Kush
Hatching
- Feb 26, 2015
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Hi everyone
About a month ago I got 3 king quails (i think they call them buttons in USA?) 1 male and 2 females they have always been a happy group but the male, Louie, and one of the females, Queenie, have been courting and they have made a nest. So today I went and brought another male, Bongo, and separated Pomin, the other female, and him into the top half of the cage - it's a large 2 storey rabbit hutch that has a trap door that can be locked. So everything looked great for the first couple of hours, Bongo started doing a great little courtship dance and was bring Pomin food, she didn't take it but I it seemed fine. The 2 males were crowing a lot and posturing but the couldn't see each other so I went and had dinner. When I came back out Pomin was attacking Bongo and pulling out his tail feathers! Louie was calling to Pomin and in between chasing Bingo she was answering. I put Pomin back in with Louie and Queenie and they are happy again but poor Bongo is a quivering mess, sitting in the corner of the cage I'm pretty new to the world of quails so I don't know if this is normal behavior. I don't want my mateing couple to pick on the single female when they go broodie and I would really like another breading pair! Will Bingo and Pomin ever get along? Should I wait till Louie and Queenie kick her out of their little group and try her with Bongo again? Pls help!! I just want 2 happy families! Thanks
About a month ago I got 3 king quails (i think they call them buttons in USA?) 1 male and 2 females they have always been a happy group but the male, Louie, and one of the females, Queenie, have been courting and they have made a nest. So today I went and brought another male, Bongo, and separated Pomin, the other female, and him into the top half of the cage - it's a large 2 storey rabbit hutch that has a trap door that can be locked. So everything looked great for the first couple of hours, Bongo started doing a great little courtship dance and was bring Pomin food, she didn't take it but I it seemed fine. The 2 males were crowing a lot and posturing but the couldn't see each other so I went and had dinner. When I came back out Pomin was attacking Bongo and pulling out his tail feathers! Louie was calling to Pomin and in between chasing Bingo she was answering. I put Pomin back in with Louie and Queenie and they are happy again but poor Bongo is a quivering mess, sitting in the corner of the cage I'm pretty new to the world of quails so I don't know if this is normal behavior. I don't want my mateing couple to pick on the single female when they go broodie and I would really like another breading pair! Will Bingo and Pomin ever get along? Should I wait till Louie and Queenie kick her out of their little group and try her with Bongo again? Pls help!! I just want 2 happy families! Thanks