HELP curled foot on chick and zipping challenged chick

[Quail_Cottage]

FYI this is only my second hatch.

Yesterday (day 17) got 14 out of my 31 coturnix eggs hatched. Yay so cute and fuzzy

went to bed with a couple more pipped and one who'd made a hole big enough to see a beak, but very slowly. I woke up at 5:30am this morning to find two more stumbling about the brooder.

One of them has his toes curled up on one side, the other foot is fine. Anything that can be done for him? he's drying off but not walking right. Will he be OK to go in the brooder with the older ones from yesterday?

The other may have a case of spraddle leg, but he's only just hatched I think. Still catching his breath. I've seen the info on that so i'll give the band aid thing a try if needs be.

The one who is zip challenged has mostly made just a big hole looks like the others have all tried to encourage him out, because the shell is off and there is membrane exposed, but I can see reddish (blood?) behind there. Will it dry out too much? You can see him breathing and he's chirping but not going around like all the others have, it's been more than 12 hours since the first hole...

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[jbowyer01]

I know on a chick the little curled foot can be corrected so I would think it could be on a quail also.Wwait until he/she is fully dried and take a little bandaid place the foot flat on the bandaid (sticky part) and flip the other part over the top of the fott creating a little brace that will keep it flat. Leave it that way for two to three days and it should be fine. I dont know about the pipped egg though so hopefully someone else can help. Good luck with your new little ones.

 

[Quail_Cottage]

Thanks, managed to get a bandaid on. Not sure how I'll get it off again without pulling his leg off!!! Hopefully he'll be oK, he's making lots of noise. The others seem a little interested in trying to get the 'thing' off his foot, but not too bad. maybe they'll halp me out in a few days.

 

[Valley quail breeder]

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Go to Family Dollar, find "grip rite" use it helps them get better traction when first born and not shavings its re washable is what I do.

 

[Valley quail breeder]

use clear scotch tape place foot on sticky end than fold over to on top of foot than press gently down where it connects tape to each other where his toes stay inside tape flat and toes straight may have to separate him from the others they will pick at the tape.

 

[CORNISH_MAN]

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Any chance you got these eggs off ebay? I am having the same problems from eggs I bought from a seller on ebay.