Quail Breeding, What to Look for in a Male

Choosing the right male for a breeding flock is important as he will be the father of many offspring and you want him to pass on the best possible qualities. Here are my thoughts on what to look for in a breeding male quail.

[@mr.camarena6745]

This is hands down the most informative video about raising Quail. I'm new to raising Quail. I've only had them for a couple months now and this is pretty much everything that I needed to know in one video instead of looking all over the place at different videos on how to raise Quail.

[@ueueyeheus7010]

Can males go broody?

[@Liesbeth22]

@@ueueyeheus7010 I wanna know too! My male seems to want to sit on the eggs . I typed this in the search bar. Wondering if perhaps in nature, the male does most of the breeding? Dunno!!

[@johannalee7320]

I've found that males are great to have around. Without them hens seem to squabble more amongst themselves. Also I have never had males harrass any one hen specifically nor cause noise and fuss. I kept 8-9 hens with 3 males. When introduced properly males will get along just fine and I also had great fertility this way (around 90% during spring and summer months then it went down a bit in the winter). My hens would also always crouch for my males, without any testing. When I bred, I took the hens who laid either large eggs or the ones who laid the most for me and bred them to the males that were the healthiest and best looking plumage wise. These males were also generally the offspring of previous clutches selected from good laying hens so they were more likely to pass that gene on.

[@johnprior3746]

I'm looking into breeding and raising quail as prey items for reptiles. At that 8-10 females to 3 males ratio, how many fertile eggs are you producing on a monthly basis? Also, do the females brood and hatch the eggs themselves or do you pull the eggs and incubate them separately? If you incubate separately, how do you go about reintroducing the chicks into the larger colony? So many questions! Lol

[@bluepsiongamer4909]

This is kind of funny but it is all good advice. I'm on my third year of quail keeping. Last year I breed a roo who was beautiful. He had bright colors, a great body form, and he was large, only a little smaller then my hens! The problem was he was both a bully and hated by every bird. I've never seen a male quail who was hated so much. Females refused to be near him and would peck at his face when he got persistent. One hen even make the "angry dinosaur noise" at him with an open beak. He would try to catch a female by the head and she would keep going, flailing her head about until he let go. I named him "Disliked" and waited for awhile longer. You mentioned crowing and Disliked crowed constantly. I was hoping he would calm down and be accepted. That never happened. I ended up keeping his calmer but less pretty brother.

[@ToMi-bm5hh]

Thank you for all the dating advice. :D

[@stephaniewilson8706]

Your birds are so healthy and happy looking!

[@KaylahDemi]

I love all the information and the way you present it. Thank you!

[@MalluStyleMultiMedia]

cool..good info..thanks

[@lebored8264]

Thanks for your thoughts on this topic. Very helpful indeed

[@josiemorgan8101]

Great video! Much appreciated.

[@alfredpeasant5980]

Great info, thanks!

[@MrEsnyders]

Awesome little video and very informative well done.

[@cityself-sufficiency]

Thank you!

[@twinsbrothers6253]

@@cityself-sufficiency hey if i buy a bully male than keepp it . when i come to know thjat he is a bully male so what i do with it becauses shope kipper will never take back

[@Sofiarivassculptor]

Beautiful little birds, I’ll get 10 babies soon

[@offimatrix4897]

I've got one very randy male, Very tame as well apart from he trying to mate your feet

[@cityself-sufficiency]

Haha! Yes I had one like that, apart from it was my hand he went for every time I tried to give him more feed! They can be a bit over eager :D

[@Liesbeth22]

Ah well, I've got 2 girls that have the hots for me. Enough to fight each other if I forgot I have two hands, one for each horny lady😂😂 And they want a lot!!

[@ruansiebert]

Danke*

[@parkerolson6870]

My male looks like yours. Extra red in the face. Completely black Beak slightly smaller/sharper than average kinda like a Italian color types Beak. The rest of my jumbos are standard heavy beaked jumbos

[@actontreadway1168]

Is it possible to cover a wound on a hen’s back? I don’t know where to attach it to

[@getoffyoubassandletsfish8565]

I’ve got 5 hens for my male and the poor girls look like they’ve been threw a war. I tried separating him but they keep calling for each other. They miss him so I dnd up reuniting em and he begins the prowl all over again

[@huianxing3782]

Then get more hens

[@nikk2723]

no, get another male. that one is useless. a skilled male doesnt cause so much damage when mating. Some males are just too aggressive or too small too properly mount

[@johnkillen588]

a most delightful and informative video.........thank you!

[@nccrchurchunusual7990]

Thx so much, I have wondered about all that. I would imagine pretty quail are healthier quail as well- but I have a young female pharoah whose top beak a slightly deformed, and she lays the biggest eggs. And her sister who looks perfect does not lay regularly. Go figure.

[@nccrchurchunusual7990]

Do you know what causes irregular egg laying in a 3 mo old hen? She was late to laying as well- maybe 10 wks. Sometimes it is soft shell.

[@elviegloriaagad3438]

How to distinguish if male or female

[@twinsbrothers6253]

hey if i buy a bully male than keepp it . when i come to know thjat he is a bully male so what i do with it becauses shope kipper will never take back

[@onionring1531]

Eat it. I've had a bully male do serious damage to my other birds, it isn't worth them causing other birds to be culled due to injuries.

[@ManuelMaldonado-lq2kb]

I have 7 of them 3 boys 4 girls what should I do?

[@kenjiro2676]

What about females? What if one wants to start a line of quail that are self reliant, with females able to brood and raise chicks?

[@ClarkBent68]

1️⃣

[@KaylahDemi]

They aren't likely to go broody however when in a natural planted aviary they sometimes do!

[@kenjiro2676]

@@KaylahDemi that seems to be the case after I did more research in forums, the practice of them being crowded into small cages doesn’t give them a chance to learn these maternal behaviors or instincts. These natural behaviors may have been bred out of them too, as they are kept purely for egg and meat production.

[@gmanpastrana9526]

8 🥺

[@kidstreek]

I got 5 mala and 5 female

[@ClarkBent68]

Almost like with men.The successfull alpha is tolorated and the desperate beta is killed/ kast aside :) Damn it feels good to be an alpha

[@GeorgiaGeorgette]

You sound like a beta male who is desperate to prove himself, like the video mentions.

[@tatertotbobaandpieck]

No, not at all the same thing lmao. Humans aren't quail.

[@bluntteazo9391]

Some false information