ever so much for your efforts. I did not know about the effects on allergies (--me too!). I am excited now.

[@MelorasWorld]

Thanks for the video that is just beyond charming. I can't tell you how much I adored watching this. I have to say; your garden is simply stunning and one of the highlights for me is that I loved how you talked about the hen's interaction with the chicks, (and their language,) ~it just melted my heart!

[@fruitfulorchardcic]

Thank you so much for this information. It was so informative and very very clear.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there - you are so welcome and I also have written versions to go with these films - here is the link to the articles on quail: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_27.html#.XXEGkkEv6V4 All the very best from Normandie, Sue

[@DeltaJackalFoxtrot]

That was the most brilliant clip ive seen in a very very long time...i loved the beautiful narration and it was a very informative clip... simple, elegant and brilliant.. thank u... make more such videos....:)

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thank-you very much for your kind comment, I really appreciated it. I have made quite a few more recent videos on the quail I hatched this year - they go into more details about specifics, such as choosing a mother hen, tips for brooding and hatching...All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@REAL4wd]

Thank you very much for the awesome video and presentation

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi, You are most welcome and thank you for taking time to comment, I appreciate it. All the very best Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@dimplejinthiha8403]

Oav i love you da chellam un kusu vaasana nalla iruku nee peechiya komaika adi paavafa eduthu udithika

[@Pavlovafowl]

Yes, it is my goal to get a quail to raise her own young. Here in France, as in many countries, quail are raised in battery cages and have been selectively bred to remove all the natural instincts, like broodiness and nesting, which would conflict them being egg laying machines. However, when a hen hatches quail, she teaches them many foraging skills and even bought quail do remember how to forage. I've had a quail lay 2 eggs in a nest she's made, which is a good start! All the best., Sue

[@NadyaPena-01]

I love this channel so much.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Aaww Nadya, Thank you so much for your lovely comment - You made my day! All the very best from Normandie, Sue

[@redleo508]

Not usually drawn to these kind of videos. But I amazed to see this Hen build such a strong relationship with these chicks. You have earned a sub from me :D

[@Pavlovafowl]

+Red LEO Thanks for you kind comments, much appreciated and also for the sub. All the best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thank you for your kind comments! I am very interested in what you say about Silkies because someone just contacted me to say their grandfather always reared quail with Silkies. I wondered if it might solve one of the problems I have with Ardenners, in that quail burrow really far down into the feathers and sometimes when the hen gets up a quail can get its neck stuck. With the Silkie's fine down this would not be a problem. I shall have to get a Silkie, thanks! More films soon. Best Wishes, Sue

[@LivingwithBIGdogs]

Hi, can you please tell me how you raise your quail once the mother is finished raising them? Do they free range or do you cage them?

[@RusticByNature]

Sue this is a Beautiful video. I have never wanted to raise quail but I never knew about the hay fever relieving qualities. As much as I hate my Hay fever I need to give this a try.

[@martiwoodchip4518]

Absolutely lovely video!, I love it how motherly the hen becomes and does not even seem to mind that they are quail, I am willing to bet that she does know that these little guys are not her baby chickens. I too have quail and made a nice safe run for them and am looking forward to having more of them hatch out. I placed some of the quail eggs into my incubator not being too sure what to expect and within just a few days one of the eggs hatched into a beautiful little healthy quail, I have 7 more eggs in the incubator and am wondering if any more will hatch?, hopefully!. Thank you for such a nice video.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Marti and thanks! As you have made a safe run for your quail, you may find they start to make their own nests and sit their own eggs. This happened to me last year. The problem here has always been predators and the fact that Cortunix quail have had their nesting and broody behaviours bred out of them. Hatching them with a hen gives the chicks a sense of having a mother and I am sure helps them to rediscover their natural instincts. You might like to see my video which shows how good a mother a quail can be: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3a3Z5qAmM2Upa8 All the very best and Good Luck for a great hatch, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thank-you, appreciate your comments and what a great present for your son! Chinese quail are omnivores, so they would be eating mostly wild grain seed, they love weed seeds, like plantain and grasses and insect and other invertebrate protein. If they are too nervous, then there may be a chance they are vitamin b12 deficient and I would get them scratching about in soil looking for some worms, grubs etc. I have a blog on quail too, link on main page. All the best and just ask for more info, Sue

[@NoName-mb7iw]

Amazing how in tune you are with your birds. Love it!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there and thank you for that lovely comment. I find birds fascinating and the complexity of their hierarchies, emotions, interaction with each other and ourselves, never ceases to amaze me. I learn something new every day in the forest garden. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

[@pamsallotment]

Lovely chicks! Years ago I hatched out quail in an incubator - they are such tiny bundles of fluff. I also had bantams that hatched out chicken and duck eggs for me. As I no longer have the incubators I wish the pekin bantam I have now would go broody so I can pop some duck eggs under her. Runner ducks are useless as they rarely go broody. It's just so delightful watching a mother hen with her babies and they are so protective whatever type of baby they hatch out.

