Male Japanese quails

Viva78

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Apr 22, 2019
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Hi there! I am sorry if this has been asked, I’m new here! I just adopted 3 little quails that we’re at my local shelter. They had been there for months with no inquiries and living in guinea pig cages with nothing remotely natural for them at all. I did a bunch of research and although I know nothing of raising quail, knew I had to be able to provide better for them than what they had. Here is my issue! They are all males, and from what I read it said with enough space and no hens to fight over they should be able to coexist. I would like this for them as I know they are social, however I am super stressed about the fighting. I have already removed the smallest of the 3 into his own hutch as I found him in the morning basically scalped :(. The other two still fight, not as often and doesn’t last as long, but I am worried the one I am currently considering the bully is maybe keeping the other boy from eating or drinking. They are currently in an 8X2 hutch while I work on their outside space. Is it better for me to separate them all, giving them all their own hutch and space while they can still see each other or let them sort it out? I want to do right by them so badly, but don’t want any of them to live in constant fear or get seriously hurt either. Any help and advice is greatly appreciated!! Thank you all in advance :)
 
Oh, that's tough—Japanese quail don't do well separated from one another, but the males will keep fighting if allowed to be together.

You either need to make 3 separate sections withe one male and multiple hens in each (might get kinda loud), or cull/re-home two of the males and give the whole pen to one male and an appropriate number of hens.
 
I have a few males being kept together until I can hatch some new chicks to improve the ratio. They are in a chicken run on grass outside and do not fight from what I have seen as there are no missing feathers or injuries. When kept inside there was some fighting. This is only temporary, and I don't recommend it long term.
 
I have a few males being kept together until I can hatch some new chicks to improve the ratio. They are in a chicken run on grass outside and do not fight from what I have seen as there are no missing feathers or injuries. When kept inside there was some fighting. This is only temporary, and I don't recommend it long term.

Yeah, I have to imagine extra things to do/see/smell helps!
 

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