Male quail crowing in the middle of the night

[Sill]

Well, they are mighty quiet in the freezer.

 

[Hercg]

I have come up with an idea how to limit male Quails from crowing, and I’m not saying it is the total cure. After a considerable time of observation this is what I did. Isolate the particular bird/birds into one coop with adequate space. On each four corners of the cage drill holes for wooden pegs (dowels) at variable heights approximately 1 inch apart. The pegs at the front of the coop needs to start at about the standard height of the bird 5 inches, but at the rear of the coop it needs to be higher. Once you have achieve that, place a piece of plastic glass (Perspex) or some stiff netting the size of the coop, and place it on the pegs at a gradient with the lesser height at the front and higher at the back for freedom. I’ve observed that the males like to come to the front of the cage to crow, and they tend to elongate their necks to make the crowing louder. You might have to make minor adjustments to the heights of the pegs to get the results. This has worked for me, let me know if it works for you.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

I have come up with an idea how to limit male Quails from crowing, and I’m not saying it is the total cure. After a considerable time of observation this is what I did. Isolate the particular bird/birds into one coop with adequate space. On each four corners of the cage drill holes for wooden pegs (dowels) at variable heights approximately 1 inch apart. The pegs at the front of the coop needs to start at about the standard height of the bird 5 inches, but at the rear of the coop it needs to be higher. Once you have achieve that, place a piece of plastic glass (Perspex) or some stiff netting the size of the coop, and place it on the pegs at a gradient with the lesser height at the front and higher at the back for freedom. I’ve observed that the males like to come to the front of the cage to crow, and they tend to elongate their necks to make the crowing louder. You might have to make minor adjustments to the heights of the pegs to get the results. This has worked for me, let me know if it works for you.

This one is an old post from 2014, but you have my curiosity. Do you have pictures?

 

[cathalmire]

I had to move a very aggressive quail in with his father moving the older female out. So i now have a calmer male with the hens and one bloody battered male in recuperation after the aggressive one near killed him. I thought was a cat but the blood was on the inside of the roof. The two males are now crowing non stop

 

[Feathers1984]

I have come up with an idea how to limit male Quails from crowing, and I’m not saying it is the total cure. After a considerable time of observation this is what I did. Isolate the particular bird/birds into one coop with adequate space. On each four corners of the cage drill holes for wooden pegs (dowels) at variable heights approximately 1 inch apart. The pegs at the front of the coop needs to start at about the standard height of the bird 5 inches, but at the rear of the coop it needs to be higher. Once you have achieve that, place a piece of plastic glass (Perspex) or some stiff netting the size of the coop, and place it on the pegs at a gradient with the lesser height at the front and higher at the back for freedom. I’ve observed that the males like to come to the front of the cage to crow, and they tend to elongate their necks to make the crowing louder. You might have to make minor adjustments to the heights of the pegs to get the results. This has worked for me, let me know if it works for you.

Anyone else try the method of keeping a male in a shorter cage to prohibit him from elongating his neck to crow?