Adding new quail to pack

[chezlouise1980]

Hi everyone,

I have just successfully hatched 4 quail chicks yesterday and am addicted! Love watching them run through empty toilet roll holder 100 times before falling asleep mid run! I am hoping to incubate more eggs soon, but want to check something first. If they all turn out to be male, can i add females from my next batch that i am planning on incubating in next few weeks? Have heard that it can sometimes be done by keeping quails near each other but in separated coops and i just wanted to know if any experienced quail keepers had done this successfully?

Thanks in advance

[phillip m]

have done this many times each yr with no problems just be aware that if you have 4 males you will need to introduce at least 8 or even 12 females and the males will go mad with excitement and may hurt some of the young females
good luck