Quail & HOA's

Is your HOA pro quail? Why are quail different from chickens? And why do HOA's make exemptions for quail versus chickens?

Wikipedia entry for quail.

First, it is important to recognize that QuickQuail specializes in the quiet egg-laying female quail that descend from the Japanese quail lines, not the pheasant type quail that are popular on ranches throughout the USA which are known as the Bob White Quail. Japanese quail hens are widely recognized as quiet domesticated birds. It is their male counterparts that make some noise, albeit far less than roosters.

Second, QuickQuail does not provide its customers with roosters. There are no males that make the louder noises.

Third, unlike chickens that roam backyards, Japanese quail remain penned 100% of the time. The greatest joy for Japanese Quail is dust bathing, which is provided with a small tray inside their pens. When you visit a QuickQuail pen, you quickly see that the quail are happiest in their dust tray. This makes it possible for the pens to be located in garages, screened porches, or on patios adjacent to the house.

Japanese Quail are very similar to a cage of budgies inside your house. While we recommend keeping them in screened porches or similar environments, they do not require special structures in the yard. Thus, they are not vulnerable to raccoons or other critters that might spread diseases such as rabies, etc.

Japanese Quail are much easier to raise than poultry. With their dust baths, they regularly control their skins for parasites. With the addition of diatomaceous earth to the sand, small insects such as ants are also easily controlled.