[@ShadowGirlyz]

Can I just say, you are a very smart woman

[@Pavlovafowl]

Aaww that is so kind and such a lovely thing to say. All the very best, Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thanks for your comments, I really appreciate them. The allergy link is really why I started with them but once you get started, they are just such lovely birds and they mostly get such a raw deal when kept in captivity, you just have to go on keeping them. The way they come out of their house in the morning, jumping and 'skipping' and trying out their wings is sheer joy to watch. All the best, Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thanks! She is a great mother hen. All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@quailjailss]

This was a wonderful video! Great commentary the entire time!

[@ThisLittleSnowflake]

I love your video! Your video is super relaxing ❤❤❤ I might want to raise quails thanks to you.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there and thank you so much for your comments - they are appreciated! In ancient China and Japan quail were originally raised as 'song birds' and kept for their calm and relaxing voices, sadly however, during WW2 the strains of quail that actually could sing the most sweetly were completely destroyed. I have found however that my quail have quite a range of language and on different occasions have heard them whistle and even 'bark' - you can hear these in some of my quail videos in particular this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/immle4dvo7tkmNk However, the general day-to-day cheeping sounds they make are certainly very soothing. I hope you get some quail - they need good people to care for and appreciate them! All the very best, Sue

[@carolleenkelmann4751]

YOU are a wealth of knowledge. Marvellous. I have been thinking about how I can raise quail on a small terrasse with a LONG Winter. Having no experience with quail and only acquired knowledge with chickens by watching my Mother in action in my childhood, the thought is a bit daunting. Lliving on the third floor with open accesses on the East side of a very shady area, it is perfect for somewhere hot and sunny but not to raise vegetables or flowers and, most probably, also quails. But I havent quite dispensed with the idea. It's just that I have very funny, as in strange, neighbours and everything has to be hidden and secretive. "Ordnung muß sein!"

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Carolle that is so kind, thank you! The easiest and best to raise on a terrace would be a pair of fantail pigeon. They actually were bred in the Middle East to surround sacred sites. They love their home and are very attached to their nest site. Mine were in an open garden but they never ventured further than the house roof. If you get blue ones they look like wild pigeons (except for the tail) so your neighbours could be fooled. As long as they have plenty of vegetation to sort though and good food they would just fly around a little off the balcony and then return. Just an idea - however, when they are free like this they do tend to nest and are prolific - one nest with 2 chicks per month - so I'm sort of seeing a potential problem here! You need to find a garden share! All the very best and Frohes neues Jahr! Sue xx

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi! Thanks for that comment, much appreciated. Quail are fun to raise, you just need a good mother hen to re-teach them all the things man has systematically bred out of them. After we cured Andy's hay fever I then went on raise some more and to incorporate them in the greenhouse as master pest controllers and anyway they are great to have around and the eggs are delicious! I stuck some more info on the blog and am building on it all the time but if you have any questions please do ask.

[@Pavlovafowl]

@quailjailss Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it. Thanks also for the sub, much appreciated. Best Wishes from Basse-Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@LegumesEtFleurs]

I am so glad I found your channel. Very inspirational. I very much want to raise chickens for eggs but sadly we do not have much space here. I only have a small backyard garden. I live here in Britanny, France. Thank you for this video.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there, and thanks for your kind words, they are appreciated. We are just around the corner from you in la baie de Mont Saint Michel. What about a social garden/allotment? Many people in the UK, for example have these and keep poultry on them. Plus how small is your garden and could you give poultry two levels, as in our forest garden, so that they live in the trees and hedges, this actually ends up as giving them much more usable space. If you only want to keep a couple of hens for example, which is how I started, you can tame them to work in the garden with you, this way if you have friends with gardens you can them take them around with you and do a little weeding or pest control in their gardens too. In the Middle Ages many people kept animals and birds and had little or no land themselves but they took them out to forage on common land because the animals were bonded to them and were so much tamer than present day farm animals! Common land foraging or 'pannage' is something you could do in other people's gardens. There is a great video on KZbin about two American women horticultural students who wanted to start a market garden business but couldn't afford to buy land, so they went to all the neighbouring gardens, where people just had lawns and asked if they could use them to start up an organic vegetable garden. The people who owned the garden got a portion of the organic vegetables grown, the rest they sold. They set up a thriving business. So many people have land and have no idea what to do with it, the same is true in France, all that lawn that just has to be mown! Also there are a lot of second homes in Britanny as there are here. You may find someone who would love you to take over their garden in exchange for weeding and maybe eventually a few eggs - as your flock expands. Hope this is of use and that you will find a way to get you hens, there is nothing like home-raised eggs! All the very best and really good luck, Sue

[@catherineadams769]

Hi Pav, loved this video clip and you have an excellent voice for this too, very soothing. I will look at the others too. I have kept various breeds of chickens before now, organically and so enjoyed it. Currently I am unable to do so but we too are moving to France later this year and eventually I am hoping to raise fowl again, and certainly quail are on my list!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Catherine Adams Hi Catherine, Thanks for your kind words, much appreciated. If you are interested I have extra information on my blog holistic-hen.blogspot.com and am in the process of writing up other articles on organic quail raising to go with the more recent films. France is a good place to keep birds as there is plenty of land, so many smallholders/homesteaders and the organic movement is thriving, so no problem in getting organic supplies locally. Good luck with your move and all the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@catherineadams769]

