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Post by bubbles on Jan 20, 2006 8:35:06 GMT 7
Someone or something killed one of my quails  One of my silver hens, tried to rip its head off my quess is it was a cat as in the aviary is only budgies and tiels and both are pretty placid. So im going cat hunting!!! I normally like cats but when they are in my yard going after my birds i cant be nice |
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Post by Mark on Jan 20, 2006 9:46:30 GMT 7
It was probably butcher birds or kookaburras as there are a lot in your area and I use to loose a lot of finches to them all the time in the past!!!
They just get too close to the wire in the aviary and the butcher just stick there beak through the wire and attack them
There beaks can be up to 2 inches long!!!
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Post by Amanda on Jan 20, 2006 10:14:02 GMT 7
Ah someone after my own heart.... but I think that Eagle may be right. Unless the quails can put their heads thru the wire the most likely case would be a butcher bird. They can rip budgies thru wire! Also is there any evidence of Rats? They will eat birds in their cages too.
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Post by Mark on Jan 20, 2006 14:02:53 GMT 7
I have found that Rats normaly drag the dead bodys out of the cage and eat them else where !!!
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Post by bubbles on Jan 20, 2006 17:15:33 GMT 7
our aviary doesnt have wire down the bottom, its tin from the ground up to about half way and then its wire, it wasnt a bird or a rat...if it was a rat i would've found the remains of the rat...my mums dog loves to eat them it has to be a cat
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Post by Mark on Jan 20, 2006 17:55:59 GMT 7
was it a male?
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Post by bubbles on Jan 23, 2006 14:21:51 GMT 7
it was a female...turned out to be the male quails...
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Post by Mark on Jan 23, 2006 16:47:07 GMT 7
i was going to say if it was a hen that was attacked it was more than likely the males did it they cam become quits agressive during breeding
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Post by LittleBudgie2005 on Jan 24, 2006 15:31:33 GMT 7
That is the reason why you should have only one pair per avairy... Or only one male per avairy...
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Post by Mark on Jan 24, 2006 20:17:39 GMT 7
I prefer to put 1 cock to 2 hens that way the aggression is split between 2 hens and there is less chance of them dieing at the beak of the cock (As you saw bubbles at my place )
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Post by holly on Jan 24, 2006 21:29:44 GMT 7
wow, i had no idea how agressive quails are  i dont think i would like any when my aviarys are up and going  |
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Post by Mark on Jan 24, 2006 22:35:34 GMT 7
Holly I highly recomend getting quails as the eat the left over seed that falls on the ground and they dont cost you anything to keep and its nice to see them in the bottom of the aviarys If you put 1 cock to 2 hens they should be fine  |
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Post by bubbles on Jan 25, 2006 9:33:25 GMT 7
im going to put one cock to 3 hens just to be on the safe side
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Post by jeanette on Jan 25, 2006 13:38:24 GMT 7
hi there i had 1 cock and 3 hens and the other day i woke up and the male had killed one but at least i got the 2 females i suppose so it workis out. Is it normal though for when the male kills the female that there are no feathers left at all from the bottom of the neck to the head. That is how i found my female
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Post by LittleBudgie2005 on Jan 25, 2006 14:37:53 GMT 7
In my avairies I only have one female and male in it and I have not had a female die from being attack by a male...
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