Okay advice please re aggressive male courtaix

[Sammi_0411]

Hey so its now come to light i have 2 male courtaix out of mine the latest one is a terror his rough mating and he constantly pecking other male who trys to run and actually hurting them all his trying to square up and peck chickens through the fence his been seperated i know i probs need to cull dont know if i can face it tho

 

[Ruby Rogue]

I'm not a Quail expert but these are questions you will be asked... how big is your enclosure, how many females do you have, and how old are your Quail? They may need more space or you may need more females...or maybe he's just a bad boy.

 

[shrimpsilkies]

If you can get him to calm down in isolation or even force him to molt by keeping him somewhere dark, he might lose the drive to breed for a while, depending on what season it is where you live. However I prefer not to treat my birds like that, easier to just give them a stress-free life and then bring on the kitchen shears when they start to be a problem. After all culling for temperament really is the most important thing, if you’ve got a more gentle male he should be the father of any chicks you hatch. Maybe you can give him away?

 

[hmm]

"Hey, so it's now come to light that I have 2 male COTURNIX out of nine[?]. The latest one is a terror—he's rough with mating and he's constantly pecking the other male who tries to run. He's actually hurting them all, he's trying to square up and peck chickens through the fence. He has been separated—I know I probably need to cull him, but don't know if i can face it."

 

[ButtonBag]

Is there any way you can give them more space or separate them into two groups? It seems like he's feeling threatened by other birds and trying to claim hens.

 

[Sammi_0411]

Thanks guys xxx.

 

[Nabiki]

We do need to know how much space you have and how many hens in order to help you.

Coturnix quail roos will usually fight if you have more than one in a pen unless the pen is pretty big and they have a lot of places to hide. If you can't put him in a separate pen with his own harem, you may need to rehome or cull him.

 

[Ted_Harrell]

If the other roo in the pen is gentle with the ladies, I would just rehome the aggressive one so you don't have to do the culling yourself. Good luck Sammi....

 

[swampfox440]

Culling time, it's something that must be done in order to protect the others and better the strain you are raising . No one likes it !

 

[TwoCrows]

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