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rita

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Well i have sold my male and now have 2 new girls. when i got home i started to regret selling my male, he was so sweet but it is done now.
anyway the girls are here and there have been some squabbling so i have separated them up. how long will i have to keep the barrier up between them all, it's upset the whole group they all seem to be chasing one and another at the moment, i started to think what have i done.
i have enclosed a photo. lets hope it all settles down soon.
 

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She's lovely. I'm so glad you managed to sell your boy, hard to part from him but at least you know he has a new life Rita. It would probably be good if you could keep the new girls apart for at least a week, or until you see they've settled down I should think. As they are upset you are right to separate them.
 
yes just one male which was very lucky i have another red head quail but it's definitely a little girl, no eggs as yet, they are all to upset with the new comers, they are even jumpy at there own hatch buddies, lots of running around some are under the conifer branches, they are all in the garden run at the moment then later i put them back into the house which of course is separated, i remembered reading your post Marigold about they were all fine until you put them in there house and in the morning it was a blood bath, so they stay separated at night.
do you think i should just leave them in the house and not move them into the run in the day.
 
I think the longer you can leave them together but separate, the better, not only for quarantine but so they get really used to each other and calmed down. The one I had in the hamster cage inside the big cage was there for about two weeks whilst her wounds healed after they had duffed her up, and you don't want that! but when I put her together with them it was OK.
 
i have been sitting in the garden watching them they have lots of hiding spaces, i have noticed that most of them don't really bother them it's just this one who wants to chase the new girls, i am keeping a close eye on that one, she runs at them and pecks them but the others don't join in, they did on the first day but today they are just ignoring them, mind you it is hot today (at last Summer has arrived).
i will have to take a photo of my other red head who turned out to be a girl, she is lovely not as tame as the boy though.
 
It's funny how they differ with tameness, isn't it? I've got one with the wild colouring who is quite hard to catch, always hides at the back and struggles if I pick her up, unlike all the others who were hatched with her and have always had the same care. Glad yours are mainly starting to get on well together, Rita. Maybe try the old chicken-integration trick of isolating the bully rather than the new ones, so they settle down without her and then she has to win her place back when returned to them?
 
As it was so hot last night i decided not to put the quails and duck into their house and leave them in the run in the garden, first night with all the quails together and no problems they were all happy and no fighting, was worried that mr fox might pop in but all was safe, i didn't sleep very well and did come down in the early hours to check all was well. The ducks have an enclosed area with paddling pool which they slept on last night was worried about them but all was ok, going to do the same tonight.
 
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