Button quail chick won’t eat

[Diveks]

So i hatched quails yesterday, one hatched out perfect while the other needed help, when it was fully out i realized why it couldn’t go out by itself, it had issues with one of it’s legs and wings and was also pipping upside down (not aircell) unfortunately the little guy only lived for around a day. I had a lot more eggs in the incubator but none of them are doing anything.

So now i only have one chick that i carry around everywhere. The issue is that all it wants to do is cuddle my hands. It is not interested in food or water. Any tips on how to get it to eat? I am unable to get more of them unless i hatch more out.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Grind your Gamebird starter crumbles up to a fine crumble.

Put the chick in its brooder with heat, water and food. Scatter a bit of the food on a paper towel, peck the food with your finger or pick up small bits of food and let it filter/drop to the towel while you call the chick to it.
Dip her beak in water show she knows what it is. Be sure to place rocks or marbles in the water so she doesn't drown.

Leave her. You're carrying her around all the time is not going to help. I'm not being harsh, it's not that you can't or shouldn't handle her, but you want her to get on with the business of eating/drinking so she survives. She's going to raise a ruckus but leave her for a good while and let her explore or her own and see if she eats/drinks.
Quail chicks are Very Keen on getting into water and eating right off the bat, so let that instinct kick in.

If she's by herself, place a stuffed animal in the brooder for her to snuggle with.

 

[Diveks]

Grind your Gamebird starter crumbles up to a fine crumble.

Put the chick in its brooder with heat, water and food. Scatter a bit of the food on a paper towel, peck the food with your finger or pick up small bits of food and let it filter/drop to the towel while you call the chick to it.
Dip her beak in water show she knows what it is. Be sure to place rocks or marbles in the water so she doesn't drown.

Leave her. You're carrying her around all the time is not going to help. I'm not being harsh, it's not that you can't or shouldn't handle her, but you want her to get on with the business of eating/drinking so she survives. She's going to raise a ruckus but leave her for a good while and let her explore or her own and see if she eats/drinks.
Quail chicks are Very Keen on getting into water and eating right off the bat, so let that instinct kick in.

If she's by herself, place a stuffed animal in the brooder for her to snuggle with.

Okay thanks, she has been spending the whole night in the brooder, still not sure if she has eaten or drank yet but ill check in on her. I did dip her beak in water awhile back just like what i would do with baby chicks.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

O.k. being in the brooder the whole night is good.
I'd watch to see if she's eating, spend some time at the brooder and "play" with the food with your finger and see if she picks up a few pieces. For a tiny tiny Button, the food probably needs to be a fine powder for the first few days or you can make a small amount of wet mash. Coturnix are larger and I've found that they do better with powdery feed for the first days.

Do you still have your bator running with eggs left? Any hopes of 1-2 more hatching over the next couple of days? Sometimes I have the bulk of mine hatch on 1 day and then there's a straggler or three then next day or so. I usually leave the bator for 3 days after the initial hatch for Coturnix.

And yes, she'll like to have you come visit her and hold her too. That's perfectly o.k. just make sure she's eating/drinking.

 

[Diveks]

O.k. being in the brooder the whole night is good.
I'd watch to see if she's eating, spend some time at the brooder and "play" with the food with your finger and see if she picks up a few pieces. For a tiny tiny Button, the food probably needs to be a fine powder for the first few days or you can make a small amount of wet mash. Coturnix are larger and I've found that they do better with powdery feed for the first days.

Do you still have your bator running with eggs left? Any hopes of 1-2 more hatching over the next couple of days? Sometimes I have the bulk of mine hatch on 1 day and then there's a straggler or three then next day or so. I usually leave the bator for 3 days after the initial hatch for Coturnix.

I have mashed them up, I am just a bit worried because i’ve raised buttons before (these eggs came from my birds) and they sometimes have a hard time eating. I’ve never had only one hatch out so that worries me. I still have a lot more, actually today was supposed to be the hatch day but 2 hatched out 2 days early. Hoping more hatch out.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I hope you have more hatch too!

How is this little one doing? Sounds like you are doing what you can to entice her to eat.