I've separated him from the other 3, with a divider, and besides crowing all the time, and pecking at the divider to show how "miffed" he is, he's doing fine. His head is healing, and I'll reintroduce him when there's no blood or anything that could attract the others. I'm going to move them...
Thank you for replying! They are coturnix, and they are actually inside the house, in a "soft" type cage, so he couldn't have boinked, and it's nice and warm. I haven't seen weird behavior today, but it happened in the night last night.....
I have a group of 4 young quail, all currently maturing at different times. The oldest is 8 weeks old. The other three quail are 5 to 7 weeks old.
The oldest of the 4 was identifiable as a male 2 weeks ago: when he crowed, but wasn't actually trying to mount any of the others (all younger...