My rooster learned a bad crowing habit from another rooster, will he stop if I get rid of the other bird?

[FloorCandy]

This thread is about quail, but your experience sounds like it's with chickens

My post is about coturnix quail.

 

[NatJ]

My post is about coturnix quail.

I had never before heard of a "red rooster" siring "sexlinks" with quail--that's what had made me so sure it was chickens.

These two species share way too many terms!

 

[FloorCandy]

I had never before heard of a "red rooster" siring "sexlinks" with quail--that's what had made me so sure it was chickens.

These two species share way too many terms!

A male roux (Egyptian or scarlet) over a non roux (not silver tho) will produce sex link chicks. All the reds will be hens and everything else is a roo.

 

[Quailobsessed]

Mine crow a lot, but that's because I have a lot of males. Back when I only had one male, it was rare to find him crowing.

 

[TurkeyTheQuail]

He's a quail? If so, where are you located? I might be able to take him off your hands?

Yeah he's a quail that would be great! I'm from Greenville South Carolina.

 

[TurkeyTheQuail]

I had a constant crower I had to process. He crowed day in and day out. He was my only red male, and he was churning out sex links for me. But he had to go. None of my other Roos of any age picked up the habit. 2 weeks ago I culled a six week old who was doing it from his first crow. I think they’re born to crow or not crow.

That being said, remember that’s with ideal conditions. A roo with less than 3-5 females will often constantly crow because he’s looking for more ladies. A roo with too little space will crow. If there are a lot of predators the males often crow a lot. I’ve found that lining the pen with cinder blocks around the outside keeps predators out, and also keeps the birds from seeing all the mundane movements in the yard as constant threats and crowing.

How many ladies does your roo have? How much space do you keep them in? Are there lots of hiding places, and how many birds per square feet?

He had a lot of ladies but I had to remove him from them because he was constantly harassing them. He had a lot of space too.

 

[FloorCandy]

He had a lot of ladies but I had to remove him from them because he was constantly harassing them. He had a lot of space too.

A male need 3-5 ladies to be happy, and he will breed with them often. Most birds are happiest with about 1-2 birds per square foot of space.

I see you have at least 2 Roos, so you would need 6-10 hens, more if there are other males too.

 

[Pandaisy]

My old rooster would do this. He was quite like a mouse, barely crowing. But as soon as the young roosters started crowing he would scream his lungs out all day, every day. It stopped two weeks after I got rid of the bachelor's. I think he felt threatened. But having enough hens solves the problem too.