@@nenasbirdsProbably constantly made those sounds because he had TWO females instead of one. They're monogamous by nature, so the 2nd female is seen as an intruder.
my enetjie met die wit hals het reageer hierop! dierbaar! nou wil ek net seker maak, tussen die twee wat ek gekoop het as n paartjie, kan ek aanneem die een met hierdie soortgelyke wit hals is die mannetjie en die ander een die wyfie?
No, they pick at each other's heads. Not unusual to see bald quails, or to find them dead or bleeding. You can only keep one male per aviary or cage, and it's not too much different with females either. They do jump straight up when startled, and will hit the roof of even an 8 foot tall aviary, but the head injuries are mostly because they chase each other around picking at their heads mercilessly once they start to mature.
@@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn we keep our quail in pairs in separate cages. Nevertheless sometimes they are picking each other and we have to keep some of them individually
@@grigoryshetina9500 I didn't realise that you were familiar with them, but yes, even pairs pick on each other, but it's usually the hen picking on the cock. The real trouble occurs when you have a heap of young birds together waiting to colour up, pair up, or be sold. It's fine for a while, but then they start to mature. It's a problem for shops too, you can only keep one male per cage. When I had my bird shop, I'd never pay more than 50 cents for males, if I paid for them at all! You can keep one male per three females in a good sized aviary, so it's really hard to sell males. What you'll find too, is their sex is determined by the temperature they're incubated at, so some hens will give you lots of females, and few males, whereas other hens will give you lots of males and few females, so you might as well get rid of those hens.