Pavlovafowl Just popped on and also of Andy's site.... lots to watch and read...thank you. Look forward to your additional info :)

[@Pavlovafowl]

Catherine Adams Hi Catherine, Thanks, hope you enjoy them - we are adding more as often as possible! I just put up another post on quail:- choosing a mother hen, with the first two of five case studies - sharing what I gained from each experience: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2014/05/raising-quail-organically-with-mother.html All the very best, Sue

[@randomdude4669]

Glad I decided to get quails for the bottom of my avairy, such a quirky bird eggs are good too

[@dalewright3667]

Growing up on a farm. My mother had 600 laying hens. And at least 150 of them would brood eggs to hatching.We hatched quail ducks turkeys guinea fowl eggs as well. Never a problem

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there Dale - we had 3000 laying hens but my Father went to Agricultural College in the 50s, so we had a room full of incubators, turning out pheasants, turkeys and chicks. I must say though, they were all free-range - real free-range and they roosted outside in the apple trees, (the pheasants living in a woodland) but you were super lucky to have had all those chicks to grow up with! Thank you for sharing, much appreciated and all the very best from Normandie, Sue

[@dalewright3667]

@@Pavlovafowl Wow that was a lot of fowls incubating. We had incubators as well. The turkeys were wild mixed. In Virginia the turkey populations were healthy. Our hens were mating with the wild turkeys. My mother put 4 turkey eggs under this bantam hen, she hatched them and within a week the baby turkeys were as large as mum!. She was so protective of her clutch, when cows or horses got near her you could see the hen flying up to attack the cows near her babies. Just one of the memories. Thanks for your film.

[@anaclet]

What a wonderful video! Very nice message. And yo have such a beautiful sweet voice. Thank you so much.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi anaclet Thank-you for your comments, they are appreciated and it's so kind of you to take the time to express them. I'm sorry if I didn't reply to you sooner, there no longer seems any correlation in the section beneath my videos between the comments themselves and when and if I replied to them! All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@tgvjyczxx6234]

Beautiful!!!

[@seanhenderson8870]

Great video! I learned a lot, the bit about the selenium in Brazil nuts and B vits in the brewers flakes was priceless! I had eczema from age 16-42 and asthma from 18-27 and hay fever from 12-37. I handled the asthma using a blowgun in my garage to strengthen my lungs, it took about 6 months and I became a great shot with it. At age 37 I became a beekeeper and that handled my hay fever. I just found out last year that I am gluten intolerant and that took care of my eczema. Of all the doctors I have seen about the eczema not one suggested it might be gluten. They all wanted to try me on different pills. Some of the medications were way worse than the eczema. I wish I would have known about quail eggs sooner.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Sean Henderson Hi Sean Thanks and you are very welcome. I mixed the brazil nut flakes with turmeric (curcumin which is great for 'rebooting' the neurons) and coconut oil to get my little Sebright hen out of a panic attack or stroke which had paralysed her down one side - I was amazed how quickly it worked! I know people often play brass instruments to help them with lung development but a blow pipe is a great idea. Unfortunately most doctors aren't that au fait with or interested in nutrition, vets neither sadly. The quail eggs are good for so many allergies and staying away from gluten if you are allergy susceptible is a really good idea. It's great you have been able to heal yourself. Unless you are very lucky and able to find organic quail eggs you are probably better raising them yourself, which if you have the space is great fun, they are lovely little birds and can become very tame. All the very best, Sue

[@myminifarm5700]

So beautiful. Thanks for the information.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there and so sorry I only just found your comment today. You are welcome and I'm so happy you found the video useful. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

A great deal and in particular they will protect you from allergies. The better the wild and organic diet you can feed them, the more nutritious their eggs will be. Many vitamins on sale are also synthetic so you will be much better off getting these from quail eggs, your garden produce and being out in the sunshine. All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

You are welcome! It is such a worthwhile experience and you get so much better quail and if you are raising them to sell then organically raised quail are so sought after, particularly as the allergy treatment has gone mainstream over the last few years. You also will not get that awful crazy nervous behaviour, the Mother hen makes them aware of danger but trains them to deal with it more rationally. Hen and quail diet is not exactly the same but quail chicks reject /accept the food offered -c-

[@davescopes249]

What a fantastic illustrated video. brilliant camera work and yes what a beautiful clear voice without that strange upward inflection at the end of every sentence. if you know what I mean. I've just hatched some quails out in an incubator and now they are almost the size of my one adult quail that I already had. I so wanted some more to put with her to keep her company. I can't wait for one of them or one of my Chicken hens to go broody so I can hatch some more. or chickens. Ducks. anything. it's great fun. thanks for sharing your video 👍🐓🐣🐤🐔

