Help!!!!!!

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

I went out to feed, AND Cocoa has lost feathers on her back!!! She also lost her tail feathers last week!! What is happening?!
IT IS WORSE THAN IT LOOKS!! SHE IS BLOODY ON HER NECK!! THERE ARE NO FEATHERS ON HER NECK!!!!!!!

Could it be from roo's?

 

[mhwc56]

someone's sure getting at her! a Roo's a probable suspect.

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

She will be getting chicks!!

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

i was amazed after getting quails for the first time at how brutal they can be to each other. i agree it's probably a roo. But watch out and pull her out if you see too much blood as the others will join in the pecking party.

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

Yep!!
Our males are KILLERS, they have killed a few.

Have you ever had a tame quail?

 

[Rozzie]

I am going to remove my post here.

For whatever reason, I forgot that you had Bobwhites momentarily (doh!) instead of coturnix.

My apologies!

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

Thanks!!

 

[Robo]

That happened to some of my coturnix hens.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

i used to have Buttons and Coturnix. They just never became tame. As much as i would try to calm them and bond with them, they would just look at me in terror whenever i came near. i had one little hen get the entire top of her head pecked off, the skin was sliding off as i put on neosporin. i rehomed them as i really wanted to spend my time with the birds that interacted with me on a friendly nature, like my chickens, ducks, and turkeys.

Personally, if i had any rooster that killed hens, they would be gone so fast their head would spin around like in the exorcist.

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

Yep, I was thinking about having quail for thanksgiving!!
UPDATE: I have ANOTHER hen with a bald and bloody neck!!!!!