If you're keeping quail in a small outdoor enclosure on the ground perhaps think about making a mesh floor to keep out any vermin as rats love to eat quail and would dig under walls to get to them.
Nice to see a proper welsh RUclips channel! Being welsh myself its lush to see :) I'll be incubating my own small quail family soon! looking forward to it, good luck with yours! Looking forward to more videos with tips!
I just stumbled upon this channel. I'm so grateful for you guys putting this out. I have quail, chickens, rabbits, mealworms and I love gardening (way too much). I'll get into ducks for pest control and ferrets for rodent control this year. This video was top notch! keep it up. Greetings from Belgium!
G'day from Downunder (Australia). Huw Richards led me to Adam and he in turn led me to your site. Great information from all three sites (I might have to learn Cymraeg) but I'm enjoying listening to and learning from them.
Hi Shinsan!! So glad to hear you enjoy watching our channel! 😊 Huw and Adam are great. I really enjoy watching their channel too! Won’t be a bad thing to do!! Cymraeg is a great language!! 😁 Thanks for taking the time to comment and letting me know your watching the channel from the other side of the world!! 😁
I've been thinking about getting quail for a couple of years now, but want to make sure the foxes, dogs, cats and, now I know, rats can't get them. We already have those black water butts, so it's good to know they can be used for watering the birds (detailed plans for that set-up would be great). The main reason I've stalled is because I'd hate to butcher them, even though having a source of meat would be fantastic.
Do your quail have food and water over night I don’t want to put it in the hutch for mess and rats trying to find out if it’s ok for no food and water over night ?
@@gwenyngruffydd Yeah we keep all our poultry in a pen within a pen, large walk in head height pen is entered and the smaller cages are kept inside there. Otherwise, bobcat, coyote, marten, etc can reach in and yank on their cages. You can also keep them in a lighted room like a garage or shed with a window. One person I know has them in the house as pets since she has no yard. Just 2 quail make me about 15 eggs a week which is like 4 chicken eggs.
I seen a blog on RUclips A man said, When putting eggs in a incubator The roundish eggs make female chicks And the the pointed ones make male chicks If you run your finger over the pointed end You should feel like a thorn Which most times too small to see with the eyes He said he has 100% Success rate with this method Because we all want more females
Thanx for the info, I will see if I can tell on my quail eggs. There are lotsa kind of quail though so it may not work on all of them. My friend has 2 pet quail and does not like the taste of eggs so I get all the eggs, good deal for me.
I had to look to the animal kingdom for unconditional love, and its there in every way it could be, at 9 days your incubating eggs are attentively listening to the outside world for signs of their mother, as is their mother listening out for them, everyday after your eggs are anticipating the opportunity to establish communication becoming increasingly more of a motivation thus they feel excited by the idea of hatching. HUMANITY WE ARE BLIND...
Inspired to keep Quail. I never realised laying was confined to those longer days. Great video. Do you think you might get a few eggs before the end of the summer ?
Thank you, I keep them outdoors in a coop. This will be my first winter keeping them but as I understand their really hardy birds and will cope with a bit of snow and ice as long as they have shelter.
@@gwenyngruffydd thank's for the reply! A bit more questions...Ive been thinking of incubating quails...but where I live we dont really have any starter crumble(the commercial food to feed quails/other birds when they are still new to the world...Should I stick to insects like they would eat in the wild as babies?what did you feed them when your quails were small?
You can buy small game feed. Or pheasant and partridge feed. More nutritious than chicken feed. That’s what I feed ours since the day they came here. You can crush it up more fine so baby chicks?
Thank you for the informative video as I'm thinking of getting some quail, can I ask how long do the fresh eggs last and can you eat them straight away? Many thanks
@@gwenyngruffydd Thank you so much for replying as I couldn't find the answers anywhere. I look forward to watching all your videos as I've subscribed. Many thanks 🙂
Some people have a light on a timer for four hours starting at 0400 Hrs To keep them laying in the Winter But some people think this is not fair on the quail Not having a break But the only lay for about two years
My pack of 3 female quails are extremely aggressive to newcomers.. Two young female quails were introduced, and picked and attacked so aggressively that I seperated the 3 from them, in a cage within the cage. I introduce them one at the time now so the young ones get some rest. If it was just some picking, fine, but feathers were everywhere and one got wounded badly. Any ideas...?
