hi! Im only 6 months or so into keeping poultry, these 15 are the first quail ive Hatched. Aside from these quail, ive hatched at 85-90% in my brinsea octogon. Ive only previously had 6 quail, from a breeder, but i had to proccess 3 as extra males. These eggs came from a poor breeder, they were very poopy and dirty, as well as thin shelled, half of them were cracked, obviously calcium defficent :/ i bought 90 eggs and only have 15 chicks! Jus fyi; I confronted the woman after i saw what i had bought, but it was a week later, and its not like i wanted Her to replace them!
So my question is about one of those chicks, now 12 days old. Fed on Dumor starter at 27%, given water and weekly one day alternating to Sav-a-Chic Electrolytes and Probiotics formulas.
He
fl) is slight smaller than the rest of the hatchers, and his feathers are still encased and growing sort of crooked. I was advised that he seems to be having a problem thriving, and to give him a few lil shoots of nutridrench. Thats currently my plan. Regardless of the sex of the bird, i realize it isnt breeding stock, and the plan is to proccess him when i sort the males out. Im just looking for answers as to what could causeThis:
Sibblings:
) Lost 11 of my last hatch (normal LF chicks) to Cocci so when you said the "D" word i almost cried. You dont think its illness though because none of them are dying?
The rest of your birds look healthy so that's great! And yes, the chest colors do seem to yell FEMALE and MALE 
