How to Keep Quail from Fighting - The SR Quail Update 6-26-17
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2017
- I have been getting a lot of questions about quail fighting with each other and how to prevent it. In this video I discuss some ideas and strategies that you can use to keep fighting to a minimum in your quail flock.
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"I've been watching them pretty close" *quail proceeds to fly away
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I WAS CRYINGGG WHEN IT JUMPED OUT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 DID HE EVER GET IT?!?! I need to know!!!! I still love this guy so much tho lolol learned so much from him
One got out on ya bud 😂
Escape From the Pen - Almost Free: A Quail's Biographic Experience
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4:18 a quail walks right out of the cage
Michael Stier uh oh. I hope he found him 😰
They like to scuba dive the first few days, then they like to sky dive....
I have been watching every single video in this playlist. Absolutely amazing and I can’t believe how much I’ve learned. I am only on the 52nd video there so far a total of 106. I cannot wait to finish the rest. Thank you
Wow. Thank you so much for watching my videos. I should have done a better job of organizing them by topics I guess. :)
At 4:20 lolol I don't even smoke, one flew the coop.
I know, I didn't see it at the time but caught him and got him back in the hutch afterwards. :)
Lol..he was on his way to Mexico. .
I was super concerned about the run away quail，until you finally got her back . I m so relieved now😂😂😂
lol. Thanks. I usually get them back when they get out. They don't tend to go very far. :)
One of your quail escaped
Your quail got out are you gonna catch it?
4:18 "my time to shine, freedom !!"
lol
Came to seenif he got the bird back lol
Been watching your videos for a few weeks and you have alot of great info! In the last year Ive started with about 10 quail and now have over 30 and still learning new info from your videos. Currently have 60 eggs in the incubator to renew my flock. Keep up the good work! 👍👌
You had a flyaway there
Yup. Caught him and got him back in the cage off camera though.
The great 4:20 escape!
@@Slightlyrednecked ya I saw it escape too lol
did you find the excapy lol i get it now from you other video
1 bird escaped when you were talking into the Camera lol
Yup. I noticed that too after the video was shot and got him back in the hutch.
Lol one quail said man I had enough of the drama hens talking about their feathers lol jk
Hello. I really wish you could help me out.
I've been raising 2 female quails for 9 months now. They've been best friends since day one and they enjoy each other's company. Suddenly one day, one of the female quails laid an egg without a shell, and after that moment, suddenly she became aggressive towards the other quail. Because of that I can't keep them together anymore, it became so dangerous for the bullied one. So I separated them. But I really want to know how I can stop this aggression and put them together like before.
Sorry for the long story and hope you can help.
i was wondering if you were gonna notice that one got out lol i laughed so hard lol i have quail in the incubator.. they should be hatching within the next week i am so excited thank you for all the advice
lol. Yup, I caught him after the video was over. Didn't notice it right away though.
I hope you see this reply... But I watched your quail video... And I seen you say that I should have a forced air little giant... I have a still air... Can I just buy the fan or would it be better to buy an entire new incubator?
I am pretty sure I responded to this already but don't see it. There shouldn't be a need to buy a new incubator. You should be able to add a fan to your existing one just fine.
Amazing video as always! I learn a lot from you, especially English :) Have a nice day!
Gracias por verlo. Y gracias por ayudarme con el espanol. :)
Hi Chris, I use to follow your chanel since almost 5 month, I am really interested in raising quail but it was quite difficult to buy quail in Haiti, I recently get a few of them and they adapt very well to their new environment. Thanks for all your good advice. As always, God bless
Awesome. Thank you so much for watching my videos and congratulations on your new birds.
A quail have escaped brother
I know. Did see him during the shooting of this video but caught him and got him back in there after. :)
I feel sorry toward u since alot of viewers tell u this after compleeting the hole video wher uv catch it
@@nancycerney2732 yeh me 2😂😂
4:18 "I'm freeee"
@4:17 Open door,... no one watching,... I'm outta here!
