i started out with 5 texas blue scale quail. over the past two days two have died and one looks all fluffed up. we have been having colder weather with fall coming on. i live in alabama so its not extreme. i keep the quail in a 8 x 8 coop on the ground with coturnix quail. the only symptom are being fluffed up. when i examine them after they die it looks like they just shut their eye and went to sleep. their craws are empty. any advise would be appreciated. they are about 5 months old and are eating game bird starter.
I am no expert, I'm just good with birds, but I'd just bring them indoors to be safe. Aren't they desert birds too? My coturnix do the same thing, and they are usually just too cold to eat and drink, and just get weak. Good luck with them. Someone will come along who has them.
Have you tried worming them? Worms can be very draining on them. Have you used any Sevin powder on them to keep the mites down and do they have a dust bath area? Mites will kill them. Have you checked the feed to make sure it is not moldy, old or too stale? Is the pen dry? And are they kept dry or have they gotten too wet lately? Are they kept in the same pen as the Coturnix or do they have their own pen? If they are with the Cots, how are they acting? Just a few questions.
I would take them out of the pen with the cots. They are probably beating them up. I had a few bobs all fluffed up and they were being picked on. Took them out and they started acting fine.
