Help! My quails are attacking each other!

[Gigicoco05]

So recently I hatched 3 quail eggs. They are around 7-8 weeks old. A few days ago I went out in the morning to feed them when I saw the the oldest sonic (dark colored) had a bleeding beak ( not that much) and a few feather from his head not there. I think that shadow the last born ( a mix of dark and light colors) attacked him or her. I separated them so far but I’ve come to notice that they seem to be attacking each other. Sonic just attacked hope today (white colored) quail. I was able to stop it before anything happened but otherwise it’s just sonic and shadow who fight. Please help. I don’t know what to do other than to separate them. Will they always fight or is it just something because maybe one is a female? Please help! Thanks!

 

[Kiki]

Can you post clear photos of each quail so we can figure out what sex they are.

Also get a couple photos of their cage so we can figure out how best to make them hiding spots in it.

 

[Fishkeeper]

Quail don't get pregnant. They make an egg inside their body and lay it immediately, every couple of days, they don't hold a baby inside them like mammals do. You'll know they're laying eggs when you find eggs.

 

[el dorado quail]

The first one looks like a male pharaoh? Had to tell without his breast/neck/face. The others look like they're color varieties so can't sex by plumage.

If there is more than 1 male they'll always fight. Might end up with a murder quail

 

[Fishkeeper]

If your quail isn't broody, she isn't going to sit on that egg either way. She's not sitting on it or nesting, so she isn't broody. If you have laying birds, no broody, and you don't want to incubate eggs, take the eggs out and eat them.

 

[Fishkeeper]

What kind of quail?
What do you feed?
How much space do they have?
Are you sure they're fighting, and it's not that one is trying to mate and is clumsy about it?

 

[el dorado quail]

Okay is there any other way you can tell the gender for the last two??

Vent sexing wil be the surest way

 

[Ebony Rose]

Although not unheard of, it is rare for Japanese Coturnix Quail to go broody, and often lose interest long before the eggs are due to hatch; If you want to hatch from eggs that she lays, you may want to invest in an incubator as a Plan-B. The first couple of weeks laying are not considered particularly fertile anyway, as your hen is still working out all the kinks in her reproductive tract. Congratulations on her laying Candling quail eggs is a difficult process due to the speckled camouflage of the shell; I can usually see light pass through the egg until they've been incubated for close to a week, and then they get 'dark'. Dark indicating that there is development within the egg. I've yet to find a suitable light source to get better results from my candling efforts.

 

[muddy75]

How many times a year do quails lay eggs? And how many? I still only have one from yesterday.

just like with chickens, you may not get regular eggs at first as others have stated, they are working out the “kinks” but also like chickens, quail typically lay 1 egg per day as long as they have 14-16 hours of daylight and proper nutrition.

 

[Ebony Rose]

My Japanese Coturnix Quail are very fond of laying in the late afternoon to very early evening. Check in the corners of their enclosure, sand boxes, food dish... all huge favorites at my house. If they have deep litter, they may dig holes to lay in.