baby quail deniying to eat

[ChicNmom]

I don't know if it will help but I usually make a mash for my new chicks. Mix water into the dry food so it's mushy. They seem to love that more than the dry feed when very young. I figure they are getting hydrated as well as fed when they eat it. The crumbled up egg yolk is also a good idea.

Also check to make sure they don't have pasty butt clogging them up.
I don't know if that happens to quail the same as chickens but it won't hurt to check.

 

[toastyes]

I don't know if it will help but I usually make a mash for my new chicks. Mix water into the dry food so it's mushy. They seem to love that more than the dry feed when very young. I figure they are getting hydrated as well as fed when they eat it. The crumbled up egg yolk is also a good idea.

Also check to make sure they don't have pasty butt clogging them up.
I don't know if that happens to quail the same as chickens but it won't hurt to check.

ill make a nother bowl to check, thank you a lot !

 

[toastyes]

I don't know if it will help but I usually make a mash for my new chicks. Mix water into the dry food so it's mushy. They seem to love that more than the dry feed when very young. I figure they are getting hydrated as well as fed when they eat it. The crumbled up egg yolk is also a good idea.

Also check to make sure they don't have pasty butt clogging them up.
I don't know if that happens to quail the same as chickens but it won't hurt to check.

also, is there supposed to be a lot of feed in it or just a bit? like a lot of mushy feed?

 

[ChicNmom]

also, is there supposed to be a lot of feed in it or just a bit? like a lot of mushy feed?

I put some feed in a dish then keep adding water until it is completely saturated. Like cooked oatmeal consistency.

 

[toastyes]

they didnt really want to eat it, probably because its to thick for they right now

 

[ChicNmom]

You can make it thinner.


Did you try the egg yolk? I have a batch of 8 right now. One didn't seem to want to eat and wasn't motivated enough to jump in and eat with the rest of the group.

I did the hard boiled egg yolk and mashed it up. I took her out of the group so there was no competition and she ate it off my finger and then wanted more and ate it off a plate. I did that a couple of times and then she got her appetite going and was eating with the group.

 

[toastyes]

i think thats when their in a big group, I only have 2. but ill try

 

[Huntmaster]

i think thats when their in a big group, I only have 2. but ill try

Any improvement on eating?

 

[toastyes]

Any improvement on eating?

not really, they might be eating when I'm gone, should I set up a camera?

 

[toastyes]

Any improvement on eating?

Sadly one of them died, i came back to him being unresponsive on the floor. tried everything I could and nothing helped, I think he had some disease, because if his feet got in the water. he would become sick.