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Dave, Aaww that is so kind! I'm afraid you've got chick fever and there is no cure. I am like that every year in the Spring, at the moment we've nine unexpected chicks in the garden with their mother, a hen and her quail chick in the arbour another mother and one chick in the garden (this was an egg left by our little cousin under a hen when they went back to NY - so he can come back and see how it's grown. Then there's a hen sitting a couple of duck eggs and two hens eggs which we found under a serial broody in the garden and another hen on 5 quail eggs - oh and the jackdaw.... Once you start raising birds you can't stop, I started with 2! All the very best and really good luck with the quail and the broodies. Sue

[@davescopes249]

Hi Sue. WOW you have got your hands full. Lol. You are right. I can't stop. I've also got a very tame rescued European Starling. I had 5 brought to me about 3 years ago because they fell out of a nest in a wall that was cut through because someone was having an extension built. 1 of them died within 10 minutes because they got so cold. But the other 4 got very tame to me as I fed them constantly. Then when they could fly I let them go in my garden. After a long time they all reluctantly flew away. I was kind of sad. Then all of a sudden one landed on my shoulder and would not leave me. So I've built a beautiful pine wooden frame large cage for it in my conservatory. It goes outside but won't fly away. It talks and eats out of my mouth. Lol. Well anyway before I get completely Carried away. Good luck and thank you. All the best.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Dave and what a great experience. Starlings are incredible birds. We had one at my parents home in the UK, it used to imitate the phone and drive us all mad when we were out in the garden! My parents who were both teachers and really liked complete peace at the weekend, changed the phone (this was when there was only one ring per phone). Within an hour, the starling could imitate the new 'ring' to perfection! We also had a starling here and a blackbird too that got to know that my first three hens (this was in 2000) were afraid of buzzards - the garden was then an open field with just an apple orchard for cover. The starling and later the blackbird would sit high up in an apple tree and imitate a buzzard just after I put out the breakfasts, thus the hens would run away... I only found out about this after a few weeks as the birds would wait until I was back in the house - I caught them out when I came back one time with some extra special breakfast treat! Birds have great bonds with humans when they know they can trust them! All the very best to you and your starling and I've subbed to your channel in the hope you will make a film! Sue

[@davescopes249]

Pavlovafowl Lol. Yeah mine can be a little git but it's a lovely pet. and it it's the very few scraps of food I leave 😂😂😆😉

[@davidtrees1714]

Thanks Sue. Wow, what a revelation. Quail eggs have helped your Andy over come hay fever and eczema. Do you know what it is that causes the healing of his immune system? I used to suffer with it until I was cured through prayer and diet. I used to take nearly 2 boxes of anti-histamine until I found it was food related primarily. Then with good management and prayer it was cured. This however was such a wonderful find for me as we are moving towards self sufficiency and we are thinking of raising a couple of different kinds of poultry for personal nutrition.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi David Trees Thanks for your comments, much appreciated. The actual modern research into quail eggs was instigated by a Dr Truffier, who was inspired by a man who raised quail in the 1960s and gave the eggs to his wife, curing her of a severe multi-allergy problem. The therapeutic value of the eggs however, has been known and documented both in Japan and China since Mediaeval times. In recent years the enzymes which actively inhibit the various allergies have been identified within the white of the quail eggs and about a decade ago I saw boxes of tablets derived from organic quail eggs on sale at one of our local organic shops. If you want to know more, search on; 'quail egg ovomucoid trypsin inhibitors' . I would certainly suggest you keep quail! We raise several old breeds of bantams and fantail pigeons as well as quail, and they never cease to amaze me. If it would be of any use, I also have a blog: holistic-hen.blogspot.fr which has more information about our quail et al and there are also more recent films about last year's hatch on here too and more to come. All the very best and Good Luck, self-sufficiency is a great goal! Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thanks! Much appreciate your comments. All the best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@MyInspiredCreation]

Wow! I'm looking forward to moving to where I'm allowed to grow chickens, quails ... They are just so adorable!!!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thank-you for your comments, they are appreciated. It's my goal to build a secure and large enough run so that they can fly and raise their own chicks. I can't let them totally free-range to do this as we have too many predators, martens, birds of prey and sometimes rats. The quail need to be able to nest on the ground and to feel secure out at night. I am working on it though. So far I have had one pair of quail actually make a nest and lay 2 eggs in it! All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@annasecrist9824]

Hi, how do you get the hen to sit on them? Was she being already broody and sitting on her own eggs and you put quail eggs under her? How long does it take for quail eggs to hatch?

