By the time I noticed the episode the poor little things back was wide open and the others were picking at its open wound .
Its on its own now but I gotta tell you these quail aint so cute any more .
Blood thirsty Quail
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Was disgusted to see 10 baby quail turn on 1 little one today .
By the time I noticed the episode the poor little things back was wide open and the others were picking at its open wound .
Its on its own now but I gotta tell you these quail aint so cute any more .
By the time I noticed the episode the poor little things back was wide open and the others were picking at its open wound .
Its on its own now but I gotta tell you these quail aint so cute any more .
Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
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Deb,
Pretty common in ground livers, chooks do the same, especially in crowded situations, survival of the fittest. I think that it could be related to protein. Just my thoughts.
Matcho.
Pretty common in ground livers, chooks do the same, especially in crowded situations, survival of the fittest. I think that it could be related to protein. Just my thoughts.
Matcho.
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They have gone from cute and fluffy to blood thirsty savages . Feeding time is fluff frenzy and yet they have abundant food in chook crumbles and have access to the seed containers .
They can shred a cabbage leaf in minutes and boiled eggs are eaten shell and all . Not impressed with them at all
They can shred a cabbage leaf in minutes and boiled eggs are eaten shell and all . Not impressed with them at all
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Not a problem we've had.
Is there plenty of low cover for them?
We've bunches of hedge trimmings on the ground (from a Lleyton Green hedge) and they get lost in there.
Just a thought....
Is there plenty of low cover for them?
We've bunches of hedge trimmings on the ground (from a Lleyton Green hedge) and they get lost in there.
Just a thought....
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They have a bushy corner to hide in with lots of dried upright grasses . Plenty of food /water . Nice dry aviary . They are canibals
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I've never seen that happen with babies - how old are they? Older ones can be brutal to each other. I find them a pain as you can't keep them together in small holding cages without them ripping each other apart. And then when someone wants a pair I can't catch the buggers in a large aviary.
I've only got one old pair now, who I thought were past breeding. But recently I counted 8 (could be more) of them, so seems they're not geriatrics yet!
I've only got one old pair now, who I thought were past breeding. But recently I counted 8 (could be more) of them, so seems they're not geriatrics yet!
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They hatched 6/Nov sooo 3 and a bit weeks .
This is the first and last time with quail for me , not liking birds that act like that .
This is the first and last time with quail for me , not liking birds that act like that .
Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
David Brent
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