Lovely video - thank you. I've just recently started keeping quail. I've hatched mine from eggs and they've just started laying (I have artificial light on them too) Beautiful fun birds. Can you tell me what organic feed Adam uses please.
Please be careful feeding watermelon and green leafy eatable plants since their daily protein requirement can be compromised. A little, now and then, is fine. Malnutrition makes them less able to fight disease organisms already inside their bodies, like avian tuberculosis. In the wild they eat bugs to supplement their high protein requirements. As a treat try feeding them live grasshoppers, instead.
Hey there! Loved your tips. Can you give me advice on how to prevent the quails from wanting to escape? My quail cage opens up to the top (so like a car trunk) and I can barely manage to keep them from „hopping“ out🫣😅. The cage has got two „separatable“ parts but it is still a whole mission impossible. I would really appreciate some tips! Thanks a lot.👍😄
How does one test intelligence? conceptualization,, My quail are now one month old and they're just short of the same size as my shoes and in tip top condition I might add , Anyhow they follow me everywhere I go and the instant I take of my shoes there is no pause of confusion at all, they instantly recognize that I have taken off my shoes, this is not the case with all animals that they have a concept of clothing... these animals are not at all dumb and the fact that we fail to recognize their intelligence says more about us than them..
@@gwenyngruffydd true! I decided against chickens and ducks. Quail had never entered my mind! Now I think quail would work, i don't need to let them in and out everyday, less noise, mateys autofeed creations...Q...average age quail stops laying,goes in the pot? How long can they live and i heard incubated quails dont always have the in built nesting,sitting on eggs to naturally breed. Quails are now a serious consideration!
Interesting talk but I don't think recommending 10-12 quail for that tiny area is a good idea. That might suit the human for egg production but isn't taking their quality-of-life into consideration. We should be making sure captive animal are given as natural a habitat as possible including space for physical activity and mental enrichment.
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This channel is worth it just for the lovely Welsh accents.
😁😁😁
Thank you :D
Couldn't agree more, Patrick.
i know,
If you're keeping quail in a small outdoor enclosure on the ground perhaps think about making a mesh floor to keep out any vermin as rats love to eat quail and would dig under walls to get to them.
Thanks again for the advice and contribution to the channel 😊👍🏻
Wouldn't that cause issues with bumblefoot?
Very useful video, great to watch and full of lots of useful information.
I was looking for someone in the uk to gain knowledge, and I found you from Wales even better as I'm from Wales as well.
Adam is mainly on Instagram, give him a follow 😊👍🏻
Nice to see a proper welsh RUclips channel! Being welsh myself its lush to see :) I'll be incubating my own small quail family soon! looking forward to it, good luck with yours! Looking forward to more videos with tips!
Thank you so much Leah 😊😊
Cymru am byth :)
I just stumbled upon this channel. I'm so grateful for you guys putting this out. I have quail, chickens, rabbits, mealworms and I love gardening (way too much). I'll get into ducks for pest control and ferrets for rodent control this year. This video was top notch! keep it up. Greetings from Belgium!
Thank you so much Ruben! 😊👍🏻 🇧🇪
Thanks for sharing... and I loved the French and Italian accents!!!
Your welcome!! 😁😂
Great water system
Sure is! 😊
Such a helpful video. Well done
No problem 😊 glad you found it useful
G'day from Downunder (Australia). Huw Richards led me to Adam and he in turn led me to your site. Great information from all three sites (I might have to learn Cymraeg) but I'm enjoying listening to and learning from them.
Hi Shinsan!!
So glad to hear you enjoy watching our channel! 😊
Huw and Adam are great. I really enjoy watching their channel too!
