I have Snowflake quail chicks that are just hatching. One has already died and we brushed it off as it getting too cold because the power went out and he got disoriented, kept flipping over and died while I was trying to figure out a brace kind of thing that helps reorentate wobbly chicks.
Now a second chick who's still in the incubator and therefor warm and not exposed to anything is doing the EXACT same things Champ was doing: head tucking, eyes closed, and back legs straight out behind him, and acting like he's trying to get as close as possible into my hand like he would a brooding hen for warmth. When he falls over he scoots in a circle, kicking his legs and isn't able to turn himself over. I know new chicks are wobbly but this just seems too dramatic to JUST be wobbly and uncoordinated hatchlings.
I'm so frustrated because I don't know what's happening and I can't save my baby chicks I've stressed over SO HARD to hatch.
Now a second chick who's still in the incubator and therefor warm and not exposed to anything is doing the EXACT same things Champ was doing: head tucking, eyes closed, and back legs straight out behind him, and acting like he's trying to get as close as possible into my hand like he would a brooding hen for warmth. When he falls over he scoots in a circle, kicking his legs and isn't able to turn himself over. I know new chicks are wobbly but this just seems too dramatic to JUST be wobbly and uncoordinated hatchlings.
I'm so frustrated because I don't know what's happening and I can't save my baby chicks I've stressed over SO HARD to hatch.
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