I have only 6 quail that I have hatched. They are adults now and I am constantly watching for aggression. There is one female that I just love, she is so aggressive that I've had to set up a separate pen for her. Although I give them all visiting rights but keep a watchful eye on them. I am learning from your channel and thank you for your help!
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SWEEEET FREEDOM!!!!
Yup. he sneaked past me. But I got him back in the cage later. :)
@@Slightlyrednecked EMERGENCY.....I believe the rooster I have justed pecked the living hell out of a hen this morning, blood all over her head, from under each eye and all along the back of the head... covered with blood, bare flesh it seems on the back of the head, one other bird seems to have an injured wing in the same hutch, maybe injured by the rooster or injured itself in the commotion. Removed the rooster, it had blood on its beak, at least I think it might be a rooster only have them a week, it was doing alot of crowing when I isolated it but didn't sound exactly like the crowing examples on UA-cam. Have the hen removed also with a heated blanket on a thermostat over one half of her pen to help fight off infection 23 degrees Celsius at a couple of inches above head height. 9ml of Apple cider Vinegar per litre of water there for her also, shes pretty shook. I have F10 Super Concentrate disinfectant and 99% alcohol for treating the wound if necessary. 57 eggs went into the incubator yesterday following your advice. Any advice on the injury would be greatly appreciated. EDIT... yeah 3/4 of her skin on the back of her head slides open depending on how her head is twisted/extended ....brutal. Flushed it with salt water, then sugar water, then poured sugar on top and another light drop of sugar water to dissolve the sugar granules on her head. I know you stated not to take out the injured/bullied bird but it seemed like the injury was excessive....and I thought I was doing well this morning, the universe sure loves a curve ball.
@@icxcnika9399 hey, your problem may have cleared up, but in case it helps, I used a broad spectrum bird antibiotic on my when after repeated bloody attacks from the male, and she has recovered twice using it. BUT I don't know the correct script, I just gave tiny amounts (two drops of liquid sulfadim by aristopet) twice per day for two weeks, and then stopped, and did not eat her eggs (shame, waste), for the next 4 weeks (6 weeks of no eggs all up), as the antibiotic should not be consumed by humans at all, and she needed time to get it out of her system (I assumed this was long enough). May have saved her life twice though. But separate the wounded female (still within seeing and earshot so they know she is there and to make reintroduction easier), and either syringe feed two drops or put drops in her water, make her area peaceful and quiet while she recovers, no loud sounds and easy to get food and water if she can't see. We had to dip her little beak in water a lot so she would be able to find it, then eventually food too. They need to eat to regain strength!! Poor things. Result of a fallen world.
Love your video's im in the process of starting up keeping quails
Thanks for the informative video!
thanks for watching. Glad you liked it.
Super excited to start incubating this week! When I first started I really just wanted them for eggs for my reptiles so I got a roo and hen plain Coturnix and a pair of Texas A&M hens. About a month or two into keeping them one Texas A&M hen was getting so badly bullied by the rest that I had to cull her so she wouldn't suffer.. it wasn't only her back of her neck but all over here sides too and it all happened over less than 3 days. I was wondering if it was because she was such a different color but the remaining A&M hen seems just fine for the last few weeks and both are laying great. Either way, we culled and ate her and it made us want to start breeding them for meat so here goes nothing! Watched all your hatch rate videos last night. Thanks!
Lol, that sounds like a horror movie or something. Never ate it before and now after one taste you are crazy for it. :)
Good luck on your upcoming hatch. I am sure you will do well.
Was that one escaped bird ever found
7:25 he found it haha
It's a bit late but you tuxedo quail escaped
lol. yeah, i caught him before the video ended though.
Love how the bird got out!!!
Sneaky little bird. I didn't even notice until after I shot the video. But I got him back in the cage.
Are silver quails aggressive because my silver quail is doing the same thing? But I don’t want to send him to the freezer because he is the only silver quail I have.
4:17 the quail on the left just sneaks out unnoticed
lol. Yup, I didn't notice at the time but caught him after shooting the video.
