Why do quails peck randomly?

Quail is a special breeding project that has become popular in recent years. Quail meat can be used to make traditional Chinese medicine. It has a series of effects, such as invigorating qi, strengthening muscles and bones, stopping diarrhea and so on. Quail eggs are also a common food on the market, and their efficacy is much better than eggs. Therefore, the breeding area of quails is getting wider and wider, but in the process of breeding, some people will find that quails often peck themselves, nose, eggs, toes and so on. So why on earth is this? How to carry out prevention and control? Let's take a look at it.

1. Reason

The occurrence of random pecking of quails can be collectively referred to as pecking, which causes quails to constantly peck around and peck themselves. The main reason may be because there is not enough food every day, the vernacular is not full, in a state of hunger, there is no feed to eat, so they peck everywhere. It may also be that the temperature and humidity, permeability, light intensity, feeding density and hygiene in the house do not meet the requirements of quail life. And improper dietary ingredients, lack of trace elements and vitamins and other substances, the proportion of methionine and leucine in the diet does not meet the requirements, which will also lead to quail pecking disease.

2. Symptoms

(1) feather pecking: quails suffering from pecking disorder will be restless and nervous, pecking at their own feathers or other quail feathers until the whole back feathers are bare, revealing their skin.

(2) Egg pecking: sick female quails will peck at their own eggs immediately after laying their own eggs, or will be robbed and pecked by other sick quails.

(3) toe pecking: sick quails always peck at their own feet, or two sick quails peck at each other's toes. Know how to peck your toes to bleed, causing inflammation and ulceration. Can not walk normally, lying on the ground can not afford, no appetite.

(4) nose pecking: two sick quails will peck each other's nose together, resulting in nose damage and bleeding, resulting in inflammation of the nasal meatus, difficulty breathing and poor spirits.

(5) anal pecking: as above, two sick quails will peck at each other's anus, and finally the anus of the two sick quails are damaged and bleeding, making it difficult for sick quails to defecate.

3. Prevention and cure

The main results are as follows: (1) for feather-pecking quails, sick quails should be kept in isolation, disinfection in the house, adjustment of planting density, and oil on quail feathers to prevent feather pecking.

(2) Egg-pecking sick quails should ensure adequate diet. They often inspect quail houses and find that quail eggs can be collected immediately. They can also be soaked in oil, which can well correct the habit of egg-pecking quails.

(3) when the quail grows to a week, break the tip of its beak, solve the problem from the root, strengthen the management of the quail with nose-pecking, maintain the hygiene in the house, and add some protein substances such as fish meal to the feed.

Most of the quails with pecking anus and toes are caused by the dense breeding and the unclean quail houses, so the quail houses should be cleaned and disinfected frequently. Pecking disease will cause varying degrees of damage to quails everywhere, the first premise is to ensure that the feed needed for quails, quails can not be hungry. Effectively reduce the incidence of quail pecking disease.