Quail chick rejected by siblings

[Smeksmek]

So a few days ago I posted about a 10 day old coturnix chick that was looking really bad and wasn’t growing at all. I separated it to its own brooder and it bounced back after getting electrolyte water and vitamins mixed in. Now they’re all 5 days old and while he’s still about 3/4 the size of the others, he has most of his energy back so I decided to put him with the others in a new brooder while I cleaned his brooder. They seemed confused at first while he was happy. Quickly though they circled up on him and began attacking him. I grabbed him out before they could draw any blood or pull any feathers so physically he’s fine but I know he’s lonely. During the day he cries a bit, but at night he cries nonstop from about 7pm till 1:30am or whenever he cries himself to sleep. He has a mirror that he loves and is constantly looking into and resting against, but he obviously needs other birds since he was born and raised with them for awhile. I’m a bit at a loss for what to do honestly because him crying like this during the day is one thing, I can manage that, but till 1:30 am is an entirely different story. The others are chill now, but he’s been crying ever since I took him back out. I got him to calm down a bit when I held him and carried him outside while I was dumping out the food he’d gotten under the paper towel. I brought him out in his brooder for a bit and he liked it, but I can’t leave him outside. The high is 97 degrees Fahrenheit and he doesn’t have all his feathers yet to regulate his temperature, and I can’t stay out there all day to be sure he’s safe.

He’s still eating and drinking fine. He hasn’t taken a poop yet but the one he took in the towel I held him in looked normal.

Is it best just to keep them apart until they’re adults? Some way to safely introduce him or just wait till he’s reached their size? It’s clear he’s lonely despite his stuffed animal and mirror

Try taking one of the others at night and putting them.in with your lone
one.. when I put my babies outside it's usually dusky and when they get up.in the morning no one notices we had babies (3-4week old) so maybe use that with your single. Just add one in with him or.her

 

[Yermama]

So a few days ago I posted about a 10 day old coturnix chick that was looking really bad and wasn’t growing at all. I separated it to its own brooder and it bounced back after getting electrolyte water and vitamins mixed in. Now they’re all 5 days old and while he’s still about 3/4 the size of the others, he has most of his energy back so I decided to put him with the others in a new brooder while I cleaned his brooder. They seemed confused at first while he was happy. Quickly though they circled up on him and began attacking him. I grabbed him out before they could draw any blood or pull any feathers so physically he’s fine but I know he’s lonely. During the day he cries a bit, but at night he cries nonstop from about 7pm till 1:30am or whenever he cries himself to sleep. He has a mirror that he loves and is constantly looking into and resting against, but he obviously needs other birds since he was born and raised with them for awhile. I’m a bit at a loss for what to do honestly because him crying like this during the day is one thing, I can manage that, but till 1:30 am is an entirely different story. The others are chill now, but he’s been crying ever since I took him back out. I got him to calm down a bit when I held him and carried him outside while I was dumping out the food he’d gotten under the paper towel. I brought him out in his brooder for a bit and he liked it, but I can’t leave him outside. The high is 97 degrees Fahrenheit and he doesn’t have all his feathers yet to regulate his temperature, and I can’t stay out there all day to be sure he’s safe.

He’s still eating and drinking fine. He hasn’t taken a poop yet but the one he took in the towel I held him in looked normal.

Is it best just to keep them apart until they’re adults? Some way to safely introduce him or just wait till he’s reached their size? It’s clear he’s lonely despite his stuffed animal and mirror

I always distract my quail with fresh food & water when I add chicks in. It seems to help with the territory issues.