Negative Layne Labs experience

[Bogertophis]

My mother breeds quail for meat/eggs.

Even with a decent amount of space some females will attack and gravely injure their flock mates (when they reach a certain age/size). More than one male in a cage and you can almost guarantee a bloodbath.

I doubt any place that is breeding quail as 'feeders' will be single housing every individual of their flock. Look at enough quail feeders and you can be certain there will be injuries (some of them probably fatal).

Of course with the nature of forums I'm sure someone will jump in and say that they keep quail as pets and every one of them is a well-tempered angel-if you do 'xyz'. Yeah right...

That's very helpful- getting the perspective from a private breeder. And it's what I suspected, that some quail attack each other, but without direct quail experience I couldn't say. I know I've even seen free-ranging chickens that will pick on & badly injure one of their own (chicks) for no apparent reason (with plenty of food & space), so I just figured quail might also do similar things. When large numbers of poultry or game birds are raised, maybe you have to expect some injuries, & it would make little sense to waste them when they're being fed as prey animals. It's right to ask questions though.