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi and thanks for your comments. Firstly you really need to know the hen well, so I usually choose a broody (she must already be well broody) , who has already raised chicks so that I've already seen her as a mother, in both how she sits eggs and how she looks after chicks. Quail are very different to hen chicks, they are precocial, so are almost ready from the first to look for food but in our climate they get cold quickly and thus the hen needs to be aware of that. Without heat they will very easily slip into coma and die. Funnily enough with a hen as a mother, quail chicks very quickly get attached and become dependent on her to find food, it make sense really - why bother when someone will do it for you! I've had a quail raise her own chicks and she obviously let them forage but she also understood the climate they were in and was always shouting at them to come back an get warm - she also would carry them in her feathers, so that they could get out and feed! (Quail chicks burrow down in the hen's feathers for that reason I believe and that is one of the problems to be aware of as they can get caught up in the hen's very much longer feathers.) I take a hen that is broody, who has been sitting for several days on a china egg and remove that and then put the quail eggs under her, first of all showing her each egg to make sure she sees it and is not worried by its size and colouring. In the past I have hens get really upset about quail eggs and start throwing them out of the nest but if you show the eggs and talk to her and keep her calm, I find the stress goes away. That said, if you are going to go to the expense of obtaining some fertile eggs then the first time you attempt this, it might be a good idea to have a reserve broody just in case things go wrong. The eggs can start pipping and sometimes even fully hatching, from the 15th day but usually it takes 19 days and I have had them hatch after that. In my experience there are no absolute rules for anything to do with poultry, my birds are individuals, some make brilliant quail mothers and some don't, it's just a matter of you finding out which ones would be the best. I have a whole series of films and written articles on raising quail in a natural as possible way, from choosing a mother hen to making a quail environment so as your quail will pair off and raise their own. Here is the playlist: of 39 videos kzbin.info/aero/PLHgq6wrWg6dedER4JF4EYs85yt9LWkkUc and the link for my 34 written articles holistic-hen.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_27.html (these also contain most of the films but not all) The articles are probably better organised than the films in the playlist but I do intend to reorganise them into a more logical order! All the very best and really good luck, Sue

[@trueintellect]

Are you able to free range the quail still? That would be amazing! Thanks for the nutritional tips as well. Very helpful!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Oh yes, I take them on gardening jobs with me! Nutrition is one of the key factors in getting your quail optimum nervous system function, so this also impacts on their ability to free-range and not get spooked. I wrote about it on my site here if you are interested: holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2017/05/ideas-for-encouraging-pair-bonding.html#.YGRiXrov6V5 By the way the old film I mentioned in my previous comment to you is going to be remade with more footage and I will be posting it on my Bitchute and Odysee sites if you are interested. All the very best, Sue xx

[@Pavlovafowl]

Coturnix japonica or Japanese quail, also referred to as Old World Quail. They differ from the common quail in that they talk a lot!!! In fact although they were bred originally in Japan for their nutritional and later medicinal eggs, in ancient China they were bred as song birds. They have very soothing voices.

[@nickcheese314]

Great video and a beautiful yard! I use to raise Coturnix Quail a few years ago on wire. Its recommended to raise and keep them on wire because they are very susceptible to dirt born pathogens and worms. Not trying to come off snarky or anything but I recommend treating them for worms at least once a year or so to keep them in tip top shape! You can buy de-wormer made for quail or use organic food grade DE and sprinkle it in there food every week. Have a wonderful day!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Nick Cheese No problem and thanks for your comments! My understanding is that quail are only susceptible to a build up of pathogens because of the environment in which they are traditionally kept, i.e., too small an area, with too many birds in close proximity. The wire is therefore a way of avoiding a build up of droppings and worms are a fait accompli of the same intensive husbandry.. I actually did get a comment from a neighbour's relative when I started raising quail that;- 'quail die if they touch the ground' and I sort of understand why he thought this but for any 'epidemic' to occur, as Pasteur said, 'man needs to provide the environment in which it may exist'. I have a large space for my quail and I do move the soil around within the greenhouse and my quail actually rotate through our three greenhouses as well as going outside in the garden. Another problem with quail, which impairs their immune system, is stress, which is why I work quite hard at getting mine onto a good foraged insect protein diet and try to rectify any nutrient deficiencies inherited through buying non-organic hatching eggs - which is all there is on offer here. I think your observations are very valid but I just like to raise my quail in as large a space as possible, which should obviate the need for treatments and wire! All the very best from France, where Spring has finally arrived! Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@سلماننوراحمد]

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[@سلماننوراحمد]

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[@longtail4711]

That's fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing this, it was very inspiring and informative. I've never heard of using quail eggs for allergies before! I started raising honeybees to cure mine and it's worked, but I'm planning a quail project in the future so I definitely want to try it.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there, Thank-you so much for your kind comments, they are appreciated. I have written a detailed two part article on the history and posology of medicinal quail eggs and of how we raised our quail to produce happy and as natural as possible birds and the resultant therapeutic grade: holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2016/01/quail-eggs-history-medicine-and-pure.html#.V2AG5e2li1F If you have written up your experience with allergy and raising bees, I would be very interested in reading it. All the very best from Normandie, Pavolovafowl aka Sue

[@TheAquaman1979]

Great video and beautiful garden. Thank you

[@Pavlovafowl]

TheAquaman1979 Hi and Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@boomer1ou]

Nice natured hen looks like my silver duckwing bantams In summer they go clucky crazy and all excellent mums.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Chriss, Yes Polly is a silver duckwing Ardenner bantam and Ardenners are amazing mothers and permanently in clucky mode! What sort of silver duckwing breed do you have? If they are Dorkings then they were bred by the Romans, originally from the Ardenner. All the very best, Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

... cont. If, however you are talking about a small local shop, these quail may be kept outside. You need to ask/visit the producer/farmer. It's also important the quail eat organic food because in eating the eggs you eat what they eat and quail usually live in cages and are fed medicated and now GMO grain. This is why I raise them myself!! The fact of cage-rearing has meant selective breeding out of natural instincts but quail should sit their own eggs and I hope to do this. Best wishes, Sue!

