I answered on Facebook but since not everybody is there. Personally if it is a true runt not just small I cull. I have found that if I baby it through the first few day so I think it can make it, I am usually disappointed when it dies later on. There is a reason it is runted and should not be used in a breeding program if it does make it. My smaller males stay bachelors. If I have extra females which I never seem to I select for the larger bodied as well.
Typically I find my weaker quail chicks will not make it through transition from indoor brooder to garage brooder because they are just not strong enough for the temperature and environment change.
Breeding selectively means you have to be tough or you might pass on your troubles to the next generation.
Julie
Typically I find my weaker quail chicks will not make it through transition from indoor brooder to garage brooder because they are just not strong enough for the temperature and environment change.
Breeding selectively means you have to be tough or you might pass on your troubles to the next generation.
Julie