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[teradragon]

Is little male a confirmed male? Have you checked his vent? I have 3 females with my male and he mates each one all the time. Randy bugger! One of them must be a favourite, because she is getting a small bald patch.

 

[nayeli]

I agree, I would check that he is a confirmed male. Also how old are they? I would guess some males might just take a little longer to mature.

 

[GD91]

Yep, he must be male because the other male goes ballistic at him + he crows & has a reddish brown chest, no speckles....

Little males mate isn't doing good at all:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/855599/quail-hen-emergency-issues

 

[gipsi]

What is wrong with her?

 

[GD91]

She died unfortunately, we think our cat got to her outside in the pen because the holes were larger than the original.

So, now down to 1 lone male who's living in the home ( & shitting on the floor + eating from its own dish in the kitchen

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& Big male & Golden hen.


Now I have an interesting question, are coturnix quail burrowers?

Because we have a thick layer of shavings on the floor of the rabbit shed ( I've had to move everything into shelter because of the weather, today we had gails & hail stones) & there are actual burrows going under one of the hutches. Its certainly not rats or mice.

This burrow has 2 entrances & seems to go back to a hollow right at the back.

The hutches were only moved in there yesterday & the quail are loose on the floor. They have excavated a large amount of shavings to construct these tunnels.
I've also not had an egg today, but the hen I performed an autopsy on had an egg developing, which tells me the other hen should have laid today

so I think she's already stashing eggs.

Under the hutch is very private to, I'd have to remove the hutch base to see underneath. The tunnels lead right to the back.