[@Hellonurse20]

Very well made! I never knew that! I will be getting quail!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thank-you, your comments are appreciated! Yes quail eggs are amazing and breeding your own quail is really the best option. They are such loveable birds too and a real joy to keep. All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue P.S. If you are interested, there is a two part blog post of mine on the history of the medical use of quail eggs: holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2016/01/quail-eggs-history-medicine-and-pure.html#.V7sXDNGli1F

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

What breed are these they are so sweet. Years ago, in the 70's, I had a few Japanese Coturnix Quail, amazing little egg laying machines. Eggs are very hard to peel though aren't they. Now that I think back I don't think they ever did go broody and hatch their own young, is that why you use a foster mother.

[@marie-antoinettelesage2962]

bonsoir Sue et Andy, ces commentaires sont super bien. .j'adore aussi toutes vos vidéos merci beaucoup à bientôt Marie-Antoinette et Gérard

[@Pavlovafowl]

marie-antoinette lesage Salut les amis! C'est gentil de partager le video et merci bien pour tes commentaires, très appréciés. Les petits poussins (pas si petits maintenant) vous disent piou piou! A bientôt. Bisous, Sue et Andy

[@pauljohn3230]

Fascinating! What a lovely arrangement :) Spending time in Thailand I would eat quail eggs by the handful from local markets, very tasty! But I wasn't aware of the medicinal benefits, quite interesting... It would be great to see you bring the quails back to a fully natural state, good luck with that! Oh, looks like a nice garden you have there too :)

[@organic888]

I plan on raising quail I enjoyed your video very much.

[@Snowkitty1424]

I love how you raise them :) i have read that putting or raising quails on ground they are more susceptible to getting worms. Did or do you have that problem? I would have to get quails and i would to let them on fresh grass/on the ground. But a lot of people say that if your raising them for meat or eggs you shouldn't have them on the ground because of health/worm problems. if you have to give them meds for the worms then u cant eat the eggs for a week or two and you cant eat the meat for even longer. I think they would enjoy being on the ground because in the wild that's what they do. If you have any advise or info on this please reply. Thank you very much and keep up the great work :)

[@andyhyde5576]

My Cochin Bantam doing well with her one quail chick, now 3 weeks old. Such a lovely partnership. They are in the back garden for protection and Pickles, Ponty's Pekin mate is on more quail eggs due to hatch this weekend. so far she has only cracked one egg and we have hopes she will not step on her chicks. Andy in suffolk

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Andy I am so happy things are working out for you and Ponty and the quail - it really is not a simple task to raise quail with a hen but once you have done it the rewards are enormous and the quail chicks not only love their mother (so much more than a heat lamp!) but they learn so much from her. I am absolutely certain that my quail started nesting and caring for their own chicks only because their mother hen brought out that latent behaviour in them. Hearing my mother quail singing out for her babies was one of the sweetest sounds I have ever heard. Hard work and a big learning curve for me paid off a hundredfold and knowing that other people are attempting this too, is just the icing on the cake. really good luck, Sue

[@andyhyde5576]

@@Pavlovafowl Thank you for your encouraging comments. Ponty has taken her 4week old quail back to other hens and she is keen to join them again after a long gap. Pickles, her Cochin friend, has done better with 4 quail from 12 eggs. They are nearly two weeks old now and she has them outside during the day learning to be birds. Andy

[@Pavlovafowl]

Well done all of you!

[@Pavlovafowl]

@SalinasValleyFarmer Hi Salinas Valley Farmer, thanks so much for the comment and the thumbs up. Hope your garden is doing well. Further to our conversation about natural ways to control pests, quail are a great way to keep down the green, white and blackfly populations in the greenhouse, just make sure they have had plenty of greenery before you let them in - they are very partial to a nice crisp lettuce!

[@sahabatpropas]

your farm is good. Good luck always.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thank you for your kind comments and good luck to you too from Normandie, Sue

[@sahabatpropas]

@@Pavlovafowl u're wlcome brother.

[@sovoyita]

I love how you raise your quail! Unfortunately for me, I have a fairly large flock with some dogs that love to catch unprotected little dove-sized birds. We raise ours in a cage, but I always make sure to give them plenty of fresh clippings and seeds that our other birds would find outside. Their coop is inside a larger coop, so when it comes to be afternoon, they can hop out for a dust bath before I put them away for the evening. I want to build a tiny, predator free garden for them soon! ^_^

[@Pavlovafowl]

@dalecalder2003 Hi Dale, Yes they are Coturnix. My goal is to try and get a quail to sit. Over the decades because of the way they are normally kept the broodiness has been deliberately bred out of them as with commercial laying hens - so the trick is to encourage them to feel safe enough to make nests. Mine have made nests and last year they actually started hiding and covering up the eggs as if they meant to go back and sit when they had a clutch but no success yet - hence the brilliant Polly.

