wth is wrong with my quail?

[Misfits Farm 92]

I'm going to watch this thread. my quail all look like @MichelleKing 's quail they have no feathers on their backs and the won't lay any eggs.

 

[MichelleKing]

They have mites, you can actually see some of them in the pics you posted.

Thank you I couldn’t see that. Cleaned everything and treated last night and amping up protein and vitamins

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Good luck! Hopefully your pretty girls grow their feathers back soon.

 

[2 many chickens]

Offer some crushed beaten to death oyster shell. They may need more calcium. That will help with the egg situation. And be sure they are getting at least 16 hours of light.

 

[2 many chickens]

I put on ear plugs and a face mask then beat the ever lasting life out of oyster shells with a large heavy psycho looking hammer for my quail. Eggs are coming in good, nice shells and beautiful. Mine went through a no laying phase and this fixed it.

 

[Kiki]

What did you use to rid the mites?

 

[MichelleKing]

My quail are about a year and a half old. I know they're on the downward of their lifespan but, they went through what looked like a molt, and then their feathers never came back! Oh, and ALL ten of them have this and have stopped laying eggs totally. This is horrible for me as they are my source of eggs and were laying a reliable ten eggs a day.

They are acting completely normal, eating a ton as usual and drinking, getting warmth and light, still loving their dust baths. I haven't changed a thing about diet, water, or sand bath. I'm baffled.

Anyone know what this is? No flock exposure to any other birds at all, they are not being bred right now, their rooster is in another habitat. They are inside in an insulated garage with no cars in it, and they have a heat source.

Someone advise!!!! I'm sad.

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Y’all were 100% right. Mites. Treated birds and cages with Scalex two days in a row. I also have them mass amounts of mealworms as I realize they were probably anemic and needed protein.

They started growing their feathers back and dropping tons of eggs on day TWO, literally almost immediately. No sign of mites in the other quail in the habitat next to them but orevwntitively treated just in case.

Thank y’all!!

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Can’t figure out how to edit this so here’s the result-

Y’all were 100% right. Mites. Treated birds and cages with Scalex two days in a row. I also have them mass amounts of mealworms as I realize they were probably anemic and needed protein.

They started growing their feathers back and dropping tons of eggs on day TWO, literally almost immediately. No sign of mites in the other quail in the habitat next to them but orevwntitively treated just in case.

Thank y’all!!

YAYYYY! I'm so glad it was an easy fix.

 

[Kiki]

Make sure you respray everyone and everything again in one week to kill anything that hatches.
Do it for a total of three weeks/3 sprays/treatments.

 

[MichelleKing]

Make sure you respray everyone and everything again in one week to kill anything that hatches.
Do it for a total of three weeks/3 sprays/treatments.

Thank you! Yes directions on bottle stated that and I’m still hosing down habitats and re flooring them