Deformed quail chick?

[jfulcher]

What do I do? It came out with no eye on one side and its beak is twisted up... It seems like its head is malformed...

 

[Mek]

I think it's going to have a problem eating ....

 

[yinepu]

It's your call.. but personally I would cull a bird like that..
It's not something I would want in my breeding stock and with a malformed beak it could prevent it from eating right... I would think a quick death would be much better than slowly starving to death (though I must admit I have no idea how badly the beak is deformed.. so that's just an assumption on my part)

however as I said.. it's your bird.. so the final decision is yours

 

[Fat Daddy]

You wouldn't want to pass those genes on would you.... Crossed beak chicks should be culled IMHO... Bill

 

[TheRealTimShady]

i'm with everyone else, cull(kill) it would be the best thing for it, and yourself.

hand it over to DH and let him do it.

 

[shelleyd2008]

If you don't cull it, it will probably die on its own anyway. I've not had any quail chicks hatch like that, but I got a Polish chick in a hatchery order one time that was like that. It didn't live more than a few days.


Usually that's caused from genetics or from an incubation problem (temps too high or too low).

 

[gamebirdboy]

I would cull it, but it's your bird. I have a friend with a goose that has a deformed bill. It has no growth on one side, and it is fine. I wouldn't want to pass that on in my breeding stock,and it might not even live. It's your call.

 

[DuranAndy]

If you think that it could live a happy, healthy life, then keep it. But if not, killing it would be the best choice.