Won’t be a bad thing to do!! Cymraeg is a great language!! 😁
Thanks for taking the time to comment and letting me know your watching the channel from the other side of the world!! 😁
wow....thanks for the tips
No problem 😌
Great video thanks for sharing glad I found your channel
Glad to have you here 😊👍🏻
We are starting Quail now, have eggs in an incubator and also have chicks arriving in 2 weeks. Can’t wait to get them going.
Good luck on the new venture 😄👍🏻👍🏻
I follow you on TikTok and I'm getting quail soon. Didn't even realize it was your RUclips channel lol 😂
Now you know!! 🤠
Just stumbled across this channel, definitely subscribing
Thank you 😊
Great video thanks for sharing. I'd love to do this. Put in a vegetable plot last year and would love to do this in the new year.
Thank You 😊 keeping quails is great and the eggs are delicious!!
It's definitely worth a try you won't be disappointed :)
I read somewhere that quails housed in a more natural environment are more likely going broody. Compared to ones that live in cramped wire cages.
I love this guys diy!
😊
I've been thinking about getting quail for a couple of years now, but want to make sure the foxes, dogs, cats and, now I know, rats can't get them. We already have those black water butts, so it's good to know they can be used for watering the birds (detailed plans for that set-up would be great). The main reason I've stalled is because I'd hate to butcher them, even though having a source of meat would be fantastic.
Drop Adam a message on Instagram. He will help you 😊
Do your quail have food and water over night I don’t want to put it in the hutch for mess and rats trying to find out if it’s ok for no food and water over night ?
Hi,
You need to message Adam, I’m not the expert 😅
This accent is making me miss my Welsh family, and of course gavin and Stacey
😄 can’t beat a bit of Gavin and Stacey!!
My favourite sentence in now quails in Wales
😁
Hello Gwenyn, good luck with your quals
Thank you 😊
What an informative video! Any update with how the quails are doing? I have chickens already but I’d like to keep quails on a very small scale.
Thank you. No unfortunately a weasel or stoat killed ours. Adam still has loads though!
@@gwenyngruffydd Yeah we keep all our poultry in a pen within a pen, large walk in head height pen is entered and the smaller cages are kept inside there. Otherwise, bobcat, coyote, marten, etc can reach in and yank on their cages. You can also keep them in a lighted room like a garage or shed with a window. One person I know has them in the house as pets since she has no yard. Just 2 quail make me about 15 eggs a week which is like 4 chicken eggs.
I seen a blog on RUclips A man said, When putting eggs in a incubator The roundish eggs make female chicks And the the pointed ones make male chicks If you run your finger over the pointed end You should feel like a thorn Which most times too small to see with the eyes He said he has 100% Success rate with this method Because we all want more females
That’s really interesting!
Wow
Thanx for the info, I will see if I can tell on my quail eggs. There are lotsa kind of quail though so it may not work on all of them. My friend has 2 pet quail and does not like the taste of eggs so I get all the eggs, good deal for me.
I had to look to the animal kingdom for unconditional love, and its there in every way it could be, at 9 days your incubating eggs are attentively listening to the outside world for signs of their mother, as is their mother listening out for them, everyday after your eggs are anticipating the opportunity to establish communication becoming increasingly more of a motivation thus they feel excited by the idea of hatching. HUMANITY WE ARE BLIND...
Inspired to keep Quail. I never realised laying was confined to those longer days. Great video. Do you think you might get a few eggs before the end of the summer ?
Neither did I!! They have been laying every day since they arrived!! 😁😁
Accents are quality.
Thank you 😊
Good video!
Also, do you recommend keeping quails indoors or outdoors?
What about winter?(we have colder winters with a bit of snow...)
Thank you, I keep them outdoors in a coop. This will be my first winter keeping them but as I understand their really hardy birds and will cope with a bit of snow and ice as long as they have shelter.
@@gwenyngruffydd thank's for the reply! A bit more questions...Ive been thinking of incubating quails...but where I live we dont really have any starter crumble(the commercial food to feed quails/other birds when they are still new to the world...Should I stick to insects like they would eat in the wild as babies?what did you feed them when your quails were small?
