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bay quail keep dying!!! Help!!!

post #1 of 4
6/15/12 at 7:39pm
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Just recently hatched 30 coturnix quail, they are in brooder and seem to be doing very well, very fiesty.. Although it seems every day one dies. Its been a week now and i have lost 6 so far. They are all eating and drinking very well, I'm feeding them game bird mash. The temp is around 90 deg.   any help would be greatly appriciated. thank you

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post #2 of 4
6/15/12 at 7:42pm

That is why I stop raising quail. They seem to die just because drove me nuts. Sorry can't help you.
 

I have Bantam welsummers, Bantam Cuckoo Marans, Bantam Wc black polish, Bantam Olive eggers, MGB, LF Welsummers, BCM, Wild type turkeys RioxEastern, Ringneck pheasants blacks and 1 blue roo and bunch of free range birds

 

 
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I have Bantam welsummers, Bantam Cuckoo Marans, Bantam Wc black polish, Bantam Olive eggers, MGB, LF Welsummers, BCM, Wild type turkeys RioxEastern, Ringneck pheasants blacks and 1 blue roo and bunch of free range birds

 

 
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post #3 of 4
6/16/12 at 11:50pm
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That's fine. I just don't understand it. They seem healthy as ever then they kick the bucket. Fustrating ain't it?
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post #4 of 4
6/17/12 at 5:49am

Quail chicks die because of several reasons. Either the temp is too cold, too hot, there are drafts, they cannot get to or find the food and or water, chicks are killing each other, animals are killing them or they have some disease.

 

Take a good look at your brooder. 90 degrees might be too cold for week old quail. Make sure you are brooding them in a brooder with solid sides so there is no drafts. Don't crowd them in so they have to compete for food/water. Sprinkle food all on the brooder floor so they know where it is.  Crowding them in can cause cannibalism, so give them as much room as possible. Keep a lid on the brooder at all times. 

 

If they have a disease handed down to them, there is little you can do. Keep the water and food areas DRY to keep the cocci disease from getting them. If you have a cocci outbreak, raise the quail on wire so they have less contact with the poop. 

 

You can put liquid vitamins in the water if you think they are stressed and need a boost.

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Of all the things I have ever lost, I miss my mind the most. 

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