Hi Chris, great video , we need more info about quail leg mites, keep up the good work, greetings from slovenia
as always God bless
Thanks for the kind comments. I haven't had a problem with leg mites but I will see what I can do. If you are having an issue with it and have some pictures let me know so I can include them in a video. Thanks
thanks for answering , I will send you video and some pictures , is it possible to get your email or where can I send it ?
sure. You can join the facebook group or just send to me at chris@slightlyrednecked.com
4:15 Quail used the opportunity
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Yeah saw that quail sneak out and he didn't see it lol
started following your channel, thanks for teaching me.
Thank you for watching my videos. I am glad you are finding them helpful.
@@Slightlyrednecked thank you for your reply, like i said i cant thank you enough for your videos, im building my hutch just like the video you made. im learning so much from watching all of your videos. im even taking notes
I am so glad to hear that.
Thanks for video.
thanks for watching.
one of your quails ran away
lol. Yup, he snuck out behind me. I caught him after shooting the video though.
I lost a couple Escaped birds- one flew quite a distance into a neighbors yard who has 5 dogs- he had no idea just how bad his short life would become! I now clip one side of their wing feathers- big help as they cant really go far or straight. Lol.
lol the one bird walked right out of the cage
Yup, he snuck past me. But I got him back in after the video was over. :)
That made me laugh pretty hard, actually. He goes straight to freedom
Hi mate! This channel has helped me out a lot over the last month or so with my Quail, how old would you say before I have a problem regarding roosters vs hen ratios, they are now 3 weeks old snd it’s almost a 50/50 split of hens vs roosters. It’s about 10 of each. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks mate 🙏
Also add lots of water jugs, just use any thing to the same room that your incubator is in, as your central a.c. is DRY air, that U sucking on top of your eggs. So add water in your incubator room, raised moisture will keep the eggs OK on the 14 - thru 17 or 23 day hatch for quail eggs. Room MUST Be at least 70 degree's warm as well. You cannot have cold air sucking into, and on your eggs for 17 days, and expect a great hatch.
We have had trouble with our texas a&m males leaving the females featherless on their backs and heads so we gave each rooster a 4 square foot pen with his own 3 hens, they are much calmer and we are hoping the girls feathers will come back in soon. We also have the same setup for our chickens works well if you have the space for multiple pens. Also our bulldogs seem more relaxed now that the birds are calmer. Thanks!
FITNESSFREAK I was concerned about fertility. Do you have good fertility rate with 5 hens per roo?
FITNESSFREAK We raise for mostly meat some egg consumption when our incubators are all in use but if our incubators are not full we collect eggs for them. Let me know how it works out for you!!!!
FITNESSFREAK You wouldn't happen to have any tips on my other post about wildlife and snake issues would you???
good suggestions here. Thanks for replying fitnessfreak
did you catch your runaway
Oh yeah. Had to take a break before the end of the video and go throw him back in the pen. :)
I have 5 adult button quails outside (4 hens, 1 rooster) and 3 hens have quite bad head injuries, when they've grown up together and had no previous issues. Could anyone advise on separating them at this point? Thanks in advance
I had that happen too. I removed the male & let the hens heal- they were bloody-all of them. Since I am not breeding right now, just eating the eggs, it worked out. I think my problem is my male needed another hen or two, but my cage is too small to add more birds. In your case, could it be the unharmed hen picking on her sisters? If there's blood on an unharmed bird, remove it, see if the others settle. If that bird is obviously trying to kill other birds keep her by hersself for the eggs or cull her. Happy quailing.
I had 2 males and 6 hens in a decent sized pen and a built in aviary they can access at any time, one male established dominance but after a week the other rooster regained dominance and wouldn't leave the other male alone, hes done damage to his eye is the any treatment I can do for him? I separated the birds 3 female to 1 male, half in the upper cage and the rest stayed put. Should I continue this way or should I get rid of the male trouble seeker and put them all back together? Thanks
For my family, if one quail is stuck with another, they start pecking each other. How can you stop them from fighting like this? (sometimes, we mix the quail breeds.)
