Male Injured by Fighting - Treatment Advice?

Date sort Score sort
txpeach100 said:
I just got my first injured male too. Bless his heart! His eyes and head are covered in dried blood. I have a hospital set up for him and just waiting for hubby to get home to help me clean him up and put meds on. Right now, he cannot see so I don't know if he can eat or drink. Hopefully, cleaning up the blood will help his eyesight.

The thing is, we just want eggs to eat...no babies. My sons gave me 20 Courtnix (2 males) for Christmas (yes, it was a total surprise (shock)). A few days later I convinced them that it was way too many quail for the pen size they gave me. Late one night they came and took 1/2 to a friend. What are the chances that they would not get a single male in the process.

Do Courtnix lay eggs without a male present? My sons think no but it seems that if chickens do, so would quail.
Click to expand...

Yes, the girls will lay just fine without a male around. The girls may call for their male if you remove him but that should calm down pretty quickly and one female will become the leader, and will call the others over to eat treats, just like the male would.
 
His eye has been getting gradually better each day, and now he can open it all the way, and -seems- to respond to light, so I don't think he's blind, thankfully. There's still one stubborn little scabby thing on his bottom lid. The spray seems to have helped. If anyone's wondering who has similar issues, here is a picture (it was recommended by vet, and safe for eyes). I think in another day or so he can go back to his buddies. We put a bunch of branches and greenery in there so they can hide, and haven't had any more injuries.

 

Similar threads

chopin_the_quail
New male constantly crowing
Replies
1
Views
1K
Nabiki
Nabiki
J
Just hatched our first quail and need help!
Replies
1
Views
853
Nabiki
Nabiki
T
    • Like
Advice Needed
2
Replies
13
Views
1K
Nabiki
Nabiki
C
Rooster fight what to do.
Replies
5
Views
356
CHICKENX2005
C
BeccaaStancil
Quail Sickness? Deworming? Someone help me?
2
Replies
12
Views
1K
BeccaaStancil
BeccaaStancil

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom