Abusive quail.

[Jacob Belmer]

This is my first flock of quail. They are about 10 weeks old. We culled more roosters than we wanted to because of the damage they were causing to our hens. I wonder if trimming their beaks could reduce the injuries. I just can’t see how something so natural can be so traumatic. The English white is the same hen after two separate matings. I culled it after the scalping. The Natural currently has no head feathers. The skin was torn on both birds. It made me not want to keep the roosters but we want to incubate eggs later on.

 

[Ann@Monto]

Just wondering what ratio of hens to roosters you have? Is there somewhere the hens can hide (like a pipe or some grasses etc). I found a chicken helmet when looking for feed trays for my chickens. Don't know if they'd be too big for quail, I image they would. Is it just one male who is playing rough? Have you watched him/them. Once they see red, they tend to all get in on the pecking game. I'll try to upload link details - wouldn't let me paste full URL.

Just type Amazon and Sendk-Plastic-Chicken-Helmet-Protective in search engine.