Procedure or Protocol for removing roos

[Stellar]

Some roos are fine in trios and pairs, others....not so much. I have some happy pairs and trios and some roosters just get culled because they are nasty...

 

[galanie]

You are evil. I'm trying to tell myself I can't afford to have a new hobby like raising quail right now and you made me realize that I have just that sort of cage sitting right here, empty.

*cruises to auction section*

 

[kahlertm]

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I have one of your young rosettas coming of age.... He puffs up every feather and stares me down as if he is going to lunge at the cage door! I can't believe some of the antics! He really does give me the willies....all like, 4 oz of him! He comes out if I offer a meal worm to the female with him. She is gentle and comes close, and he struts around beside her with every feather out, like he is huffing. I did not know they could almost be like the other species that rhymes with pickin, in that they seem to want to pick a fight almost.

Is this what you refer to as nasty? How bad can some roos get? My original post roo was only after the girls just a little too much and bedraggling them. This new one hasn't pecked me or anything but the body language is sure different than the other young roos that just call and call when I come around to do chores and give treats and such.

Interesting. I love animal watching.
This rosetta roo at about 5 wks old is somthin else. Like a silverback gorilla, but tiny.

Tonya

 

[Stellar]

When I refer to nasty, I mean walking to a cage of eye pecked individuals, some blinded after the injuries, and head scalding, and there is one roo with no injury whatsoever and still going at it. He goes, the rest stays and remains happy later on (and becomes pretty again). Hens can be nasty too...I stick them in a bachelor pen, they learn quick

 

[sourland]

Nasty is as nasty does. Good animal husbandry is to remove such individuals from the gene pool regardless of the species. Given enough generations through selective breeding you can modify the temperment of almost any species.

 

[kahlertm]

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Completely in agreement with you here. Because I am new to Coturnix, I was unsure of the peramiters of common roo behavior in season, vs overly aggressive personality that should be culled, or if other combos straigten these things out.

I have a long history of working with animals who have been bred or misbred to sad results. The dog and now cat world is in a world of literal hurt right now what with the breeding.

A good learning thread.

Very interested in worst case scenario Coturnix roo "must cull"- vs- this can be solved using environment enrichment, space, or providing what the species needs. Just what kind of gal I am.

Thank you for your input sourland.

Anymore monster roo stories and their remedy would be greatly appreciated, as I continue to study the behavior aspect always.


Tonya