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Hatching
Good Morning All,
My wife and I are new to quail raising. About three months or so ago we got our first four. They are two males and two females. We originally housed them together, but soon noticed that one male was very aggressive with one female. We separated them into two coops - each with a male and female. This worked well until two days ago. The aggressive male showed no aggression at all to his pen mate. Two mornings ago I found her dead and it was clear that it was a fight that caused it. This was not a happy morning.
The female that was killed was a prolific layer and we very much enjoy the eggs. The second female lays well but has never laid a usable egg. They are rubber like with no shell.
With this I have two questions:
1. What do we need to do to get our female to lay good eggs?
2. What is the best course of action for our aggressive male (we have named him O.J.)? We do not want to bring another female in with him due to his aggression.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Bill
My wife and I are new to quail raising. About three months or so ago we got our first four. They are two males and two females. We originally housed them together, but soon noticed that one male was very aggressive with one female. We separated them into two coops - each with a male and female. This worked well until two days ago. The aggressive male showed no aggression at all to his pen mate. Two mornings ago I found her dead and it was clear that it was a fight that caused it. This was not a happy morning.
The female that was killed was a prolific layer and we very much enjoy the eggs. The second female lays well but has never laid a usable egg. They are rubber like with no shell.
With this I have two questions:
1. What do we need to do to get our female to lay good eggs?
2. What is the best course of action for our aggressive male (we have named him O.J.)? We do not want to bring another female in with him due to his aggression.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Bill