Very few people realize all eggs must be kept at 50 - 55 degree"s for storage. Just freeze 2 1/2 gallon milk jugs filled only 60 per cent full of water, so the frozen jug wont split open, . and place 1/2 jugs inside of a 1 gallon milk jug cut in half, to catch all sweating water, inside of a large ice chest, and be sure to turn all eggs at least 2 times a day, . prefer every 6 hours, while in storage, before you want to hatch. Remember all eggs will start to incubate at 70 degrees or above. Never store eggs longer than 7 days, and add water inside of the ice chest, to keep humidity high. Don't want embryos to dry out.
That is good advice but it isn't really that strict. I have kept eggs for a week just sitting on the counter at 75 degrees and not turning and they hatched just fine. For best results though you do need to keep them cooler. I did an entire video series on storing and hatching eggs that you might like.
That one bird sneaking out made me laugh... I only have 2 hens and one male... both hens are brooding 12 eggs each... can I add more hens to keep my male entertained?
It made me laugh too. You sure can add more hens. I would add 2 or 3 more myself.
inmate 07391 escaped protective confinement. lock or doors and close your windows....
lol. I got him back in after the video was over.
lol
Hi 👋🏼
New and learning!
We only have females 6 jumbo coturnix and 6 Texas A&M. The last ones seems to be more aggressive I have separated them and when I add them back they start picking on everyone else.
8’X 4’ hutch … it could be that the hutch is too little?
What can I do to help the 2 Texas stop bullying the rest of them?
I have 4 Jumbo quail. 3 female and 1 male. They were hatched from 1 dozen
eggs. They are now 10 weeks old and have always been together. (Culled
the extra males at 4 weeks). Two females are now constantly fighting. I
separated them and tried putting them back together after three days but
they go back to fighting. Are they jealous of the one male? Cage is 3
foot by 3 foot by 3 foot. Sandbox, hiding box, full feed, fresh water
daily, etc. etc.
I have a question but I'm not sure if this page is still active. I haven't seen activity here for a quite a while. Anyway ove the channel, very informative and clear. So, I have an aggressive male due to him having a pair. They are mating and I believe this is causing the aggression in this one male. He keeps fightingwith one other male who is mindinghis own businesson the other aide of the long cage. Do I remove him? Remove them both mating pairs?
Did you find the bird that jumped out
yes. I spotted him while finishing the video up and put him back in the pen real quick. :)
I recently took a injured quail from my coop so it could heal. Instantly once it was healed I tried to reintroduce it to the flock of quail. It didn't go that bad until one quail instantly started aggressively attacking it. The crazy thing is that it was only the one quail that started attacking it. After watching your video I realized 1. I need to verify how many male and female quail I have 2. Identify any abnormal aggressors
One of your quail got out
This may sound crazy but why don't quail just fly off when the door is opened up and unattended ?
they don't really fly very well. And most of them seem very content in their cage. When they do get out they often act kind of confused.
I had 3 to 5 female to male ratio and one day one of the quail eye was hurt and head was really badly injured so I separated him meaning 2-5 ratio the next day it happens again to another male even though I had a better ratio still had the problems they are 7 weeks now but my other cage with 7 males no hens have no problem with them what should I do
..that's cus u should ALWAYS have more female to male... 2:1 female and male ratio or if u only have 2 quails 1:1 ratio..
My male quail that i have alone now is always ready to mate, i do have a lot of females but they are only 6 weeks old not really laying yet. when would be best to let him in with the females? i was thinking after they have started laying on a regular basis.
Hey man, love your videos! I’ve got a question, I’ve recently decided upon trying to raise quail (coturnix) myself and I’ve been doing a whole lot of research especially on your Chanel among a few other ones, and every Chanel has a different approach when it comes to how to start incubating quails. I have ordered an incubator off amazon that pretty much does all the work from keeping humidity levels to turning the eggs every day. The only obstacle I’m coming across is the fact that I had to order my quail hatching eggs online. Besides the fact that I’m a bit skeptical about it being delivered via amazon, I was wondering am I supposed to immediately put the eggs into the incubator the second they arrive or is there some other measure I need to take before beginning the process?