[@tomscobbie9140]

Hi and a big thank you,for getting back to me, i will see if i can find a breeder that i can buy some ardenner eggs to hatch out, love your films i have chineses Quails but hope to have some fancy Quails Thanks again,Tom

[@Pavlovafowl]

+Tom Scobbie You are very welcome. Let us know how you get on. All the best, Sue

[@carolnefedow]

The birds are so cute.

[@ETEXCEL]

What a voice.....!!!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Mine or the hen's? All the very best from Normandie, Sue xx

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thanks! Much appreciate your comment. Best Wishes, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@angelbader5416]

My bantam silky lost her eggs none of them hatch and she wouldn’t stop sitting on them. So I bought two one day old chicks and two quails. She had four eggs what I did was move the eggs quickly and put them under her and she immediately took them in like they were her own babies. She protected them all very well.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there Angel and sorry to be so late in replying - the reporting of comments has really been messed up for some time, so I only just found yours through this new 'comments I haven't replied to' feature! I have done the same thing and actually have given a hen some quail chicks that were two weeks old, which works really well when combined with a hen chick as then there is less chance of the quail getting trodden on and also having to compete with the bigger chick for food. What quail chicks lack in size they certainly make up for in speedy reactions! Well done you and 'Happy New Year' from Normandie, Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi, the word free-range is defined by DEFRA (UK) as a special marketing term (SMT) and that is as good as it gets. This means in poultry the birds have access to the outside for half their lives (in meat bird hybrids this can be 20 days). It just means that there are openings in the side of a shed and they can go out but as they are packed in, there is little chance that the ones at the back ever will. In quail you would need to research what the term actually means in the country where you live

[@Pavlovafowl]

Raised on organic and foraged wild food, given space and free from stress, mine live for about 5 years, which is the same as in the wild apparently. However, I have had one over 5 and still laying and fine and so tame she could free range most of the time but she was sadly eaten by a rat (when enclosed at night) so I'm not sure what a final old age could be. All the best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@Jack-nn6ff]

Great video with excellent explanation! 👍

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thank you very much for your kind comment, I so appreciate your feedback. All the very best from Normandie, Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

Thanks for your comments, much appreciated. The biggest problem with raising quail is predator attack and of course that can include domestic pets. If you can get them out in a garden though, the benefits will be huge. All the very best, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@sophieosullivan4679]

Great film. Thank you.

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi, Sophie, Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. If you are interested I have articles on my quail here: holistic-hen.blogspot.com All the very best, Sue

[@lill8537]

I did this after watching your video with a broody Silkie. She was a wonderful mother to the baby quails but out of the 10 that hatched, only 4 survived (which she raised to adulthood). In the first week I kept finding dead babies. Some were squashed. Others had “hung” themselves because quail babies burrow and they got caught in her feathers. In the first week I kept having to disentangle those caught. Some I found too late (they were dead). Others were still alive when I disentangled them. After the first week they stopped getting entangled and I didn’t have to worry about finding any more dead chicks. I am wondering if the best way forward is to have her incubate the eggs and then I remove them when they hatch and brood them under a lamp for a week (when they are bigger) and then sneak them back under her then? Or just wear the losses from future hatches? Did you have this problem too?

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi Lil, (sorry about the essay but you have raised really important points in re quail chick rearing). I have found through doing this several times that it really depends on the hen. Some hens develop a 'shuffle' with quail chicks so they hardly ever lift their feet whilst in the nest. Otherwise I found that I had to constantly watch them those first few days and in particular if there were any deficiencies in the chicks then they were really at risk as they hadn't the agility to get from underfoot. I think this last point is important as the hen can not know this. So now I make sure the quail chicks get maximum invertebrate diet from day one and a hard boiled egg if supplies from the compost heap are low. However, since I began breeding meal worms this no longer happens. With the feather-strangling problem, I had to make sure that my hen was totally in the darkness until I woke her up and I then I would lift her off the nest and make sure I held onto her feet because, she would probably kick if she felt a chick hanging off her. I also choose to use Frizzles and Sebright crosses too because their much sparser feathering means that there is less to get caught up in. I didn't realise the significance of the 'burrowing' habits of quail chicks until my quail hen hatched her own babies. She would carry the chicks to a new feeding site and keep them warm this way,. When she wanted them to come out to feed, she shook them out of her feathers, so I guessed they were purposefully twisting themselves into the down of her feathers. Thus with the hen's down feathers being so much longer, the chicks risked getting permanently caught up in them and also through this in the feathers proper. I have only had one experience of raising hen chicks in a brooder and it wasn't a good one. I also believe those first days are crucial particularly for a quail chick as they are precocial and don't really need the mother except for warmth. So to get them to create that mutual bond is so important. With a mother hen, mine learned so much from her from day one and I am absolutely sure that is why with Cappuccino, for example, several of her chicks went onto become mothers. Quail have lost so much by bad treatment that they really need to relearn and revive those skills and my reasoning was that the mother hen would give them that. In the end and ironically she would make herself redundant because of being such a good teacher. My goal was always to get the quail to raise her own but obviously this took me quite some time and I had to keep rethinking my mother hen, viz., lightness of weight, small as possible, fine feathered and adaptable to the quail chick's needs. Then with the chicks, I needed to provide an optimum diet, to avoid potential deficiencies acquired in the egg, so no potential to get squashed. I also stopped buying commercial hatchery eggs, where curled toe/riboflavin deficiency was the norm! A brooder combination as you suggest could work well. I've found finessing chicks even a week old or more under a good broody, to be no problem but I'd just be wary of losing those crucial first days of bonding. It's a really hard task to get all your quail chicks to adulthood but some hens and chicks sail through it. I would also think about Seramas - experienced breeders have major successes with them and quail. Thanks so much for your comments and question, it is really important to know just what you are taking on and what can go wrong but also not to be put off because things can go really well too! Much love from Normandie, Sue xx

