kurby22
Crossing the Road
So my first hatch 4/22 of quail have reached crowing age. I’m wondering, do they all sort of reach crowing age at once? Or is it sort of more specific to the bird? I sat and watched them a bunch today and there was only one crowing, and I’ve been hearing his crow for a couple days now. He’s also the one I saw chasing the other quail on Sunday and they were frantically trying to get away from him. SO, I’m wondering if he’s just the first to realize he can crow and that he’s a male or if he’s just the only male. Tonight I found him all alone on the bottom level of the coop all fluffed up in the corner (right after I scared away the skunk) and the other 5 were upstairs laying together in a pile. I think I have at least one more male cuz the falb fees seem to be two hens and a roo, but so far it’s shown no other signs of being a roo other than a mostly white chest (no speckles). Anywho, just curious if he’s an early bloomer or the lone male! if he is, then I got super lucky to hatch 7 and get 6 hens...just seems unlikely