Quail chicks! Help its an emergency!

[CliftonQuail]

The quail seem to be doing fine. However I have one that doesn't seem to be growing at the same rate. He seems to run around, eat and poop the same... but he is at least a week behind in growth and a few days behind... he is just starting to sprout pin feathers and the others already have fully formed feathers prety much everywhere at 9 days old. Anything else I can do for him? Each morning I take him out and feed him about a tsp of boiled mashed egg. He likes it and eats it greedily then goes back to his siblings and continues eating the crumble.

Last June, I had 10 out of 13 eggs hatch. The last one to hatch came out with curled toes, but I managed to correct them with bandage splints, but it didn't grow as fast as its hatch mates. I gave it some Nutri-Drench every day for the first 10 days. At that point, it was about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the other birds in its hatch. The runt turned out to be a hen, there were three other hens in that hatch and six roosters. Someone I knew needed some hens and had excess males, so we traded and they got the 4 hens, including the runt. The last time I spoke with them, they said the runt had caught up with the others and was their best layer. Come to think of it, I really ought to touch base with them and see how things are going. Hopefully your runt will catch up, too.

 

[Bella-2023]

Please can somebody help me! My quail is one day old and its fella are badly curled so I made it a splint but now it can't balance properly and it keeps falling on its back and then panicking. please help me I'm really worried. Hope you can help.

 

[Nabiki]

Please can somebody help me! My quail is one day old and its fella are badly curled so I made it a splint but now it can't balance properly and it keeps falling on its back and then panicking. please help me I'm really worried. Hope you can help.

I answered in your other thread.

 

[joesandy1822]

Yes, most the the google places I messaged don't ship or don't have jumbo pharaoh. I have heard good things about breezy bird farm, but I have to wait until spring as its far too cold atm to ship eggs. I could get easy to vermont, but I am pretty sure if I got caught bringing back eggs there would be a challenge. I have tried some of the good reputation places in the USA but they won't ship to Canada at any cost. I would give my left arm for myshire farms eggs! I think he is a great honest guy and very careful breeder. Lol anyone willing to try to ship for me unmarked? tee hee

I know this post is several months old, but in case you don’t know, Myshire Quail Farm just recently announced they are now shipping to Canada! No left arm necessary!