Quail Making Loud Noise

[QuailExpert]

Awe poor little thing I hate when the other guys don't accept the little ones it sucks seeing them get beat up.. you did the right thing though by taking her out

thank you that means a lot. i wasnt sure it was the right decision at first but i knew i had to do it.

 

[Ulaidian]

It is hard to see the small ones getting hammered, I have one that is out by himself for a bit of R&R, as he has been on the wrong end of another boys attention.
Of course, this means that I have a night crower, and the others like to join in..

 

[CCUK]

Quail are social birds so she will be lonely on her own and wondering where her flock went. The morning does tend to be when they call for their mate (even if he was being a beast) and females can get very loud.

It may have only been one or two birds that were picking on her. Occasionally you get a trouble maker but a week separated (but still in view of the flock) usually sorts them out.

If you want her to stop calling you will need to give her a quail friend. Another female would do just fine and that prevents anymore mating injuries. You will need to have them separated but in view of each other for a week then introduce them in neutral territory. Get one that is the same colour as she had in her flock because sometimes they can be a bit racist when it comes to colours.

I tried putting a cinnamon male in with six white females. They nearly killed him! Not good to mix colours!

 

[JaeG]

I tried putting a cinnamon male in with six white females. They nearly killed him! Not good to mix colours!

If they are raised with different colours it doesn't seem to be an issue but we got a few 3 weeks old chicks when our littlies were 4 weeks old. One younger was a solid Tibetan and for some reason she was constantly picked on by our older gold and white ones (the females were especially bad). Thankfully I was able to find one female who was willing to be her friend and they lived with a male and did ok as a trio. But, yes, they can be very frustrating sometimes, and surprisingly brutal!

 

[CCUK]

If they are raised with different colours it doesn't seem to be an issue but we got a few 3 weeks old chicks when our littlies were 4 weeks old. One younger was a solid Tibetan and for some reason she was constantly picked on by our older gold and white ones (the females were especially bad). Thankfully I was able to find one female who was willing to be her friend and they lived with a male and did ok as a trio. But, yes, they can be very frustrating sometimes, and surprisingly brutal!

I never managed to get different colours to mix. I never raised different colours from chicks though.

 

[CCUK]

I have also had quite a few split scalps from punch ups in the run. Keep a bottle of purple spray handy! When they get on it's great when not it's a nightmare. I had about 7 different runs at one point trying to separate them and find out who could go with who!