Can you Keep a Flock of All Males?

[pterry97]

Just out of curiosity, I know that the general rule of thumb is 6 hens to a roo, and that you can keep all hens to a flock, but can you keep a flock of all males? I know it's possible to keep bachelor flocks in chickens, but didn't know if it were any different in quail.

 

[007Sean]

Just out of curiosity, I know that the general rule of thumb is 6 hens to a roo, and that you can keep all hens to a flock, but can you keep a flock of all males? I know it's possible to keep bachelor flocks in chickens, but didn't know if it were any different in quail.

You can, if no hens are close to the bachelor pad.ie; (hear, smell or see them).There might be an argument or two but they should get along fine, even during breeding season, as long as no females are present.
What specie(s) of quail were you thinking of.....??? in this type enclosure.

 

[FloorCandy]

I have a bachelor pad, they can hear the girls but don’t generally bicker. Usually one or 2 are designated as the girls. Currently I just put out 3 week olds and they constantly quietly cheep and alarm call, making the males all crow constantly, hoping they’ll come over and hang out haha.

 

[MadamContrary]

Yes, as long as you watch out for bullies, sometimes you just have a jerk bird who starts fights. Out of breeding season I keep upwards of 25 (but on average15)males in my grow out pens, 60 square feet plus a tiny coop on each end for rainy days. Lots of cover and hidey holes help. I have kept females within eyesight of the boy's pen and had no issues, however ideally you want them out of the area, especially in the spring.

 

[pterry97]

You can, if no hens are close to the bachelor pad.ie; (hear, smell or see them).There might be an argument or two but they should get along fine, even during breeding season, as long as no females are present.
What specie(s) of quail were you thinking of.....??? in this type enclosure.

It was only out of curiosity, since my coturnix quail are going to the farm soon but we still can't quite feather sex them until their head and neck feathers come in. When at the farm depending on the gender ratio I'm just thinking of all the options we can take, since we don't cull our animals or rehome them without reasonable cause.

 

[Allteair]

You can if they cant see the hens, also when they establish a pecking order someones going to be on the bottom, this will be apparent during breeding season. Only way I've found to add new males into an any quail flock all male or otherwise is to remove all of the quails and temporarily place them in a container of some kind with the new birds added in for about 15 minutes this can break their territorial mindset when you put them all back in the pen but they will go about reestablishing who's boss lasts for about a day generally not nearly as bad as when you try to add a new bird into an existing flock in their home terf. The whole flock will gang up and try to drive away the newbie since they can't this can lead to injuries or death, at least in my experience. It honestly depends on how chil your birds are as well sometimes you have jumpy hair trigger birds othertime you have birds that love attention.