[oldwolf]

I am thinking of getting some quail, a major requirement for political reasons is, How quiet are they?

[shygirl]

ours were really quiet, never a peep.

[Bert]

Long as you don't have a male you will be fine. They are fantastic little birds  .

[in the hills]

Females are very quiet .... can't say I hear mine at all. Males do "crow". Not as noisy as a cockerel but high, distinct call. All girls are less trouble in many ways. More than one male in a group can lead to major aggression problems and the boys are very active so need quite a few girls with them otherwise they can knock the hens about due to over-treading.

[sokel]

Ours are about 50 yrds away from the house and you can hear the male calling even with the door closed. Its not so much a long loud noise like a cockeral , more of a short high pitch noise     I actualy like hearing it 

[Clarebelle]

I keep 9 hens and one cock. The girls are really quiet and making a lovely cooing sound which you can only hear when your stood right near them. The males do crow, mine crow's once or twice a day.

However, when we have raised chicks, we keep them outdoors once they are fully feathered and they are quite close to the main flock and once the male chicks reach maturity we have found they start crowing in the middle of the night, usually around 3am and crow for hours straight, we have had to come down stairs in the middle of the night and cull them there and then! We live in a housing estate so cannot let them keep crowing like that.

The crow isnt unpleasant and no way near as intrusive as a cockerel but if your worried about noise and don't intend to breed I would suggest not having a male.