What should i do to stop an aggressive female without culling.

[Nabiki]

thanks everyone who messaged. I reintroduced her and everything went back to blissful for a bit. On 1/7/26 she started to become violent again, hurting multiple other quail. I culled her today sadly but i wasn't sure what else to do.

It sounds like she was just mean. Personally, I would have culled too. I don't keep aggressive birds in my coveys.

 

[Jndelgallo]

I would pull her out for a day, then put her back in. Being alone for a day will not be pleasant for her, and will hopefully readjust her attitude. Let us know if that doesn't work.

I did this 3 times before my lady became dinner. As soon as she got out she'd immediately peck again. She blinded one and scalped her, nearly scalped another, picked on absolutely everyone.

 

[Nabiki]

I did this 3 times before my lady became dinner. As soon as she got out she'd immediately peck again. She blinded one and scalped her, nearly scalped another, picked on absolutely everyone.

I will usually invite them to dinner if it doesn't work once. If their disposition is that bad, I don't want their genes in the covey.

 

[Midnight Roost]

I am having the same issue establishing one of my pens. I had an overly aggressive male, so I switched the hens to a less aggressive male and let the one female recoup/recover. That female once re-introduced started an all out war on the rest of the girls. So she is getting culled which sucks because shes a true blue Celadon which is really annoying. I am starting to find that the Celadons I have are way more agro then my other birds. But I also have another pen that I cant introduce other females because I have another terror. Its always the smallest ones too. Both are about to be dog food when I get my replacements. x.x I am just posting because I dont want you to feel bad. Sometimes they just want to be soup.