Ruby Rogue
Free Ranging
Wondering if anyone here has experience with this and if there is anything I can do about it.
I had 4 female coturnix in a pen with 1 male. (Indoors, 7.5 sq feet)
They are 14 weeks old. They've each been laying an egg a day for around 5-6 weeks.
About a week ago, the male began constantly mating with the girls, all girls were missing most feathers from the backs of their heads. I removed the male.
A couple of days later, introduced a different male, the girls didn't like him. Found him hiding in a hut with most head feathers gone.
Removed him, introduced another different male. Girls beat him up too.
Re-introduced the original male. Girls beat him up.
Introduced all 3 of the males to the 4 females, came back a couple of hours later, all 3 males were hiding in the hut, afraid of the females.
All of the other quail are fine, I have a pen with 5 females and 1 male that is getting along fine. I have 5 males living together in a large area and they never fight anymore.
What am I gonna do here? I would like fertile eggs from this group.
I had 4 female coturnix in a pen with 1 male. (Indoors, 7.5 sq feet)
They are 14 weeks old. They've each been laying an egg a day for around 5-6 weeks.
About a week ago, the male began constantly mating with the girls, all girls were missing most feathers from the backs of their heads. I removed the male.
A couple of days later, introduced a different male, the girls didn't like him. Found him hiding in a hut with most head feathers gone.
Removed him, introduced another different male. Girls beat him up too.
Re-introduced the original male. Girls beat him up.
Introduced all 3 of the males to the 4 females, came back a couple of hours later, all 3 males were hiding in the hut, afraid of the females.
All of the other quail are fine, I have a pen with 5 females and 1 male that is getting along fine. I have 5 males living together in a large area and they never fight anymore.
What am I gonna do here? I would like fertile eggs from this group.