quail hatched by chickens...need advice

[Jmhullii]

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Quail chicks are very skittish. They may have run away and hid somewhere. I usually wait 8 weeks in the brooder before putting them in the pen because they will squeeze out through the tiniest hole, let alone the chicken wire.

 

[Mt. Baker Quail]

Any update?

 

[gamebirdboy]

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Quail chicks are very skittish. They may have run away and hid somewhere. I usually wait 8 weeks in the brooder before putting them in the pen because they will squeeze out through the tiniest hole, let alone the chicken wire.

I hope you're talking about bobwhites...