Chickmathcasualty
In the Brooder
- Jul 16, 2023
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This is my second round hatching coturnix quail but these babies are from my original quail.
The first baby made it a couple days and then presented with bleeding around the nares and beak, I assumed since it’s in a brooder with regular chicks and button quail chicks that one of the other babies pecked the beak as it stopped bleeding and dried up. I cleaned that up and kept an eye on it and it was ok for a day and then the next day just got really lethargic and was just sleeping and I noticed it kind of breathing through it’s beak so i once again used a warm damp q-tip to clean the nares thinking maybe it had a clot preventing it from breathing properly. This didn’t seem to make a difference and eventually it died. This second baby hatched a couple days later and on it’s first day of life it was perky in the morning but wobbly like babies are and now (evening) it’s unresponsive and keeps opening it’s beak.
I put it back in the incubator to keep it warm and away from the other chicks but I’m quite positive it won’t make it another hour.
Any feedback on what may be causing this? Anything I can do to prevent this in the future?
The first baby made it a couple days and then presented with bleeding around the nares and beak, I assumed since it’s in a brooder with regular chicks and button quail chicks that one of the other babies pecked the beak as it stopped bleeding and dried up. I cleaned that up and kept an eye on it and it was ok for a day and then the next day just got really lethargic and was just sleeping and I noticed it kind of breathing through it’s beak so i once again used a warm damp q-tip to clean the nares thinking maybe it had a clot preventing it from breathing properly. This didn’t seem to make a difference and eventually it died. This second baby hatched a couple days later and on it’s first day of life it was perky in the morning but wobbly like babies are and now (evening) it’s unresponsive and keeps opening it’s beak.
I put it back in the incubator to keep it warm and away from the other chicks but I’m quite positive it won’t make it another hour.
Any feedback on what may be causing this? Anything I can do to prevent this in the future?