Coturnix Quail: Male to Female ratio

[lowcountrypoultry]

Hi Everyone

I am about to seperate my quail and want to know, what is the ideal male to female ratio?

I was thinking 1:3?

This way i can clean out other males, and see how many more eggs I need to order

Thanks

-Austin

 

[shelleyd2008]

I believe they can be more like 1:5, but mine are a trio. Of course, these are the only ones I have, but you get the idea! 1:5 is what I have heard for colony breeding though.

 

[linebacker]

Austin,

My A&M's are set up at a 4:1 ratio. Some of my hens were a little bare when I got them, but since I have gone to this ratio, none of them have gotten any barer (is that a word?). The younger hens put in with these groups show no feather stripping at all. I will go to a five to one ratio when I increase my breeding numbers and retest fertility then. I would keep a few spare males just in case if you decide to go to a higher ratio. If you have a 3 or 4 to 1 ratio and lose a male you could just place each hen in another established breeding pen. However if you have a 5:1, you would probably want a replacement male for that pen.

JMO
Brad

 

[justpete]

I am at a 4:1 ratio with my coturnix

 

[sandspoultry]

We use 5:1


Steve in NC

 

[monarc23]

I'm doing 4:1 mostly....the most i'd do for one male is 5. Just to insure fertility.

 

[TheOlneyChickens]

Do any of you have more than one Male per pen? If so to keep everyone happy what ratio then? I am not worried about breeding so much just ended up with males and don't want fighting.

 

[007Sean]

I don't raise Cots anymore but have large flocks of Bobwhites, Gambels and Blues which I have 26 to 30 birds in each enclosure. I run 4 males to 20-25 females.
These are large ground enclosures. Haven't had any problems with fighting or fertility.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Do any of you have more than one Male per pen? If so to keep everyone happy what ratio then? I am not worried about breeding so much just ended up with males and don't want fighting.

I did this really successfully, but it was because I originally got a flock that was six males and two females that had all been kept/raised together for a long time, so the males were sweeties and just overjoyed to have a girlfriend each.

They fought with any others I tried to introduce pretty badly though!

 

[TheOlneyChickens]

I currently have 4 males and 10 females so I have all the males divided for safety.....some were raised together but now that they have been separated worry about putting them back together. We started with 2 were told they were females......both males. So then bought more because we wanted the eggs. Each time we bought more got another Male hahaha....so needed more females so I told my husband! We are building them enclosures like this so worried there isn't enough room for more than one male but I am new.