My Quail are dying! Help please

[dc3085]

Baby quails have been separated from flock as they get pecked so that's good.

However my last male isn't looking flash so have just moved him into ilsolation and **** he has diarrhea too.
also found this... I keep my quail on the ground with lots of room and natural habitat.

Quail Disease: This is a bacterial disease. There are two forms of quail disease. The first form is highly chronic and a mortality rate of 100% is observed among the infected birds. The major symptom is diarrhea, with white colored feces. The second form of quail disease prevails for a longer period of time. Loss of appetite is the major symptom. Birds affected with this disease will die within 6 to 10 months due to gradual weight loss. Medicines like Streptomycin and Bacitracin are administered in the treatment of quail disease.

You need a vet if you're really trying to save your birds. It's too late in the game for someone to say it could be this or it could be that. If you're losing birds it will continue. I would be most inclined to think it is enteritis. If a vet is out of the option, you should dissect one of the dead birds and see if you can see any obvious maladies present, like blood or ulcers in the intestines. Enteritis often causes 100% mortality if not deal with in the first few days. There are several medicines for treatment of enteritis, so if you can purchase one over the counter you have nothing to lose in trying it.

 

[Michelle12345]

thanks for everything everyone. The vet has seen one of the birds but they aren't very helpful when it come to the right antibiotic and the one they described has not been effective.
Can anyone please tell me the appropriate dissinfectant for cleaning the entire area?
I think this is my best way forward. I have two left. The separated male and another separated female are looking bad and are unresponsive to treatment.
I would like to disinfect immediately!!
kind thanks

 

[dc3085]

thanks for everything everyone. The vet has seen one of the birds but they aren't very helpful when it come to the right antibiotic and the one they described has not been effective.
Can anyone please tell me the appropriate dissinfectant for cleaning the entire area?
I think this is my best way forward. I have two left. The separated male and another separated female are looking bad and are unresponsive to treatment.
I would like to disinfect immediately!!
kind thanks

I first bleach everything, then rinse it all down. Then let the sun shine fully on everything for at least a whole day. UV rays are about as good as a disinfectant as you could hope for.

 

[Michelle12345]

Hi Overrunwithchickens
Thanks for the UV and bleach tips - can you advise on if you dilute the bleach and if so with how much water.
and...
In respect to the ground - do I just clear up the visable poo and then put a fresh layer of sand (they love the sand) or what other material do you suggest
many kind thanks

 

[dc3085]

I don't dilute the bleach more than 50/50 and most times I just use it straight.

Clear up the visible poo, and let the sun hit it all day, the next day turn the dirt up with a shovel (if you can) and let the sun on it again. After that just put a few inches of sand down.

 

[Michelle12345]

excellent - have built smaller second aviary and put the healthy two in there yesterday.
the last male responded to the antibiotics so he is doing normal dropping - yay!

My last female in the old aviary is doing normal poo but she has always been a bit weird with backwards walking and a permanent limp.
Anyway upon further investigation I found a bump on her back half the size of a marble. I sterilized a pin and carefully jabbed around in it an created an opening. Inside were about 5 growing feathers all stinky and rotten smelling with discharge. I drained it an applied an anti-bacterial cream and she seems fine (put here in a box).
Can anyone tell me whether they have seen this feather ingrown issue? Is it yet ANOTHER disease or condition.
My remaining healthy birds are plump happy and eating
wew!!

 

[Michelle12345]

I don't dilute the bleach more than 50/50 and most times I just use it straight.

Clear up the visible poo, and let the sun hit it all day, the next day turn the dirt up with a shovel (if you can) and let the sun on it again. After that just put a few inches of sand down.

I will do that on the old aviary - thanks so much

 

[vtspilotcar]

I dont think the ingrown feathers is a disease, she may have had a injury there and they just formed weird then underneath. Now you now what to look for. Its all about learning. Glad you got is all figured out.

 

[Michelle12345]

thanks to everyone. I have disinfected the large empty aivery and letting it sit in the sun for a month! the new aviary gets more sun in winter (we are going into winter now) and my one male and three females are in there.
The three chicks are now three weeks old and getting bigger all the time and I can introduce them when they are big enough.
PS the female with the yucky ingrown feather thing is looking amazing! she must have been in a lot of pain before.
I am much more hands-on with my quail flock now and I think I will roof the old aviary as wet ground may have been one of the problems with that disease..?
cheers for all the help like vtspilotcar said - it's all about learning xx

 

[dc3085]

It sounds like you've got it down. Good luck on your next batch!