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  1. gardenisto

    Breeding Selection

    Observed males for a while, banded the most aggressive ones with an ankle band marked for death. I removed the ones that attacked or pecked unprovoked, without food or water in the vicinity to be protective over. Found some quotes on the forum that seem to support my approach to breeding...
  2. gardenisto

    Breeding Selection

    Thanks teakian. Wiĺl keep that in mind also.
  3. gardenisto

    Breeding Selection

    Just noticed my only A&M roo is increasingly aggressive and territorial, to the point of pecking others at the watering and food station, even drawing blood on a hen. Hen is with a young batch of hens. The roo will be labeled as a 'kill after successful breeding' and will go into the cat...
  4. gardenisto

    Breeding Selection

    Hi Del1977. Hopefully we get a little more input. I happened to notice one scruffy male, not too large, being aggressive(trying to breed) with females with no success, it was interrupted and deterred by a healthier looking male, that the females don't seem to mind. As the scruffy male has...
  5. gardenisto

    Breeding Selection

    Thanks DK. That leaves a few good keepers. Among brown/jumbo are there any specific colorations, darker versus lighter, or rustier etc to look for, that would increase the odds of getting any natural mutations?
  6. gardenisto

    Breeding Selection

    I have coturnix males in greater numbers than needed, they are full grown. I need to decide who to keep for future breeding, and who to eat. They are all the same age, the oldest are about 3 months older than the rest. So how do you select males to keep, and males to eat? I did notice...
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