---->RingNeck Is Very Nasty<----

[honeyandthebee]

RINGNECKS

I have a blue cock bird with a albino hen and they have been doing all the mating stuff they are suppose to be doing...He feeds her but also bites her when doing this.She hasn't got any eggs but doesn't leave the nest box, and when she does he zooms on down and attacks her..No blood is drawn but it seems painful to me...
She is 100% avairy breed and not one bit tame, but when I went in today to put vegies in, I held a piece of celery at the top of her box and she popped up and was eating from me..The blue boy was watching and when i turned around to go out he zoomed down to get her again...Her tail is all bent and scraggy from him attacking her.When she pops her head out from the nest box and he's near he grab her and trys pulling her out. (Really Nasty) . I've even seen him grab her by the tail and drag her to the ground and he does the wild thing Is this bird desperate or what? She just looks all bruised and battered.
She was even eating seed from my hand...I took him out this afternoon and she is in her own flight and he is on his own now...Is there a problem here? Should I put them back together or separate him? I don't want to see something bad happen here and I also don't want to miss out on some babies here either since they are mating...
Any advice would help...

[jeremy]

Sounds like he only has one thing on his mind LOL. She probably doesn't want to mate because she is just about ready to lay eggs, if she does have an egg inside her keep them sperated until she has finished laying because it can break indside of her.

I had the same problem with a pair last year, the Cock almost killed the Hen so i removed the nest box for a few days, put it back in a few days later and they started mating.

I have a pair this year that are doing the same thing as well, i removed the Hen for a few days because she seemed to be the one starting the fights but they continue to fight maybe they will cool down soon

[billspets]

hello
when you got the female was she placed in his cage or was he placed into a cage and him placed with her
the reason i ask i have herd of the male being dominate over the female in this manner and all the gentleman did to fix the problem was placed the female with the log into a totaly seperate cage from what that have been in with the next box/log and then a couple of days later he added the male in doing this it gives the female the teratorial right if you want to call it something
hope this helps
regards
bill
PS he ended up getting a double clutch of 3 per cluch from that pair in that season

[Smiley]

ok I was waiting on others to post hear..What I would do is to have in the aviary that she is in now..Is a box. And let her laid her eggs..She is the one that is raising the young. Normaly the male feeds her so that she gives the food to the young..But beaning by her self she with raise the young with no problems....Need more info ask.....

[jen]

We have a very bossy male too and when the female pokes her head out of the nest box he basically tells her to get back in there and look after the house ;D
He actually has 2 mates in nest boxes beside each other and looks after them both.
He does seem to keep them in line with a peck or a nibble but doesn't really seem to be hurting them at all.
They are all in an avairy together (5 males & 5 females) which probably stresses him a little as he has to watch out for other males wanting to take his ladies. His own fault really, he shouldn't be so greedy.
Jen