There is mucus coming out of my quail chicks beak help!!!!!!!!

[Annastin]

Where is their food?
Can they distinguish food from the shavings?

They gasp and mucous comes out when they drink...are their crops emptying?

Theire food and water is elevated above the shavings and they can distinguish shavings from food. And what do you mean when you said "are there crops emptying"?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Theire food and water is elevated above the shavings and they can distinguish shavings from food. And what do you mean when you said "are there crops emptying"?

Their crop - is it going down/emptying overnight?

 

[Annastin]

Their crop - is it going down/emptying overnight?

what is there crop?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

what is there crop?

The crop is a pouch that holds food. It's on the right side of the breast.
When your chicks have been eating/drinking, you should be able to feel a bulge on the right front. As your chicks eat, the crop fills up. Over the day and night, the crop goes down (as they poop and process food).
Ideally, a crop should be checked in the morning after they have slept all night - the crop should be empty then. Since yours are under a light and eat/drink 24/7 it's harder to tell when the crop is not going down like it should.

If the crop is over full or they have a blockage, then food/water can spill back out.
Your description of them having mucous is concerning - has that stopped?

 

[Annastin]

The crop is a pouch that holds food. It's on the right side of the breast.
When your chicks have been eating/drinking, you should be able to feel a bulge on the right front. As your chicks eat, the crop fills up. Over the day and night, the crop goes down (as they poop and process food).
Ideally, a crop should be checked in the morning after they have slept all night - the crop should be empty then. Since yours are under a light and eat/drink 24/7 it's harder to tell when the crop is not going down like it should.

If the crop is over full or they have a blockage, then food/water can spill back out.
Your description of them having mucous is concerning - has that stopped?

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oh yes they they're all normaly full and when I hold them in the morning they feel like a deflated baloon