Quaaaaaail tiiiiiiiime!!!!

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Guess who just bought 24 eggs?

 

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congrats on your first quail ! 22 to go

I woke up this morning and there was 8 more!

 

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Sorry for your loss. I hope the others are doing well. Assisted chicks are difficult, I give you props for trying to help

All 11 others are doing great!

 

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I’ve done chickens before, but this is the first hatch with quail. Meet Plato and Diogenes!

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Congrats on your first Quail hatching good luck with your new littles. What did you end up finding for feed for them?

I was able to get a high protein gamebird feed. I basically talked about it every chance I got, and then my mom was like “fine.”

 

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This might help or hinder. Technically if it's not strong enough to get out of the shell it's a weak bird anyway.

I looked, and there’s definitely veins left over. I think I’m just going to check every hour or so to see if Cleo is ready for my help.

 

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I’ve had the most success with this for correcting splay leg. It is a stainless steel sauce cup, and I wrapped a piece of paper towel around it to create a wall so chicks can’t jump out. I pad it with paper towels to make it more narrow which forces the chicks legs underneath their body. Kind of like an egg shape They struggle for a second, and then just fall asleep when they realize they cant get out. I stick them back in the incubator for 12-24 hours, and the splay leg is corrected.

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The one that I thought had splay leg is doing better now. My main worry is this little thing. Her name is Cleopatra, and she had to be assisted out of her shell. She just got out today, and all the others hatched 2 days ago………… she’s still alive though! I will let you know if she makes it till morning.

 

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I hope she pulls through! Has she tried moving around at all? The way she lays worries me. Hopefully she’ll have an easier time once she dries off and stretches out. Assisted chicks can be a coin toss.

If she will drink liquid, maybe you could try making a soup out of her food so she can get some protein? I did this with some juveniles over the winter who were too weak to eat, and I swear it gave them an extra boost of life. I mixed their food with warm water, a tiny bit of rooster booster + molasses, and some herbs until it was like a melted smoothie/slushy. I stuck it up to their beaks, and they’d drink it like crazy! I did this at least once an hour until they recovered, and always offered water separately as well. I haven’t tried it with young chicks, but it could be worth a shot.

Well, it’s dead. Thanks for the advice though.

 

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Guess who just bought 24 eggs?

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So you know what the eggs look like…… any idea what breed I’m going to get? The blue are obviously celadon, but what about the other? It looks like 2 or 3 other kinds of quail egg.