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    Lost a Chick Tonight 😭

    I found it kinda near where that first Silver Sebright chick is in the photo (second one behind the Golden Sebright).. so close to the waterer-ish?
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    Lost a Chick Tonight 😭

    (We have ventilation holes in the top and on the back wall that don't show up well in that photo)
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    Lost a Chick Tonight 😭

    I have been gently handling our 10 day old chicks and this morning, everyone was fine. When I got home from running errands, I found one of our 2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes passed away in the brooder. 😭 It was completely fine this morning!! I didn't see any signs of injury. I'm attaching a...
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    Baby Chick Won't Roll Over??

    We have brand new chick feed. 😟 I'm so worried that I'll either wake up in the morning or come home from work and find it's passed away 😭. What vitamin supplement could I try?
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    Baby Chick Won't Roll Over??

    We have 14 baby bantams that are about 10 days old. The last one to hatch hatched a couple days after everyone else. This little one is a third the size of the others and often gets stuck on its back and can't roll over. Any idea on how to help? I'm constantly reaching in and helping it rollback...
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    Incubator Malfunction?

    So I thought we had good news (one egg started to pip but stopped) but after 3 more days, we had no more pipping and I stopped the incubation. We had one fully formed that just didn't hatch, and 5 that seemed to get 90-95% developed and just stopped 😟 Heartbroken for those little 6 that just...
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    Incubator Malfunction?

    I did and several were developed :( just hoping there might be hope for them yet?
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    Incubator Malfunction?

    So we are not new to incubating. We have incubated Coturnix quail several times and have two incubators that we run simultaneously. We have a MagicFly incubator and a Harris farms incubator. Historically, the MagicFly has given us the best hatch rates, but we have gotten hatching out of both...
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    Hatching store bought Happy Eggs blue and brown heritage breed

    Yes!! Update??
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    i have a quail that blew up like a balloon *PIC*

    Where do you "poke"? We have a 6 month old quail.rooster who has quite the ballooned abdomen.. I feel bad for him!!
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    Quail Seizures? 3 Week Old Acting Strange

    Its body was cool to the touch when I took that picture. Sadly, it passed away this morning 😓
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    Quail Seizures? 3 Week Old Acting Strange

    It's now laying on its side doing the "pant" thing after we tried HydroHen water.. We've isolated it just in case..
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    Quail Seizures? 3 Week Old Acting Strange

    I tried water in a dropper but it just shakes its head :( we've even tried HydroHen in their water to help, but I can't get this one to take the water now.
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    Quail Seizures? 3 Week Old Acting Strange

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    Quail Seizures? 3 Week Old Acting Strange

    Feeding game bird starter (30% protein). They are in a brooder tub under a heat lamp still. Access to food and water all the time.
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