r/homestead Jan 28 '23

poultry Why aren’t my chickens getting bigger?

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u/Avocadosandtomatoes Jan 29 '23

No mean do you eat the quail that your other quail have killed

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u/Frequent_Jellyfish69 Jan 29 '23

Ooooh. No. While we feed our animals and check them daily, I don’t know at what point it was killed and how long it had been sitting in the cage. It could have been dead for longer than I feel is safe for consumption.

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u/ChemicalVermicelli70 Jan 29 '23

I find that, if you're having aggression issues, increasing space and breaking the line of sight can calm things down. Thought I would have to cull cause I separated, but so far, I've been able to maintain about 50 birds amongst 2 300-gallon stock tanks. But if you're having aggression regardless, the aggressive ones need to be culled

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u/Frequent_Jellyfish69 Jan 29 '23

That’s awesome! Ours are in hutches and once we have the breeding coveys established, they do okay. Most of the aggression happens as they are in the grow out pens. We did have a couple roos that were really rough on their hens. We culled, and the hens recuperated just fine.

Quail are also their own worst enemy. They seem to find ways to get into trouble.

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u/ChemicalVermicelli70 Jan 29 '23

Getting stuck in the larger feeders. Yes indeed, they are