What am I doing wrong? Quail

[monarc23]

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I have done this to some of my birds just the tip, it doenst bleed if you only clip off the tip and soon grows back and by then the birds seem to have learned their lesson

 

[silentrunning]

Sweetshoplady - Thanks for the link. One of the bald males appears to be a jumbo. He has turned out to be about half again as big as the rest of the birds. I would like to get a couple of females to put with him when I get his cage built. Please keep your eyes open for a couple of young ladies. He is the dark colored one.

Monarc23 - thanks for all the great information. You really have done your homework.

Doug

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I think that was Writer of Words

But I would have to agree, the only 'predator' there is another quail.

 

[tumra]

In my breeders i have 2 males and 4 females, and the agressive male seriously pecked the other male to a point where he was bleeding all over his head. I did take him out to let him heal, but as a result the fertility of the breeders dropped so significantly, that the last batch of eggs i put in the incubator (26) not one egg hatched and no sign of a chick or blood for that matter showed up in any of the eggs... So although it is good to remove the injured birds, its a pain when the aggressive cock is the dud one...Anyway he has been removed now and is destined for the pot.