I am fairly new to owning bobwhites and my first group of 26 are fully mature and I have no issues! I now have a second group of 82 bobwhites that are 7 weeks old in a separate 8 x 12 foot building and last week they started pecking each other to death! I have lost 4 in 5 days! 2 had their top beaks missing and the other 2 had leg wounds
? I bought a product today that looks kind of like a suet cake that is supposed to distract and prevent pecking that gets hung up in the pens, I have them hung so I'm just hoping it works but in the mean time I have my father in law picking up some blue lights instead of the red that I have and also a spray called blue coat but if anyone has anymore suggestions they would be greatly appreciated!!!
I have also read that pecking and canibalism (sp) can be a genetic thing rather than a learned behavior I'm not sure if this is true or not but in any case we will not be ordering from the Hatchery I bought them from anymore! My first 26 I received from a family friend who raises and breeds his own so I will just continue to buy from him instead as I have had a 100% life rate on those and only a 76% life rate on the ones I bought from the "reputable" hatchery
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Space should not be an issue due to the fact that they only require 1 square foot per bird and at this time they have about 1.3 square feet per bird! My pens are 96 square feet and I have only 82 left! From the day I received them to now I have lost almost 30 birds! Most due to pecking and the rest were in the first few days from the stress of shipping
? if anyone has anymore advice my ears are open!!! Thank you very much!
Topic: Help! My 7 week old Bobwhite quail are pecking each other to death! (Read 4757 times)
