angry female

[squeak1387]

I have a pair in a cage by themselves, just today I realized that my female is picking on the male. Do tehy need to be seperated? Or is this just normal? Earlier this year I had 2 males in with her and she beat up one of the males so bad he was bleedingand had all the feathers pulled out of the back of his neck. I thougt that was odd to but I have never put him back. She never had a problem with the other male untill now. Any advice or reasons this may be happening?

 

[madabouthens]

i had a hen do that many years ago so we burnt the tip of her beak not sore to them in anyway but i would sugest if u arnt sure how to do that get an expert of a vet or some1 1 good luck!

 

[JJMR794]

what speces?

 

[squeak1387]

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to be honest, i'm not sure. I do have pics though.

this is my female

i have 2 males exactly the same as this one

 

[Axle Quails]

Male looks like a italian quail

 

[Wifezilla]

You have coturnix quail. I had a female go NUTS and beat up the other 3 quail in her group. 2 females and one male. Turned out she had gone broody and decided that nobody was going to mess with her or her eggs. I doubt that is the case for you, but plants and baskets the other quail can hide in, a good dust bathing area for distraction, or more room might chill her out. What protein percentage is your feed? Sometimes cannibalism can happen if the protein percentage is too low.

 

[Fat Daddy]

Are you 100% sure that your hen is not a roo? If you have'nt had a egg in your pen, I would have to wonder if you have a hen at all... You know a roo, will roo, a roo too...

Bill

 

[squeak1387]

I feed them game bird food. I think its 30 percent. It says its for quail, ducks, and turkeys.

 

[squeak1387]

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I am sure she is a female quail. I get eggs from her every day

 

[Fat Daddy]

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I am sure she is a female quail. I get eggs from her every day

I had a hen that had trouble getting along with her pen mates too. Just woke up one morning and hated everyone else in the pen. I pulled the scalped ones out to heal and she would find a new target. Put the healed one back in and she would be right back it. I eventually ate that fine young hen..... Bill