Quail Chick Curled Feet, Please Help :(

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Some one told me the chicks have the fatal yellow gene. That’s from cross breading different species of quail. Luckily it is a recessive gene.
 
gabby1313 said:
Some one told me the chicks have the fatal yellow gene. That’s from cross breading different species of quail. Luckily it is a recessive gene.
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That doesn't sound right. Different species of quail generally don't produce viable offspring in the first place. If you mean certain colours, then, yes, you don't want to breed silver to silver or Italian to Italian as you are likely to get a fatal combination.
 
DLS said:
I always just pull the head off of defective fowl . It will suffer if you allow it to live. pull its head off
Get it over with
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Even if you have to cull, do you need to be so cruel about it? I had one chick with curled toes. Used masking tape (next time I'm trying a bandaid) for a couple days and now it's fine. No suffering. You don't think "pulling the head off" causes pain?? Try it on yourself sometime. You'll see.
 
DvorahChanah said:
Even if you have to cull, do you need to be so cruel about it? I had one chick with curled toes. Used masking tape (next time I'm trying a bandaid) for a couple days and now it's fine. No suffering. You don't think "pulling the head off" causes pain?? Try it on yourself sometime. You'll see.
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Just a note, but this thread is over fourteen years old, and the person you're replying to hasn't been on since 2013.

Also, pulling the head off of a chick is very, very fast. I prefer using scissors or shears, but they're about the same speed. I can't think of any quicker way to cull. Culling is not a fun thing no matter how it's done. How do you cull? I'm always interested to hear in case there's a better way.

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