Baby quail brooder setup

[Ray987]

Yeah, it does look like it may be from aggression. They do usually go for eyes. I'm not sure if you can watch and see who the aggressor is, but that's what I would try to do (possibly a male without pecked eyes?) There's a chance it could be a female, too. I don't know what your ratios are now, but maybe closer to 1:5 would help the issue.

I always try to separate the instigator from the flock, but still within sight, so the hierarchy isn't affected too much and see if they mellow out. They are all still fairly young, too, so hopefully their hormones will mellow with maturity. If they aren't doing too much damage, leaving them together might be fine, too; I think it's your call. I had boys that did this to each other this year, and now they are fine.

I didn't cull anyone, but I separated out the meanie for awhile. He's calmed down. (It's not breeding season over here anymore, though, and there aren't any girls with them right now.)

Thank you, it's a relief knowing it's not a disease because I had the worst experience with chickens lately, thanks for the helpful information as usual you're amazing, I'll try to keep an eye for the aggressive ones

 

[Jener8or]

Thank you, it's a relief knowing it's not a disease because I had the worst experience with chickens lately, thanks for the helpful information as usual you're amazing, I'll try to keep an eye for the aggressive ones

I hope the chicken problems get resolved! You have been really nice to talk with and I hope I've helped a little! I'm glad it sounds like your quail are doing well besides being a bit feisty (typical quail).

 

[Ray987]

Yeah, it does look like it may be from aggression. They do usually go for eyes. I'm not sure if you can watch and see who the aggressor is, but that's what I would try to do (possibly a male without pecked eyes?) There's a chance it could be a female, too. I don't know what your ratios are now, but maybe closer to 1:5 would help the issue.

I always try to separate the instigator from the flock, but still within sight, so the hierarchy isn't affected too much and see if they mellow out. They are all still fairly young, too, so hopefully their hormones will mellow with maturity. If they aren't doing too much damage, leaving them together might be fine, too; I think it's your call. I had boys that did this to each other this year, and now they are fine.

I didn't cull anyone, but I separated out the meanie for awhile. He's calmed down. (It's not breeding season over here anymore, though, and there aren't any girls with them right now.)

Spent some time watching them today and spotted a couple mean ones, they literally go for the eyes like what you said, separated them for the time being, what's the go for right now? Keep them separated forever, put them back with the flock few days later or just give them a ticket to dinner table?

 

[Jener8or]

Spent some time watching them today and spotted a couple mean ones, they literally go for the eyes like what you said, separated them for the time being, what's the go for right now? Keep them separated forever, put them back with the flock few days later or just give them a ticket to dinner table?

It's up to you! They might mellow out, but if you don't have time for that or want to try to breed that out of your covey, then dinner it is! I'm glad you found the meanies.

 

[Ray987]

Hello again!

Got more quails hatching as we speak and got a question, yesterday a few hatched and today there's a bunch of them but as always some are late comers, question is it too much to leave them in the incubator for 3 days? I don't like opening the incubator to take the dry ones out because based on my personal experience it had always ruined the rest of the eggs that didn't hatch yet (they dry out and chicks die inside) is there a solution to open the incubator without ruining the unhatched ones?

 

[Kiki]

Hello again!

Got more quails hatching as we speak and got a question, yesterday a few hatched and today there's a bunch of them but as always some are late comers, question is it too much to leave them in the incubator for 3 days? I don't like opening the incubator to take the dry ones out because based on my personal experience it had always ruined the rest of the eggs that didn't hatch yet (they dry out and chicks die inside) is there a solution to open the incubator without ruining the unhatched ones?

I move my quail from the incubator to a warm brooder asap. I would never leave quail in the incubator for more than a few hours after hatch.
I open my incubator quickly a million times during hatch with no issues.

 

[Kiki]

Hello everyone, first time raising baby quails and I need help please I was wondering if my brooder looks good enough, I have 2 100watts bulbs on all day to keep the temps up (keeping it 34-37c) but I'm not sure if humidity is too low it's around 35-40% does it need to be higher? If so how to I increase humidity? One or two dead every 12h or so I'm not sure if they're just bad ones that failed to thrive or my brooder has something wrong going, I'm feeling them chick starter powder and Sugar water (they're 2-3 days old)

Very late response.

Tow main things that cause death at this age. Water temp and brooder temp.

Make sure the water isn't cold. Cold water will kill them quick.
I would lower the temp down by 10 degrees. Overheating them will kill them quick.


I would not use paper...it will cause leg issues.