Defects in Quail Hatchlings

[rjs55555]

Quaillady,

Thanks for the book recommendation! I will try to find it. I like the scientific aspect of stuff so it sounds like a good read to me.

 

[DuranAndy]

I had a valley quail hatch with its neck bent to one side. I'm not even sure how he got out of the egg. I didnt think he would survive very long but he grew up healthy, and strong.

 

[Robo]

I have had one with a crossed beak, and it died at 2 days old. Out of the hundreds (Understatement)

of Quail that go through here a year I have only had one like that.

 

[95yj]

if you get lots of defects its probly a genetic thing (inbreeding) last year my pens got mixed up and for several generations they were all just inbreeding too close. On my last hatch i ended up with tons of cross beaks, crooked necks, messed up toes and one with a bizzare swollen joint. I slowly culled them all out, they were for the table anyway. The crooked neck i think is hereditary and just exacerbated by inbreeding, because my first one came from two unrelated parents, but she's happy and lays eggs so she's staying out of the freezer for now.
*all my crossbeaks had the same mortality rate as the others, they seemed perfectly normal and healthy ezcept for their beaks.