Chicks full of problems.

[Patiocoturnix]

So the first pic is my cross beak who no longer has a cross beak but now has a swollen eye.
The second pic is my chick whose feathers seem to be growing in backwards.
These are meat birds but I just want to know if I should try to treat this leave it be till butchering or just cull them to be humane.
They hatched august 20 so they are a week old.
The blue line in the first ones leg is to mark that it is a celadon to keep it till we figure out the sex.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

So the first pic is my cross beak who no longer has a cross beak but now has a swollen eye.
The second pic is my chick whose feathers seem to be growing in backwards.
These are meat birds but I just want to know if I should try to treat this leave it be till butchering or just cull them to be humane.
They hatched august 20 so they are a week old.
The blue line in the first ones leg is to mark that it is a celadon to keep it till we figure out the sex.

Also neither seem to be bothered by the problems.

 

[Nabiki]

I would keep an eye on them and see how they develop. Since they're meat birds and don't seem to be suffering, I would wait and see before making any decisions. I would suspect malnutrition on the feathers, but I seem to remember that you are feeding them a proper game bird starter. That means that it could be genetic.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

I would keep an eye on them and see how they develop. Since they're meat birds and don't seem to be suffering, I would wait and see before making any decisions. I would suspect malnutrition on the feathers, but I seem to remember that you are feeding them a proper game bird starter. That means that it could be genetic.

Yep I feed them purina game bird starter with 30% protein it could be genetic I’ll keep an eye on them thank you for the quick response.

 

[CliftonQuail]

Yep I feed them purina game bird starter with 30% protein it could be genetic I’ll keep an eye on them thank you for the quick response.

I agree with Nabiki. Wait and see is a good choice.

I also have to comment on the title of your post. Add an apostrophe to the first word and you could be describing my ex-wife

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Yep I feed them purina game bird starter with 30% protein it could be genetic I’ll keep an eye on them thank you for the quick response.

Also these are the only 2 out of 24 showing problems. I know the one with the eye was the first to hatch early day 16 I know there was one more early Hatcher could that be the problem?

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Update on the scraggly looking one really weird my only guess is something during development or genetics. This is on both sides.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Update on the scraggly looking one really weird my only guess is something during development or genetics. This is on both sides.

Just found another one with the same problem.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Just found another one with the same problem.

Is there by any chance a frizzle gene in quail? I know it’s a stupid question but worth knowing.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Is there by any chance a frizzle gene in quail? I know it’s a stupid question but worth knowing.

Ok might actually be something similar to frizzle in chickens.
https://bmcgenomdata.biomedcentral....y chicks, the calamus,curly growth (Figure 1).