Need help

[JJMR794]

They Could Be Overheating During The Day...
They Could Be Chilling At Night..
Heck We Dont Even Know What Type Of Quail.... What They're Eating... Anything...

 

[palmettogroves]

They could be piling at night because of the less-than-100 degree temperature.
They could be piling at night because of a breeze blowing.
Those tiny things are so delicate. Hard to tell without loads more of information.
I would suggest keeping them inside their first month here on earth so you can control the environment a lot better. We brood ours in the mud room so we can keep a close eye on them.

Peace...

 

[TheRealTimShady]

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same here, i kept mine actually in the house until just past 2 weeks(it gets 110 heat index here, even in the garage), then i moved them to the garage after that, i kept a thermometer in the brooder just to keep an eye on them, w/o a heat souce it was still 90 degree's. just moved the males outside today @4 weeks of age, they seem to be doing good, i have them in a 3 walled coop so they have a corner they can get into incase of rain.

hope any of that helps

 

[_Randall_]

Corners are bad for quail chicks, depending on how much warm temp they're being cheated out of, thus forcing them to "pile". Cut any 90º corner to as near double-45's a possible. Round those corners - radius those corners as much as possible. Spread those babies out. Don't leave them a sharp corner to get in. Their instincts are tellin' them...."hey, lets pile up, and we'll furnish each other body heat"......And it will!!! But the one that goes night-night on the bottom of the pile is likely to go night-night forever. He needs air. He ran out of it, even thought he was warm and comfty in the beginning of nap-time. Get rid of those corners!