Quail chick mortality

[salsan20]

So I am wondering, when can I get attached to my quail babies without a reasonable likelihood of losing them I had problems with my incubator so it is amazing that three hatched and survived so far. All eating drinking and pooping. One 2day old very noisy active and fine, one 2 day old active but wearing corrective shoes for two deformed feet, the other hatched about10 hours ago with one deformed foot now shoed and with others-amazingly I have seen him eat and drink already. I dont want to name or get attached to any of them if there is a reasonably high likelihood of them not surviving. The last one was 7 days overdue when he hatched, the other two were 4 or 5 days overdue when they hatched. The noisy one was an assisted hatch as the shell and membrane were really tough and he got stuck unzipping.

 

[vtspilotcar]

if they are eating a pooping and look like they are growing I think they are good to go. I have never lost any after they hatch, i've had to cull some cause of bad feet etc. I always remove them from the incubator as soon as they are dry and get them on food and water as soon as possible. I think your safe to name them.

 

[salsan20]

Yeay!! Thats great, still worried about the two with dodgy feet but im hoping their cardboard flipper feet will fix their toes so I dont have to cull them.

 

[Quail Jailer]

I'd say the first 3 days are the most critical, but like the above poster, I don't know when the last time I lost one...

And just don't let my birds see yours or they'll all be wanting shoes...

 

[Dragons4u]

I lost one a day for the first week out of my hatch of 72 Georgia Giants.

 

[salsan20]

Have to say I was proud of the shoes considering this is the first time I have kept any birds let along hatched and fixed feet. Pictures of same bird as other one with one dodgy foot was sleeping!

 

[salsan20]

Oh no, although with 72 were you certain those 7 were eating, drinking and pooping ok(trying to cling to hope here rather than a criticism).

 

[Quail Jailer]

Yikes, now I've got to switch off the Wi-Fi before my birds get a load of the latest fashions in footwear, by pulling up this forum on their little wingtop computers, I think one has one of those new touch screen pecklet computers....

 

[Quail Jailer]

I bet the roos would like to see the hens in a nice high heeled pump...

 

[Dragons4u]

From the person I got my eggs from said my losses were less than he normal losses are. Of course, this is from the guy that changed his way of incubation to be like my "incorrect" method cause I had a problem maintaining my temp at what he said, and got an 80 percent hatch rate.