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  1. S

    Advice on Dealing with Aggressive Coturnix

    Hello all. I've had two female Corturnix quails for the last twelve months or so, and sadly had to cull them a few days ago as one had become dangerously aggressive towards the other. I came home from work and found that the less dominant had had half her feathers torn out and has been bleeding...
    • SareHare
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    • advice aggresion coturnix pet quails quails
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Quail
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    Are two roosters too many?

    I am looking for advice on the best situation for my flock. I have two "groups" of chickens. We call the first group the "Big 6". They were the first 6 chickens we ever got. 1 of the silver laced wyandotte's turned out to be a cockerel. When they were about 12 weeks old, we moved them to the...
  3. elisemarie

    Help! Adult hen pecking pullet!

    I got my first ever chickens over a month ago. Our town's bylaw only allows us 3 hens so we have one White Orpington (1 year old) one Buff Orpington (3 months old) and one Silver Laced Wyandotte (3 months old). The problem is that our WO is often pecking our SLW and plucks out her feathers in...
  4. M

    Aggressive rooster injuring humans

    Desperate family here looking for advice. Our rooster (1 year 2 months) is a modern day velociraptor. He's given my dad a several inch long scar on his leg and I just got a puncture wound to my knee that is deep enough to make it difficult to move my knee. The hens all are missing patches of...
  5. M

    Rooster problem or "puberty" problem?

    Hello. I have a mixed flock of 13 chickens. They are all around 4-5 months old and grew up together from a few days old. One of my roosters (red ranger breed) has been crowing now for about a month or so. He's an awesome bird. Friendly to everyone so far, including my 4 year old son, and seems...
  6. Erik the epic

    Help male quail attacking hens!!!!!!

    I have three bobwhite quail two hens and one male, all are about a year old. The male has suddenly started attacking the females. One hen has been scalped I can see bone, and she is limping.The other hen has lost a lot of feathers but nothing as bad a the first hen.The male has been a little...
    • Erik the epic
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    • aggresion asap attacking bobwhite quail head hen injured malequail quail scalped
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Quail
  7. C

    Rooster Issues

    A while ago we got a 2/3 year old rooster. Up until recently we had no problems with him. Our chickens are just for personal use as such and are somewhere between pets and egg layers. So we would usually spend a while in their pen talking to them and petting them. That is until our rooster...
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