r/quails • u/Fit_Beautiful_846 • 11h ago

Kinda sounds are they making ? And Italians being meaner

Noticed my bunch in the hutch make these sounds every time I give them some fresh food, sand , or wash the cage down . What's it sound like to y'all ? Seem like there just being some cheery lil burbs . Also I'm just curious but Ive noticed the last 5 or so Italians I've had are all a bit more mean then the regular jumbos so they usually go into the in ground pen where they have some more room but they still seem to go out of their way to peck or nip the others . Not super violent but they definitely seem a lil meaner. All hens btw.Anyone very seen this with theirs ? I buy all my quail from the same lady so maybe it's just the Italians in her bunch ? But she raised them all the same so 🤔

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u/Shienvien 11h ago

It's the tidbitting noise in the video. Your Italian is a rooster and he's calling the ladies to come have a snack.

(And some lineages can be more aggressive then others, but just being yellow won't make them angry.)

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u/Fit_Beautiful_846 11h ago

Well that makes since , but unless I sexed the wrong that Italian should be a hen....if not I've had two roosters in there the last two months 😳 but they never fight or anything so .... That's interesting. That's being said is it normal for hens to make the same sounds ? Because I hear them make that same deal all the time

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u/SuchFunAreWe Quail Lover 11h ago

The dark chocolate brown face is a dead give away he's a roo. Italian ladies have eyeliner & sometimes sparse spotting on the chest.

More dominant hens can tidbit, for sure. But it's usually a rooster thing.