Chicks and Quail Chicks: tell me it’s okay?

[MomFoldingLaundry]

I ultimately kept the receipt chicks and quail separate , and I think it was the right choice. When the chicks were maybe 4 days old, I popped a local chick (which had been in my dog's very soft mouth) in with them.

The stray chick ended up dead.

I suppose it may have just cheeped itself to death, but I did notice the smallest chick from the previous group pecking at it. :/

 

[Lori J]

After 24 hours of shuffling, it’s clear I have nowhere to put my 4 chicken Babies except with my quail chicks.

Chicken babies are 1 day old, quail chicks are 4 days old.

So far, the chicken babies have not killed or eaten the quail chicks. Chicken babies are just chilling under the heat lamp, while quail chicks run about.

They’re all gonna be okay together for a while, right? I can leave chicken chicks with quail chicks for a week or two and not have any major issues???

I don’t want to wake up to a brooder of dead quail. But...it would be so much easier to just keep them all together for now.

Reassurance?

It sounds like something I would do, if that’s reassuring? Really, I think it should work. It probably depends on the personalities of these birds however. Let us know how it goes!

 

[Lori J]

I ultimately kept the receipt chicks and quail separate , and I think it was the right choice. When the chicks were maybe 4 days old, I popped a local chick (which had been in my dog's very soft mouth) in with them.

The stray chick ended up dead.

I suppose it may have just cheeped itself to death, but I did notice the smallest chick from the previous group pecking at it. :/

I guess it was probably for the best. Sorry about the other chick. Also, I love your user name, that stuff is never ending!