- May 29, 2014
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My quails are now 5 weeks 5 days old and I'm trying to decide which ones to breed and which to eventually process. I have 8 males to choose from and I want to keep 3, but I don't know how to choose. I have decided on 2 simply based on them being the only silver and golden males that I have, so I just need 1 more. All the rest are brown.
The silver male loves dust bathing and it crows occasionally but I've never seen it chase the females around. It seems pretty laid back and is really calm when I hold him. Eats from my hand.
The golden is quite persistent and has already started mounting. It was too persistent for the first lot of females I had him in with, chasing them around and pulling their feathers, but I thought maybe this was just because the females just weren't ready yet? It gets along fine in his new house with a different female (a pecker that I probably shouldn't breed and removed from her first cage too but strangely gets along with my golden male). The golden has a pretty crow and has stopped crowing as often as he used to.
I have a brown quail that is slightly bigger than the rest and I put it in with some females but I've never heard it crow and never seen it show any interest in the females. Is it just not mature yet? Should I replace it with a male that seems more interested?
The rest of the males I've separated because they've begun fighting each other. One male was even mounting the other males. Some were super aggressive and others were just terrified. Some crow more than others. I don't know how to choose from amongst them, which I'll do if I need to replace the biggest brown one (the one that hasn't ever crowed or shown interest in the girls).
I give them at least 14 hours of light a day. The females haven't started laying yet.
Any advice?
The silver male loves dust bathing and it crows occasionally but I've never seen it chase the females around. It seems pretty laid back and is really calm when I hold him. Eats from my hand.
The golden is quite persistent and has already started mounting. It was too persistent for the first lot of females I had him in with, chasing them around and pulling their feathers, but I thought maybe this was just because the females just weren't ready yet? It gets along fine in his new house with a different female (a pecker that I probably shouldn't breed and removed from her first cage too but strangely gets along with my golden male). The golden has a pretty crow and has stopped crowing as often as he used to.
I have a brown quail that is slightly bigger than the rest and I put it in with some females but I've never heard it crow and never seen it show any interest in the females. Is it just not mature yet? Should I replace it with a male that seems more interested?
The rest of the males I've separated because they've begun fighting each other. One male was even mounting the other males. Some were super aggressive and others were just terrified. Some crow more than others. I don't know how to choose from amongst them, which I'll do if I need to replace the biggest brown one (the one that hasn't ever crowed or shown interest in the girls).
I give them at least 14 hours of light a day. The females haven't started laying yet.
Any advice?