Thank you Mtn Margie. I am new to button quail, but have raised leghorns, finch, and parakeets in the past. Still, button quail have proven to be so very different from those experiences. One thing that doesn't change, however, is how unique these chicks are - they have their own little personalities and inherent behaviors seemingly built right in to them, and it is just fascinating to me to see this in them. It's hard not to grow attached to the eggs, and then to the chicks that eventually hatch.
Wow!! Thanks so much!!! Luckily since switching the feed...no more deaths...I really think that indeed was the problem or they were weak ones not meant to be! Thanks so much for your help!!