Random Button quail

Button And Bongo

In the Brooder
Dec 31, 2018
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This is weird, I know. I was cracking my button quail hens unhatched eggs, she was setting and hatched one and abandoned the others. I then cracked my 3rd egg and found a baby that was ALIVE AFTER 3 DAYS OF BEING COLD. I just wanted to see what the babies would've looked like and I honestly panicked when I found this baby, I was holding it, helping it hatch because it was so cold, I got it out and I've sat with it for 3 hours. I need help, I don't know what to do. I work every day besides saturdays and sundays and right now is hard for me and I don't know how to care for this itty bitty baby.. (I do but they're so small idk what to even feed it)
 
Take the same game bird feed you're giving to momma, and grind it in your blender or food processor to make it powdery... feed it that. Water in a very shallow dish, and if not shallow enough then add marbles to it so that they don't drown. Don't know what part of the world you're in; if it's cold there, then you will want some way for it to keep warm, brooder, momma heat pad, light bulb (not too hot, mind ya)... sufficient space in your brooding area that the chick can escape the heat if it wants to. I read your post as you only have the one chick, if that's the case, a rolled up sock in the brooder may be comforting to the chick (something to snuggle with).
 

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