Please help, 2week old quail chick isn’t walking anymore

[Tea_Birbs]

So we recently hatched some tuxedo quail chicks from an incubator about a week ago and they were all doing fine. But this morning we noticed one laying down and not walking as much as the others and now he is barely walking, he was fine yesterday! He is using his wings to support himself when lying down. He is eating and drinking but just doesn’t walk anymore. We checked his legs and nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. We let them run around outside yesterday but I don’t believe that has caused this incident. He still moves his legs around and stretched them out when sleeping. He just doesn’t walk. Please help.

 

[Swbertrand1]

I know ZERO about quail, but I might be inclined to believe they can suffer from the same vitamin deficiencies as chickens. Would I be on the right track here??

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So we recently hatched some tuxedo quail chicks from an incubator about a week ago and they were all doing fine. But this morning we noticed one laying down and not walking as much as the others and now he is barely walking, he was fine yesterday! He is using his wings to support himself when lying down. He is eating and drinking but just doesn’t walk anymore. We checked his legs and nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. We let them run around outside yesterday but I don’t believe that has caused this incident. He still moves his legs around and stretched them out when sleeping. He just doesn’t walk. Please help.

I don't know much about Quail either, but I would get some Poultry Nutri-Drench into him. Give 1-2 drops twice a day.

How old is he?
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I'll tag in a couple of others that may be able to help you more

@Nabiki @muddy75

 

[Nabiki]

I would start with some Nutri-Drench or Save-a-Chick. Sometimes a chick simply fails to thrive, but it certainly won't hurt to make sure it gets an energy boost to help it start eating and drinking on its own.

I see that it's about a week old. How many chicks do you have in your brooder? What are you feeding them? Can you post a picture of your setup?

 

[Tea_Birbs]

I would start with some Nutri-Drench or Save-a-Chick. Sometimes a chick simply fails to thrive, but it certainly won't hurt to make sure it gets an energy boost to help it start eating and drinking on its own.

I see that it's about a week old. How many chicks do you have in your brooder? What are you feeding them? Can you post a picture of your setup?

 

[Tea_Birbs]

He’s two weeks old today. He’s condition has gotten slightly better today but still not much has changed. The original brooder we kept 10 chicks in is in the above gallery. We quarantined him off to stop the other chicks from trampling over him. He eats and drinks fine so far. To clarify we have a small mat to help him walk that is under his light and he moved away from the heating so he is on the more slippery surface. We are completely stumped on his condition. We are somewhat new to this whole raising quails thing, only incubated and hatched maybe 50 or so. We raise as many as we can and only have had 2 other incidents of sick/dying chicks. We bought fertile tuxedo eggs from a new breeder that we just wanted to try out. All the other quails we own are healthy and perfectly fine. I just want the best chance for the little guy

 

[Nabiki]

I would get rid of the newspaper. That's a pretty slick surface and will only encourage leg injuries.

I looked up Peckish Game bird starter, and it's a bit low on protein but not enough to be causing serious malnutrition.

I'm not seeing anything obvious. It could simply be a case of failure to thrive, but it won't hurt to make sure it has plenty of food and water nearby.

Can you get a good picture of its legs?

 

[Tea_Birbs]

I would get rid of the newspaper. That's a pretty slick surface and will only encourage leg injuries.

I looked up Peckish Game bird starter, and it's a bit low on protein but not enough to be causing serious malnutrition.

I'm not seeing anything obvious. It could simply be a case of failure to thrive, but it won't hurt to make sure it has plenty of food and water nearby.

Can you get a good picture of its legs?

 

[Nabiki]

The legs don't look like they're moving much. Unless a vet is an option, I think your only choices are to treat it by keeping it warm, near food and water, and off of the newspaper, or cull.

In my experience, which I will admit isn't everything out there, a chick like this is unlikely to survive. I'm a softie, though, and I would give it some more time.

Don't wait too long, though. I had a young hen that I treated for weeks before I admitted to myself that she was never going to walk again. Culling her was hard.

 

[Tea_Birbs]

The legs don't look like they're moving much. Unless a vet is an option, I think your only choices are to treat it by keeping it warm, near food and water, and off of the newspaper, or cull.

In my experience, which I will admit isn't everything out there, a chick like this is unlikely to survive. I'm a softie, though, and I would give it some more time.

Don't wait too long, though. I had a young hen that I treated for weeks before I admitted to myself that she was never going to walk again. Culling her was hard.

The vet situation is difficult. All vets that are nearby only really deal with cats and dogs ect. One time in an urgent situation one of your young quails broke a leg and the veterinarian that apparently specialised with birds wasn’t sure what to do with our quail. Luckily the quail is still with us and is actually the boss of his coop. There’s no other avarian/exotic vets that are close and easy to access. I don’t want to stress our little guy out for a couple hour trip to a place that might help. I guess the best hope right now is to just sit tight and wait for a miracle to happen.though today we noticed that he would sit up but still uses his wings for support, he does kind of crawl around still.he stretches his legs out when he sleeps. I sure do hope he recovers soon.We will keep him quarantined for a little longer and hope for the best. Food,water,heat and supplements is the best chance right now.I’ll keep everyone updated on him. Thank you so much for you help.