You can buy small game feed. Or pheasant and partridge feed. More nutritious than chicken feed. That’s what I feed ours since the day they came here.
You can crush it up more fine so baby chicks?
@@gwenyngruffydd thank you! I will check if this available where I live...😀
😁
soo good very helpfull ur the beast do more quail vidios ut the beast thanks🤩😍😇❤💯
Thank you 😊
11.58 it looks like those quails could easily squeeze through that wire fence to get out? Did you have to change the run wire at all ? Thanks!
No I think Adam has kept that setup.
@@gwenyngruffydd ok thanks for replying promptly!
Amazing
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is it true that you gotta keep chickens and quails apart atleast 50meters to avoid disease spreading ?
Not sure, they weren’t 50 meters apart here and they were doing fine
Thank you for the informative video as I'm thinking of getting some quail, can I ask how long do the fresh eggs last and can you eat them straight away? Many thanks
Thank you 😊
That’s a good question I would say a good couple of weeks easy!!
Yes absolutely you can eat them straight away!! 😁
@@gwenyngruffydd Thank you so much for replying as I couldn't find the answers anywhere. I look forward to watching all your videos as I've subscribed. Many thanks 🙂
Thanks for supporting the channel 😊 glad your finding it useful.
Do they need a dust bath ?
They have made some themselves in the earth but they dont seem to bath as much as chickens
What is a good type of quail to keep for eggs ?
Not an expert on quail but I think Chinease quails are pretty good.
@@gwenyngruffydd Japanese Coturnix quail are best for egg laying from experience, and are easiest to handle as well.
I love welsh accents and names
Sounds so out of this world
But please make wales a welsh speaking countryyyyyy !!!!
Welsh is my first language 😊
Will quail stay in the yard if it’s not fenced in?
No…you’ll never see them again!!
But you should trim their flight feathers See how it's done on RUclips
Would I have to have a male quail with female quail? And does lettuce give them the runs like it does with hens?
Not sure about lettuce, I think you can keep just females if you’d like.
Some people have a light on a timer for four hours starting at 0400 Hrs To keep them laying in the Winter But some people think this is not fair on the quail Not having a break But the only lay for about two years
I have have heard of that too. They do it with chickens too. Definitely works. Although I have never tried it.
Quail don't stop laying at 2 they reduce in laying they go from around 300 to 200
Can’t the squeeze through the fence?
I don’t think they can
Where can I get them I live in Llanelli
Contact “Adam yn yr ardd”
Could you still eat the eggs if it's a fertilized egg or do you have to hatch them?
Absolutely yes. You can eat a fertilised egg no problem at all. 😊
How much does it cost to avail myself of quails?
This is very informative. Subbed!
Hi Byron,
Keeping quails are really cheap. Buy or build a hutch to keep them in and get quails!! 😄 very cost effective!
Is that the Welsh accent?
Yes it is 😊
My pack of 3 female quails are extremely aggressive to newcomers.. Two young female quails were introduced, and picked and attacked so aggressively that I seperated the 3 from them, in a cage within the cage. I introduce them one at the time now so the young ones get some rest. If it was just some picking, fine, but feathers were everywhere and one got wounded badly. Any ideas...?
Keep them separate I guess?
Quail are very territorial and will gang up and kill weaker or sick quail
How many got out thru the big wire. Holes are to big for quail.
Just the one luckily. Yea it is a bit to big for the quail. Now that I have a smaller mesh over it it works perfectly.
Lovely video - thank you. I've just recently started keeping quail. I've hatched mine from eggs and they've just started laying (I have artificial light on them too) Beautiful fun birds. Can you tell me what organic feed Adam uses please.
Hi,
Thank you so much. To be honest I can’t remember the name of the feed. Will look it up and get back to you.
