Rooapalooza
bird wrangler
Hey everyone! I bought a few Texas A&M Coturnix as chicks in October. They are healthy but never laid any eggs, so I assumed they are either 1) all boys or 2) not getting enough light. However, they never crowed either, until last week. Now I have three or four crowers (it's hard to catch them doing it). Why did the crowing take so long? Do they crow less when there are other males around? Does light affect their crowing as well? Do they crow to look for mates? Will they form pairs if they are all males? Are they just now crowing because the days are getting longer?
They are on high protein game bird feed with oyster shell just in case. They are outside in a large cage. I probably should have looked into this before, but it's been a busy time of year, and like I said, they are otherwise healthy. I've had coturnix quail before and didn't have this issue, although they were easy to sex on sight. I refuse to vent sex for the sake of everyone's dignity . At this point I'm assuming they are all boys, which is fine with me since they are not injuring each other.
They are on high protein game bird feed with oyster shell just in case. They are outside in a large cage. I probably should have looked into this before, but it's been a busy time of year, and like I said, they are otherwise healthy. I've had coturnix quail before and didn't have this issue, although they were easy to sex on sight. I refuse to vent sex for the sake of everyone's dignity . At this point I'm assuming they are all boys, which is fine with me since they are not injuring each other.