Quail crazily jumping and going insane

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Perhaps the tables have turned, and the picker is now the pickee.
There have been some posts on here from others with females that are more vicious than the males (to each other) so no guarantees there. Lol. I’ve just found my boys are the more aggressive, outgoing ones, that try to escape. Lol. My biggest reason for suggesting pecking/picking behaviour is that you said the feathers were missing from the head on the one. They don’t *usually* scalp themselves escaping, although not saying it’s impossible; but I would lean more toward the other being the culprit. Any chance of putting a camera on them at night to see what they’re actually getting up to in there? Can you temporarily separate their house so they can see each other but not necessarily access the other, in case it is an inter-bird issue?

I don't think it is being pecked because before we added the net and cardboard there used to be plastic that it would bump its head into, i thought maybe it hit its head so hard that it lost its feathers... i just cant see the other quail pecking it, i have never seen it peck the other one and the jumping quail does not even get scared of it when i put it back into the box, it is scared of my hand thinking i will pick it up. Also when it used to stay in my room and i would wake up when because of its jumping i would just see the other quail sitting in the corner also woken from its sleep. Ill try my best to keep an eye on them with a camera or other methods. Thanks for the ideas.

 

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Perhaps the tables have turned, and the picker is now the pickee.
There have been some posts on here from others with females that are more vicious than the males (to each other) so no guarantees there. Lol. I’ve just found my boys are the more aggressive, outgoing ones, that try to escape. Lol. My biggest reason for suggesting pecking/picking behaviour is that you said the feathers were missing from the head on the one. They don’t *usually* scalp themselves escaping, although not saying it’s impossible; but I would lean more toward the other being the culprit. Any chance of putting a camera on them at night to see what they’re actually getting up to in there? Can you temporarily separate their house so they can see each other but not necessarily access the other, in case it is an inter-bird issue?

I watched it for quite some time last night and it kept jumping and the other quail had nothing to do with it... I covered the box with a cloth so it cannot see where it is jumping or cannot see anything that could scare it, this calmed it down till it started later on when we were sleeping it is really starting to get stressful as it is now bleeding near its ear even though we put netting up. Could the reason be the sounds from the TV? we thought it could be the flickering lights but that wasnt it as we covered the box. If anyone could help out id really appreciate it.

 

[FloorCandy]

I watched it for quite some time last night and it kept jumping and the other quail had nothing to do with it... I covered the box with a cloth so it cannot see where it is jumping or cannot see anything that could scare it, this calmed it down till it started later on when we were sleeping it is really starting to get stressful as it is now bleeding near its ear even though we put netting up. Could the reason be the sounds from the TV? we thought it could be the flickering lights but that wasnt it as we covered the box. If anyone could help out id really appreciate it.

How old is it? My 4 week olds in my grow out have been bonking because they keep trying to fly. I clipped their wings and they can’t get up there fast or hard anymore. My birds haven’t been like this previously, I assume one has a strong flight instinct and influences the others, so this batch are jumpers.

 

[Trisseh]

When a chick runs at me growling or attacking, I pick it up and teach it that behavior gets the opposite of what it wants.

Exactly why that behaviour didn’t last long with mine. Haha. Now he enjoys being held. They’re so weird.

 

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How old is it? My 4 week olds in my grow out have been bonking because they keep trying to fly. I clipped their wings and they can’t get up there fast or hard anymore. My birds haven’t been like this previously, I assume one has a strong flight instinct and influences the others, so this batch are jumpers.

My quail dosent really fly, its in a box where it could only jump... in the box the quails ear started bleeding but then it annoyed us so much as we couldn't sleep that we put it in the outside cage, we come the next morning to see its ear is bleeding even more. Ill try teach it that behaviour too lol.