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    Help sick quail

    Sorry he passed away but the others are ok....
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    Help sick quail

    Hi all we have had bad luck with our hatch at 4 weeks we popped the guys outside in a rabbit hutch yest a cat managed to kill 2 of them via a gap The next day one yellow girl was dead and now the yellow boy is lethargic and unable to stand i popped him under a lamp but he is no better has watery...
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    Wry neck

    Thanks guys wry neck chick seems back to normal eating and drinking and walking normally. I did pop the boy in a separate cage next to the girls outside and he seems to be the only one distressed I might pop him.back in at the end of the week at least it'll give the girl a break for a bit...
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    Wry neck

    Hi all 7 little quail chicks hatched last night and this morning I moved them to their brooder one has bad wry neck and was falling all over the place. I figured it might have been stuck in its egg as all the others were fine.... I dipped its beak in water and gave it massage around its neck I...
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    Prolapse in quail, again! Help PLEASE!

    Trouper... silly auto correct
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    Prolapse in quail, again! Help PLEASE!

    Wow what a trousers. ..hope she gets better soon I would keep up the dark and reduce her calcium....the calcium reduction may help the egg shell be less thick and slow egg laying.....good luck
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    I need help!!!

    Hi there I used a pet mat and hand turned the eggs and managed to.hatch 2 quails ... u will need a temp and humidity gauge but I got one to $6 add more water surface area for lockdown... good luck 👍
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    Incubator broke on day 13....

    Hi all yes very lucky indeed this morning I heard superloud chirping and early in the morning the bulb died i picked them up and the chicks were cold to touch and really I thought they were toast but popped them under the heat lamp and all survived happy as now ... lucky second time round!
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    Im gonna sound crazy... Quail diapers?

    Hi haven't read all the pages but try apple cider vinegar in the water and fermenting the feed pretty much wetting it it help the digestion so the poop less and it smells way better . 😁
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    Incubator broke on day 13....

    Wow thanks for all your replies I tried my pet mat but found it had broken.... ended up using a light water in a tub and today 9 hatched temp was a bit lower more like 35 degrees celcius but they seem comfy just goes to show how forgiving nature can be....
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    Incubator broke on day 13....

    Hi all we had our incubator break on day 13 ...eggs were cold when I got home didn't know what to do so made a makeshift light and tubs of water in a container... temp was 36.7 for a while and was that when i went to.sleep.at 10 pm but temps went up to 40.2 at 12 am I adjusted the lamp now at...
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    Hatching advice

    I left them and today day 20 I see 3 pipped... but we lost 3 baby quail as they got their head stuck under the heat mat and died i have changed the set up so there is no gap... good news the splayed legged chick are ok after 24 hrs of medical tape....such fun and so much to learn have a great...
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    Hatching advice

    Sorry should be fill RHS humidity chamber
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    Hatching advice

    Good news guys we got one egg hatch this evening so I will just hope more hatch out i thought about why the LHS didn't hatch like the RHS ie earlier and think the temperature must be cooler on the LHS as i filled the LHS humidity chamber below RHS and not the LHS .... the eggs were also newer on...
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    Hatching advice

    Hi all we are doing our 1st proper hatch and took 9 quails out of the incubator at 24 hrs at day 18 as they seemed very thirsty and were knocking all the other eggs around. Today there has been i pipped but unzipped unevenly as it is trapped on the egg rotation turntable that I forgot to remove...
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