Baby quail dying

[Jewels1982]

I have a question. For one this would be my 4th time incubating quail eggs. I have quail that are doing great and are about a year old. My question is I started incubating some quail eggs from the older ones, and the babies hatched and all was going well. Did the same thing as I did before. Let them fluff up in the incubator and transferred them to their place with a heat lamp, warm water and food. I dipped their beaks in the water and food so they new where it was. Then they started dropping dead within 48hrs. They were eating and drinking with no issues. What do I do because I am lost. I literally lost all 12 quail.

 

[tjd85]

Oh no, that's a terrible shame. I'm sorry to hear this. It sounds like you've done everything right from what you've said. Was the heat lamp low enough for them?

 

[nuthatched]

What type of heat lamp and brooder? Sorry for your loss.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Since conditions were the same, I would suspect something in the water or feed. Was the ventilation excellent? Maybe something in the air or bad feed.

 

[Rurumo]

What were the temps in the warm and cool sides of the brooder?

 

[Jewels1982]

Oh no, that's a terrible shame. I'm sorry to hear this. It sounds like you've done everything right from what you've said. Was the heat lamp low enough for them?

Yes it was. That is why this is so confuaing and frustrating for me.

 

[Jewels1982]

Not sure about the feed, but ventilation was the same for them as my other quail from last year. Water is the same as before.

Since conditions were the same, I would suspect something in the water or feed. Was the ventilation excellent? Maybe something in the air or bad feed.

 

[Jewels1982]

What were the temps in the warm and cool sides of the brooder?

Yes there was a warm and cool side

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Feed can get wet or old which is problematic.

 

[Jewels1982]

What were the temps in the warm and cool sides of the brooder?

I never did a temp reading. It literally was swtup the same way