Giving up...

[Athiena14]

I swear I'm tired of quail now... I have gone through over 50 this year and most I hatched out. This last batch... I have no clue what happened. 19 hatched. By 2 weeks, 9 remained. I get them outside by 4 weeks and yesterday had bad storms. They survived. Today came back from work, 3 dead and 1 missing. The dead ones were pecked to death by the looks of it. I have gone through raccoons, cats, and just random deaths.

 

[MaxwellHouse]

I swear I'm tired of quail now... I have gone through over 50 this year and most I hatched out. This last batch... I have no clue what happened. 19 hatched. By 2 weeks, 9 remained. I get them outside by 4 weeks and yesterday had bad storms. They survived. Today came back from work, 3 dead and 1 missing. The dead ones were pecked to death by the looks of it. I have gone through raccoons, cats, and just random deaths.

so so sorry

 

[Athiena14]

so so sorry

I thought they would be easy. I may try again next year with adults... I got rid of most of my problems. Dunno if this was they got into a fight with each other or possibly a crow

 

[Ducksandchickens]

I thought they would be easy. I may try again next year with adults... I got rid of most of my problems. Dunno if this was they got into a fight with each other or possibly a crow

I’m sry for ur loss. Is there anyway u can give pics or on the coop and birds? What feed do u give them?

 

[Athiena14]

Its game bird feed I dont have the bag anymore to tell you the exact one

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Its game bird feed I dont have the bag anymore to tell you the exact one

Can u post pics of the inside and more pics of the coop? From the pic u just posted it looks pretty secure...

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Never mind. The pic didn’t load. Now I can see it clearly

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Did they have anyplace for shelter?

 

[Athiena14]

It's a box on the other side, and there was a canvas over the entire thing during the storm

 

[le_bwah]

I'm sorry you've had such trouble. Your situation sounds unusually difficult. Quail are typically hardy birds, quick to grow and heal. Death isn't random. What type of quail are you raising?

There could be a lot of things contributing to the death rate; bad egg source/parentage, wrong feed type, too-small cage, disease, heat, predators like you mentioned, etc. That chicks would kill each other makes me think they were missing protein, or too cramped. If the quail have no shelter in their cage (a hutch, a box, something to hide under) they may be dying of exposure.

In the pic you posted, I see your'e using chicken wire. I highly recommend switching over to hardware cloth, the 1/2 inch kind, something that raccoons and cats can't get their paws through.