Thanks so much for the kind comments. I always let the eggs rest at room temperature for a day before incubating them. I am sure you have seen it already but I do have a playlist on my channel page for hatching and storing eggs. It covers everything that you need to do. I can't speak for eggs ordered off of Amazon but i have had good luck with shipped eggs. if yours don't do well check with Kansas City Quail Farms. Great selection of birds and great hatch rates on shipped eggs.
Please help. I only got 5 Quail’s, all girls the area not very big, but plenty space for them. Hatched them in first lockdown. So got two girls upstairs and 3girls down stairs. They got on very well for whole year. Today one of the girls attacked the second one from upstairs. She had both eyes really badly pecked lucky haven lost them. Don’t know what could of caused it. The been together from birth.
I had 4 quails and then got 4 more , they were all good before but now they stack each other
Chris
Thanks , I love your vids. I am new to quail, I have 6 hens for eggs. They just started laying, getting about 4 eggs a day. However, all of a sudden the biggest hen is like a goon on the 4th line of a hockey team....running everyone. Jumping on them and pecking them pretty good. 2 have some blood at the base of their beaks . I have her in a cage above all on her own now ( penalty box), for a day or so to see if she mellows out. Do you think this is a good idea? Or should I have quail for supper ?
Thanks
Sometimes you get an aggressive bird. It can be aggravated by too much light (over 15 hours a day) or sometimes they just get that way when they hit the breeding cycle (start laying eggs). Usually they will mellow out with just a little bit of time once the pecking order is established. If not, just eat the aggressive bird like you suggested. Hope that helps.
Hey bro your quail run away in 4.19 min in this video!!!!!!!
lol, yeah, I noticed after i shot the video and got him put back in the cage.
Hello Chris. Enjoy your videos. I bought 7 Jumbo Pharoah about 6 or 7 weeks ago off Craig's list. They were about 3 weeks old. It was supposed to be 1 Male, and 6 Females. I'm knew to this, so I I'm not used to sexing birds so I assumed that's what I got. Things went great until a little over a week ago. Then, I found one dead one morning. Couldn't tell if he was killed, or just died from something. About 5 days later, right before dark I noticed a severely wounded bird with blood all around it's neck. The next morning, it was dead. Things seemed OK for a few days, but I had gotten an extra cage just in case. Then, I noticed it. I had two males in there, and now 3 females. It's possible one of the birds that died was a male too, I just don't know. The 3 females were getting more and more scalped. The largest of the two males, was by far the most aggressive of the two. I removed both males and put in the new cage. The larger one immediately started attacking the smaller male, so I put the smaller male back in the other cage. Going to try and get more females by the end of the month, but not always easy to find. Anyway, not sure if I'll reintroduce the aggressive male or not. Just going to wait and see what happens, and watch the other male and make sure the hens don't get even more beat up or he'll have to go too. Any other suggestions?
I am sorry to hear that you are having those problems. It does sound like you have an overly aggressive bird there. I would watch him pretty closely and if he doesn't calm down I would send him to the freezer. I don't tolerate over aggression in my birds. I don't want to pass those genes on.
I got two quails but one is so argresive leaving other one in corner what do I do
I have a problem where I have too many roos - I am a vego so don't want to eat them. Is there was way to set up a bachelor pad cage or is that just trouble. At the moment I have
One roo who was a bit of a bully and a bossy girl living together like an old married couple.
3 girls and another boy together.
A boy by himself.
One girl in the laundry who was scalped (She healed but has no feathers on top) and now is kind of a dog.
One girl I took out and brought inside because we had a loud storm and somehow she had hurt herself and couldn't walk - she seems to be healing up now.
You can try to set them up in their own cage. If you keep the lights low (less than 10 hours a day) there will be much less of a chance that they will fight. I hope that helps.
Criss 3 of my hens have open wounds on their back I put them in another cage with younger birds seem to be healing they in with 18 other hens and five rosters 21 sg foot cage I think I removed the roster doing the damage not sure why would they go for the back and not the top of the head for some loven thanks for all your help
are you sure they weren't molting? I have had some birds pick feathers from other areas but it is fairly rare. Sometimes when they are molting they can look like they have been plucked of feathers though.
