[bluecharlie]

Hi all, can anyone advise me about partridge,long story of how i got them but i have 2 male red legged partridge,6months old now and happy and healthy until now,1 picks on the other,so more space is needed for them but are they ok to live alone? do they need more of their own kind or will they live with others such as quail?
what else do they need? aviary size?foods etc any info appreciated

[joyfull]

found this website:-

http://therealowner.com/birds/unusual-pets-partridges/

as they are both males I think you need to get them some females now that the mating season is now approaching 

[ANHBUC]

found this website:-

http://therealowner.com/birds/unusual-pets-partridges/

as they are both males I think you need to get them some females now that the mating season is now approaching 

I can second that joyfull, the male Japanese quail I had to put into isolation after he attacked two females who were not ready for his advances.  He now spends most of the night calling even though I have brought him indoors and out of earshot of the females.  He even takes up a posture when he sees me.  Sort of crouches his head close to the floor of his cage and fluffs his back feathers up.  He resembles a hedgehog and looks really comical, this is part of the mating ritual.     He jumps to the cage door when I change his water and top up his food.  Such a fiesty little thing but he will have to wait a little longer to be introduced to some more mature ladies.

Hope that you can find some ladies for your partridges bluecharlie but you may need to separate them if you don't want any serious injuries.   

[bluecharlie]

thank you for your replies i have looked at the web site and it gives very good information,will plod on with them,
many thanks

[Mickle]

Always tried to let Partridge choose their own mate, you won't be able to pen cocks and hens together unless you give them a decent sized area where they can form boundries and territorial fights will be common, these are after all Gamebirds and with spring on the way aggression is the norm,
Speaking as a man of the land, the best place for them is free or wrapped in bacon ;-)