I'm Probably Gonna Need My Hand Held Quail Hatch-A-Long

[Sefirothe]

Can I name it Will from stranger things? (And also in hopes of it having great willpower)

Absolutely!

 

[redinator]

Ahh! They're being abducted

 

[OneLostHen]

Awwww. Widdle guy

 

[Sefirothe]

I just got a high humidity alert, so I figured I'd burp the incubator. I moved 4 more to the brooder so there's a nice even 20 in the brooder and 9 in the incubator.

I also grabbed Will to see if I could see what's going on.

It seems to have no ability to move its hips or hocks. I couldnt gently move either leg to point down or forward at all. Its not the down glued together either, it just seems to have no mobility.

 

[Sefirothe]

Also.......the angry cheeps of the quail sound almost EXACTLY like the alarms on the incubator. I think who ever designed the incubator has a bit of a sadistic streak.

 

[OneLostHen]

Poor Will. I wonder what could have caused that. I've never heard of non mobile legs, tho I'm beyond far from an expert.

 

[redinator]

Poor Will. I wonder what could have caused that. I've never heard of non mobile legs, tho I'm beyond far from an expert.

I think that one had it's bottom half stuck in the shell awhile after hatching. It could also have nutrient deficiencies or a genetic issue.

 

[Sefirothe]

Poor Will. I wonder what could have caused that. I've never heard of non mobile legs, tho I'm beyond far from an expert.

Not sure, but I think nutritional deficiencies in the hen can cause feet problem in coturnix quail...I think.

 

[Sefirothe]

I'll give him until morning. If no change then I dont want him to suffer.

 

[redinator]

My second to last batch of chicks . . . I had eggs in the incubator and a broody raised chicks . . . both sets of eggs were from the same pullets, only two were laying at the time.

The ones I incubated were gathered over a 1-2 week period, before I set them, the ones the broody sat on were laid within 2-3 days of her going broody. For some reason the 3 chicks she raised all had beak issues, none from the incubator had any health problems. The eggs were only separated by 2 weeks at most.

The only change I made in that 2 week period was I switched feeds; from pellets to crumbles; and some of the chickens were refusing to eat at first, so I supplemented with scraps and treats just to get them to eat.

ETA: It doesn't take much to cause a pullet/hen to have nutritional deficiencies