Great video ! I did have to cull one male because he was really being mean ... all is well now- placed an Italian male with a brown coturnix female ... Now, these aren’t the same brood - but what are your thoughts on in breeding ? Does it matter ?
Thank you for watching. I am glad you liked it. There is not problem with breeding those two birds together. You will get a mix of different colors of babies but they will do just fine.
Found your site today - great videos! I have a quick question re Button Quail. Do they tend to groom each other or are they heading towards feather picking? My little ones are just now starting to lay and out of 13 (in a 2x4 foot cage) I know I have at least three hens. Today I saw three (one of which I know is a hen) all huddled together gently grooming each other. NO aggression whatsoever, the groomee was obviously enjoying the attention of the groomer! Is this sextual behavior, indicative of gender, or just because they are clutch mates and happy with each other? Thanks!
Thank you so much. It isn't uncommon to see that kind of behavior. I don't think it has anything to do with gender or sex. Probably natures way of helping to control parasites
Why my quail is picking and hurting a fixed quail... and its bleeding
i introduced a male northern to a female. she was not having him but got use to him after couple days.
That tends to happen a lot. Sometimes they never acclimate but most of the time they will work it out.
I have 4 california valley quail about a week old. They are pecking toes bloody. what can I do to stop them?
Unfortunately quail toes look a lot like little worms. As long as they have plenty of food available to them they should stop doing that on their own. That is one reason whey it is not suggested to feed meal worms to young quail. Unfortunately I am not sure that there is much else you can do really.
I have a problem.
I'm 13, (so I can't drive) and one day I bought quail eggs at the store. I hatched two, one died at four days old, and got two more. Now I have 3 birds, two ended out being roosters. They fight at night, and today I woke up and my original roo, named nugget, had been beaten up. His forehead is plucked so much it's bleeding. He is imprinted, so he is tame, and I keep him in my house now for the time being. I'm contacting a breeder, and there is a female I have my eye on to even out the female to male ratio. My parents just wont drive me there to pick her up. What should I do?
I wish I could help you. I am not sure how to work out a ride for you though. You might try asking your parents if ther are some chores that you can do to earn a ride to get it.
@@Slightlyrednecked thanks for the advice. It should work 👍
I have 4 females, three are a brownish color and one is black and white. The black and white started laying first and is getting picked on( it seems like by only one bird). Is the one bird aggressive or are they doing it because she is different/is laying and they aren’t.
I don't think it has anything to do with the way the bird looks. It sounds like you just have an aggressive bird. Quite often they will calm down with a little time.
4:18 Mision passed, Respect :V
lol. That little bird snuck past me. But I got him back in the cage after shooting the video.
Oh, just saw your response to someone else. I can’t leave my cages open at all my Bob Whites fly away.
Can quails compete broiler chicken weight for weight? I want to have a regular meat supply, two chickens a week is average requirement.
I am not sure about broiler chickens. I have never raised them. Quail are no where near the size of broiler chickens but I would say that the equivalent to one chicken is probably around 6 quail. You could do enough to have 12 quail a week to eat but it would be a big pen. Of course if you are raising enough to have 2 chickens a week that is a big operation too. Hope that helps.
About two weeks ago I culled the extra roosters from a new flock. Today I noticed one hen that will continuously chase and peck at the nearest bird. She isn't doing any damage, but as soon as one bird runs away from her she goes straight for the next nearest bird. As long as she isn't causing viable damage should I leave her alone, or could she be stressing the other birds out?
That is pretty common. They are establishing a pecking order and it should calm down pretty quickly. Like you said, as long as she isn't doing any real damage, you can just leave her in there. If she gets overly aggressive and starts causing wounds, I would cull her out of the flock if it were me. I hope that helps.
How to find the one that is agressive ???? I got some poor hens that get seriously Picked one one of my cage .... i hope I’ll stop soon
That might just be breeding behavior. especially if you have more than 1 rooster for every 4 to 5 hens. If it is aggression, you should be able to just watch and see which bird is being aggressive with the rest.
