Quail pecking eyes?

[godscultivator]

Yeah I have a mean quail also, the only solution is to separate him...

 

[chickitychicks]

Hi, I have the same problem: 3 Roos and 5 hens. They are 5 1/2 weeks old. One Roo is bleeding on the back of his head. I will separate the one that bleeds until he heals. Now, my question is, which one should I keep the one that has healed or the aggressive one?

 

[jdchino4]

the ratio of males to females to high. you need one male per 5 females that is why they are fighting for the females.

 

[ChickenLegs13]

Hi, I have the same problem: 3 Roos and 5 hens. They are 5 1/2 weeks old. One Roo is bleeding on the back of his head. I will separate the one that bleeds until he heals. Now, my question is, which one should I keep the one that has healed or the aggressive one?

Cull the aggressive birds and remove them from the gene pool. Your current & future birds will thank you for it.
A month or so ago my breeder birds in community cages (2 roo-10 hen per cage) started going nuts so I built a new Quail Jail with a 1-5 ratio cages and they still kept going crazy. I spent 2 days swapping quail between cages trying to restore peace but they wouldn't get with the program. I watched them for a while and started popping heads off the unruly aggressive birds and in about an hour I had a happy peaceful flock.
I always start my new breeders with a 1-10 ratio and cull undersized, unproductive, aggressive, etc birds until I have a 1 to 5-6 ratio in the cage. Culling is vital and I do it with a quickness.

 

[seth osborn]

I think you have to high of a male to female ratio.

 

[Burdy]

Cull the aggressive birds and remove them from the gene pool. Your current & future birds will thank you for it.
A month or so ago my breeder birds in community cages (2 roo-10 hen per cage) started going nuts so I built a new Quail Jail with a 1-5 ratio cages and they still kept going crazy. I spent 2 days swapping quail between cages trying to restore peace but they wouldn't get with the program. I watched them for a while and started popping heads off the unruly aggressive birds and in about an hour I had a happy peaceful flock.
I always start my new breeders with a 1-10 ratio and cull undersized, unproductive, aggressive, etc birds until I have a 1 to 5-6 ratio in the cage. Culling is vital and I do it with a quickness.

I agree with this method. I currently have a cage with 1 male to 6 females and one of the females has killed one of my girls and badly wounded another. She's just a meany and I rather not breed that into the next generation.