sudden death..?

[Fraoch21]

i had 5 tuxedo and 2 brown quail, about 6 weeks old, that i was acclimatising to put outside. They had been outside all day for maybe a week, but this morning my dad found one dead? im just going to go out and see if it hurt itself or anything but i dont see why it would die? and it has been reeally quite warm here aswel

 

[Fraoch21]

ok just had a look at her, i cant see anything other than her feet were curled up even though she must have been standing up when she died and she was absolutly skin and bone, extremely skinny. I had picked her up over a week ago and she was fine then i couldnt feel the bones the same as i can now. So i dont know how she got so starved? the 7 of them were in a 4 foot by 2 foot run and a small hut to sleep in, it was easy enough to find the food and the others coped fine?

 

[Fat Daddy]

Sounds like your birds are on the ground? A lot of things can make a bird go off feed. They are very good at hiding distress too. It seems sometimes they just die..., Good luck with the rest of your birds... Bill

 

[Nicole01]

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

 

[Fraoch21]

thank you, yes they are kept on the ground, i hae keeping them on wire mesh cause its natural for them to be kept in long grass and that. Whne they're big enough they are going in with my 2 adults that are in a big run with a hutch(that they never use) with long grass and branches, i just let the grass grow, the quail love scuttling through it