[@lill8537]

@@Pavlovafowl Thank you for your reply. It definitely is a learning experience. My Silkie hen was a brilliant mother. She stayed with them (the ones that survived) till they were well on their way to adulthood. And then as if she knew they were capable of being on their own, she returned to the chicken flock. Just like that. I was wondering how to wean her off them but she did it herself. The advantage of Silkies is that they don’t fly so whilst she seemed to want to encourage the quail chicks to roost, she soon realized that it was a futile affair so she slept on the nesting area with them. I understand your reasons for the necessary bonding that needs to take place hence the hesitation about taking the chicks off her as they hatch and then returning them to her after they are bigger. Her Silkie down like feathers may have contributed to the strangling being more of an issue (like you said). She’s just one big fluff ball! I don’t think she trod on them, she was always careful. The likely scenario is that they got caught on her feathers (when burrowing) and as she shifted her weight whilst sitting, they were squashed. I had done my research and it would appear that Silkies were used as “incubators” in ages past for quail but I haven’t been able to find anything recent about how it was done. All the poultry sites keep saying never to do it because they spread disease. I will give it another go because my Silkie hen has gone broody again (and try as I may, she just will not come out of her trance). The 4 quail that survived turned out to be all Roos so I am hoping this time I have a better result and get some hens. The quail live on the ground in a big aviary enclosure which I have tried to make as “natural” as possible in hope that they would revert back to their natural instinct to hatch their own babies.

[@Nasutoyo]

Amazing! I enjoyed your video and learned a lot from it. Thank you for sharing!

[@fringedweller9058]

This video is so inspiring and the birds are so adorable. I am so glad that i stumbled upon your wonderful channel. Can i ask what you feed your quail and if you have made a video about it?

[@Pavlovafowl]

Hi there and thank you for your lovely comments, they are very much appreciated. I made a film which went through a week of 'menus', feeding all my poultry including the quail. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYucZqCChMibnaM This film was made in the Winter, at a time when the quail do not have huge invertebrate protein demands but in the next few weeks they will be getting invertebrates from our many compost heaps and mealworms from our own organic mealworm mini-farm. Without this invertebrate diet my quail wouldn't lay, nest and raise chicks, as I have found a mainly sprouted grain and vegetable diet in the breeding season is not enough. Also the chicks need an almost total invertebrate diet to grow well as they would in the wild. Without methionine and B12, which are not available in grain, they would also not be as calm and laid-back and with good immune system function. Hope this helps and please get back to me if you require more information. It is more hard work this way but it is an as near as possible natural diet for our quail. I also have a site The Holistic Hen with more written articles on our quail and on here, my most recent films show our quail set up, which is in itself a self-perpetuating food source. All the very bet from sunny Normandie, Sue

[@fringedweller9058]

Thank you Sue for your replies. I am going to look into it and the organic mealworms is something I would like to do. I don't have any quail as yet but trying to find out as much information as possible before hand. I keep 2 exotic rodent species at home which are Duprasi and Persian Jirds and I supplement their diet with live mealworms but to give them organic ones would be brilliant.

[@Pavlovafowl]

in an incredibly understanding way! As you are good with hens you can create that bond during brooding, the bantam will know very quickly if she can trust you. I put the egg in, which was her own because I had had an issue with her Mother, who didn't like the quail eggs when she first saw them and needed her own to reassure her to start to sit. Polly actually had no problem but I kept it with her anyway. I have several blogposts on quail if you want, take a look & ask anything or message me, Sue

[@Pavlovafowl]

You are lucky in the US to have organic quail farms for birds and hatching eggs and you have much greater variety of species. Mine are Coturnix japonica and I can get Colinus virginianus, they are great birds to keep but you should check out the others. I will send you a mail with a fuller answer but just for anyone else, predators with quail are a real problem, so even if really tame, they need to be safe when you are not with them, e.g. you can make a movable run over a raised vegetable bed.

[@carolnefedow]

What a great video.