The pet shop owner said two brothers raised together, wouldnt fight . But after several months one of the quail was picked on badly by the other , i eventually had to separate them .
That will happen from time to time. Sometimes you just get an aggressive bird. If you have enough females with them that should help.
I had 1 I thought was going to lose an eye put him in cage by himself doing great and breeding. I washed his face a little. Do you do that?
I don't wash them usually. I keep them in wire cages so they stay pretty clean but I have never had any problems with them healing up just fine. Even if they do lose an eye they seem to get along just fine without it.
I've bought a flock of quail made of three males and three females, one I hatched myself. Their is an alpha male that I saw chasing the other two males which I thought was ok untill the next day I saw that the two males had bloody wounds on their chests. I patched them up. And have separated then but only in temporary enclosures. What should I do?
Build new cage and add more female for the other 2 males. It's advised that you keep 1 male per 3+ female.
Hi Chris, I had similar issue with a rooster pecking on one of the three hens in the cage. These 4 quail were together in the cage for about 7 weeks. All of a sudden this rooster started pecking at one of the hens and severely injured her. I moved out this rooster for half a day and returned it back to the group unfortunately overnight it pecked a lot causing severe injuries.
I am still guessing what has changed suddenly for it to peck. The only change I made was moved their cage into a new room which has a light during the night and temperature was perfect.
it probably has to do with the light. If it is on all night long it is too much light. They need some darkness. If it is only on for 14 hours a day then it probably kicked him into breeding mode and he became aggressive due to that. Sometimes you just get an aggressive bird. Those are my best guesses, I hope that helps.
Thank you so much Chris for your reply. Would it make that much of difference in a single night? It was not even couple of nights.
I got my first quails about 3 weeks ago and they were about 3 to 4 weeks old. They are reaching sual maturity now and some of the males are now showing aggression. I have seen some males mating with the less dominant males which I had to do some research about and i found out that is normal. One of my males got seriously picked one and got his head messed up. I think they were a little too crowded so i separated them and put them in 2 different cages. I think its working because the aggresion seems to have gone down. My issue is that i actually have 5 males and 7 females. I left 4 females with 2 males in one cage and 3 males and 3 females in another. I just hope that my 3 to 3 cage doesnt end up being a disaster. It looks good for now but its only been 1 day.
It is common for them to get a little aggressive when they first reach maturity and then calm down as they age a little. It does sound like you have too many roosters though. You really only need 1 rooster for every 4 or 5 hens.
I have one hen and one male for about 3 months now. They are all in the same cage. She started laying eggs about two weeks ago.
Also they seem to get along fine. The male frequently mates with the female, but there seems no aggression.
However, just yesterday, the female has been constantly chasing the male, and being very aggressive towards him. Even when I let them out in the backyard the hen is chasing the male.
I did some research, but I couldn't find any info on this.
Why is this happening? What can I do?
Thanks,
James
That is pretty common. Aside from separating them there probably isn't much you can do. Most of the time they will calm down after a while but with only 1 female that may not be the case. I generally keep multiple females to each rooster so they don't overbreed the hens.
My female fight to another female and i have one male which fight to first female
What i will do please help me
Ok I have a young quail of many, that they pecked all of the back of the head to blood. She's still alive since I put her in a single cage yesterday but seems to be in pain or..?? What can I do for her.
Hi, I hope she survived? I'm having trouble with mine as I currently have 3 hens with blood on the back of their heads too :(
How do I get these little guys
hello cris. may nam is elyas. can you help me whith the quail. how to tell the age of the quail ? and if its egg layer or not? I well bee grateful. thank you very much. you ar very kind person
I saw your comment on my other video. I think I have a better understanding of your question now. I am not sure that there is an easy way to tell how old a quail is. They are either adults or young chicks but other than that i don't know. The only way I know how to tell if it is an egg layer or not is to give it a few weeks after you move it and see if it lays an egg. Wish I had a better answer but that is all I can come up with.
I know this is old but tjat quail jumed out the coop. Lol
I know. I found him after I got done shooting. Sneaky little bird.