Thank you for your message :) how are they coming along? Yes, the feed I use is Heygates, Quail and Partridge :)
Do quail's make alot of noise. I am thinking of keeping some but don't want to upset the neighbours
No their very quiet. Perfect for built up areas. 😊
I find it odd, my quails will go mad for a slice of watermelon. I put one slice in and its gone in 5 minutes
Please be careful feeding watermelon and green leafy eatable plants since their daily protein requirement can be compromised. A little, now and then, is fine. Malnutrition makes them less able to fight disease organisms already inside their bodies, like avian tuberculosis. In the wild they eat bugs to supplement their high protein requirements. As a treat try feeding them live grasshoppers, instead.
My japanese quail are mad on kale if anyone wants to try it.
Thanks for the tip. 😊
where can I get the 'nipple' from? does it have a more technical name?
also, how do you get the quails to drink from it?
If you google “chicken nipple waterer” you’ll find them.
Not sure...they just do! 😊
It took me Living in the USA for 44 years, to find out I’m 65 percent Welsh
Glad to hear it!! 😄 what’s the rest American?
@@gwenyngruffydd Norwegian
Great mix!! 😄💪🏻💪🏻 Viking and Celtic blood!!
Hey there!
Loved your tips. Can you give me advice on how to prevent the quails from wanting to escape? My quail cage opens up to the top (so like a car trunk) and I can barely manage to keep them from „hopping“ out🫣😅. The cage has got two „separatable“ parts but it is still a whole mission impossible. I would really appreciate some tips!
Thanks a lot.👍😄
Ask Adam he’s on Instagram more than on RUclips 😊👍🏻
@@gwenyngruffydd too bad, I don’t have instagram 😅
Facebook or Twitter? He’s on them too 😅
@@gwenyngruffydd nope
I also have quails, 10 of them.
Glad to hear it 😊
They love watermelon 🍉
I’ve heard that. Never tried it
Diolch am alw draw Gruff pleser fel arfer 😁
Diolch I ti!! 😊👍🏻
Had them before wicked ould birds ...
How does one test intelligence? conceptualization,, My quail are now one month old and they're just short of the same size as my shoes and in tip top condition I might add , Anyhow they follow me everywhere I go and the instant I take of my shoes there is no pause of confusion at all, they instantly recognize that I have taken off my shoes, this is not the case with all animals that they have a concept of clothing... these animals are not at all dumb and the fact that we fail to recognize their intelligence says more about us than them..
I'm here because I dreamt I had a pet quail called Nigel 🤷♀️
😂
@@gwenyngruffydd true! I decided against chickens and ducks. Quail had never entered my mind!
Now I think quail would work, i don't need to let them in and out everyday, less noise, mateys autofeed creations...Q...average age quail stops laying,goes in the pot? How long can they live and i heard incubated quails dont always have the in built nesting,sitting on eggs to naturally breed. Quails are now a serious consideration!
I’m not a quail expert. You’ll need to find “ Adam yn yr ardd” on Instagram and ask him 😅
@@gwenyngruffydd its ok I've looked it up
Just hope the rats and other wild animals can not get your birds . I think the wire is to big i use 12x12 mm wire
I agree a smaller mesh would be better for quails.
If postman pat had a son.✌️
Bois, fideo ardderchog. Dda i weld dau o enwe gyfarwydd Cymraeg yn gydweithio ar brosiectau fel hyn! Diolch
Diolch I chi! 😊
@@gwenyngruffydd Diolch yn fowr i ti :)
What's occurring 🤣
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Interesting talk but I don't think recommending 10-12 quail for that tiny area is a good idea. That might suit the human for egg production but isn't taking their quality-of-life into consideration. We should be making sure captive animal are given as natural a habitat as possible including space for physical activity and mental enrichment.
I believe quail don't like ramps
Ours used it ?
চদ
What the hell are they saying?
English is our second language....
@@gwenyngruffydd I love it!
😁
Welsh is a magical code :P
could not understand a word they were saying.
Hi, English is my second language sorry
@@gwenyngruffydd omg don’t apologise. The video is everything it needs to be! People learning English aren’t used to hearing a welsh accent is all.
...in english please !!!...Damn !! I' ve been studying english so many years and still can' t understand him...
English is my second language!!
that's a little rude
I’m English, and I was struggling!!