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Aggressive males, killing females...help please!
Been talking to Robbie. Getting back on w/ him in a minute. Bought the book that was also PM'd to me as a recommendation. Robbie is a good egg (no pun intended) and is giving me a crash course like none other. Thank you for hooking that up!!! I'm learning a ton. -
Aggressive males, killing females...help please!
Excellent. Thank you! I think what I've walked into is a well meaning team with little knowledge and they've lacked some leadership and guidance. So everyone is very gung ho, just not necessarily well versed in all aspects. My job is to try to turn this thing from an "in the red" to an "in... -
Aggressive males, killing females...help please!
I don't know the breed, I've asked, haven't gotten a response yet. I will know by tomorrow at the latest and will come back to let you know. With regards to molt and no egg production, what kind of timeline are we talking about? A few weeks? Months? I realize this is a stupid question, but I... -
Aggressive males, killing females...help please!
You may wish you hadn't offered to be so kind in educating me. So here's how I plan to advise staff tonight: 1) Remove the males into marked pens so that "family" males are kept together. If possible give 2-4 sq feet of room per male. 2) Place barrier (tarp? straw bales?) such that males... -
Aggressive males, killing females...help please!
Should add...I was told that the females cannot even go in to other stalls with other "families" of birds as they will also attack each other. I am a total newb here so I appreciate you taking the time to respond. I need a crash course in quail. -
Aggressive males, killing females...help please!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! That was my directive to the staff. Turn off the lights and stand by while i try to figure this out. Now, if I take the males who are used to being together in a 12x12 space with females and put those guys together in smaller cages temporarily, will they attack each... -
Cross post: Aggressive Male Quail, emergent. Am clueless. Posted on Quail forum as well.
The situation is this: About 300 with approx 30 per in 12 x 12 stalls with a 1:5 ration of male to female quail for egg production. Until today, lights have been on 24/7 as they did not have timers. Males are aggressively mating to the point that several females in each stall are bare of...- Birdseed
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Aggressive males, killing females...help please!
The situation is this: About 300 with approx 30 per in 12 x 12 stalls with a 1:5 ration of male to female quail for egg production. Until today, lights have been on 24/7 as they did not have timers. Males are aggressively mating to the point that several females in each stall are bare of...