I incubated 15 cuternix quail and only 1 grew and hatched. I named him/her happy feet. He's 3 weeks old now. If it's a girl about when would she lay her first egg? This is my first quail! Lol I also have 10 more quail eggs incubating and 9 are growing. I'm exited to get him/her friends. You have very nice looking quail. Mine is a red ( with a hint of silver splash) and white tuxedo.
Nice. Congratulations on your one bird. I would expect her to start laying eggs at around 8 to 10 weeks old. As long as she has enough light.
Good luck on your next hatch too. I hope you get a nice group of birds out of it.
Thank you! I find your videos very helpful!
hi will a aggressive male grab other males on the back of the neck as well as females? i had a male do that for a while he has stopped now an is not crowing as much. Did you get your tuxedo quail back that go out?
That is fairly common when the birds first reach sexual maturity. Especially if there are more roosters than hens. They tend to calm down as they get a little older though. I did get that bird back too. :)
Catching escaped Quail: We did a video on this at TullyRiverQuail showing the best and safest way to capture an escaped quail using a fine meshed, long handled minnow net. The mesh count is key so as not to injure the bird. Look for one that has screen sized mesh. Anything bigger you can catch feathers or beaks and makes it difficult to pop them back into the hutch if they're caught up in the netting. We use an old one from Ed's Landing Net out of Michigan which may no longer be available. Our vid shows the best characteristics of such a useful (necessary) device, especially if you raise Bobwhite or flight birds.
I have 1 rooster and 1 hen in a cage together. They are currently 6.5 weeks old. Grew up together. Hatched together. My rooster isnt successful in mating. I've watched him chased and gripped her feather but still he could never do it. What do I do? Shes a fighter and will run once she noticed his long neck going. He is also starting to be very passive aggressive toward the hen when he sees us around. He'd run toward her and peck at her harshly. He always try to attack me from inside the cage. My hen is always trying to fly out of jump out of the cage. I'm not sure what to do at this time. Should I separate him?
You have a very randy male. One of my males i split from flock goes for my hand pecking to try and mate.
@@offimatrix4897 lmao. Oh dear! I have him currently separated and he's even getting more and more aggressive. Sighs.
Did you find the quail that jumped out when you turned your back?😂
oh yeah. I didn't realize it at the time but caught him after shooting the video. :)
ya his quail did fly away
I have two male button quails and they grew up together since they were babies. But now after 6 month they started fighting with each other and won't stop it. I can't seprate them cause they just can't stand being away from each other but when i put them together they start fighting again. The place where i keep them is not small at all and i dont know how to keep them from fighting.
I am sorry to hear that you are having problems. You might try reducing the amount of light they get to under 10 hours a day. that can help get them out of breeding season and they should be more docile.
How big is the first brown pen in the video?
I don't remember the exact measurements but it is around 4 foot by 3 foot.
We have 32 new baby quail about 2 weeks old and they are starting to pick on each other and causing some to bleed. We doubled the space yesterday but they are still picking on each other. Any suggestions?
wow, that is strange for birds that young to be so aggressive. Make sure that they have food all the time. Sometimes if they run out of food they seem to panic and start picking on each other. You might also try shutting the lights off at night. Too much light can cause them to be a little aggressive as well. Hope that helps.
wat do I do if I have one to four ratio I have 2 roo and 8 hens the youngest is beating up my older one should I remove it and will it cause my hen to stop laying after I remove it
So sorry for the slow reply. I find that they generally will get over it and work it out with time. If you remove it and then add it back later they will probably start fighting again. If you have access to another rooster you might try trading out the aggressive one with another one and see if that helps.
thank u
I have a quail couple
They were doing alright so long as the female was laying eggs but after a while when she stopped laying eggs at first she started attacking the male but did not do any real damage but when the male started beating her up he made her bleed and horribly wounded.
What to do about that?
It can be difficult to keep them in pairs like that. If it is possible, you might try to add a few more females and get the ratio up to 1 rooster to 4 or 5 hens. You might also try to reduce the amount of light they get to less than 10 hours a day and see if that helps calm them down.
@@Slightlyrednecked thanks