CliftonQuail
Songster
Last June, I had 10 out of 13 eggs hatch. The last one to hatch came out with curled toes, but I managed to correct them with bandage splints, but it didn't grow as fast as its hatch mates. I gave it some Nutri-Drench every day for the first 10 days. At that point, it was about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the other birds in its hatch. The runt turned out to be a hen, there were three other hens in that hatch and six roosters. Someone I knew needed some hens and had excess males, so we traded and they got the 4 hens, including the runt. The last time I spoke with them, they said the runt had caught up with the others and was their best layer. Come to think of it, I really ought to touch base with them and see how things are going. Hopefully your runt will catch up, too.The quail seem to be doing fine. However I have one that doesn't seem to be growing at the same rate. He seems to run around, eat and poop the same... but he is at least a week behind in growth and a few days behind... he is just starting to sprout pin feathers and the others already have fully formed feathers prety much everywhere at 9 days old. Anything else I can do for him? Each morning I take him out and feed him about a tsp of boiled mashed egg. He likes it and eats it greedily then goes back to his siblings and continues eating the crumble.