Lone quail chick, what to do

[Alexandra1988]

I hatched 3 quail eggs a week ago and sadly since then 2 have died. I'm not sure what to do with the remaining one, no one locally has any quail chicks so I would have to get one or two chicken chicks but appreciate there are issues with this too health wise. I have another batch of eggs going into the incubator tomorrow but obviously it'll be a few weeks before they hatch. I have space to run 2 brooders if needs be. What should I do? I've given the remaining chick a stuffed toy and mirror for now.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I hatched 3 quail eggs a week ago and sadly since then 2 have died. I'm not sure what to do with the remaining one, no one locally has any quail chicks so I would have to get one or two chicken chicks but appreciate there are issues with this too health wise. I have another batch of eggs going into the incubator tomorrow but obviously it'll be a few weeks before they hatch. I have space to run 2 brooders if needs be. What should I do? I've given the remaining chick a stuffed toy and mirror for now.

I think you are doing all you can do for now.
You didn't plan on just ending up with one, but sometimes that can happen.

I would not put chicken chicks with the Quail chick, yes there are health concerns, but Quail also have slightly different dietary needs and in several weeks, there will be behavioral differences too.

Keep her eating/drinking, the stuffed toy and mirror are good ideas. Talk to her when you can.

Hopefully you'll have a good hatch this go round. Once those that hatch reach about 3-4 weeks of age, you can try introducing them/putting them with this earlier chick.
Why wait? Quail grow quickly, so by the time these hatch, she'll be much larger and may hurt or trample the tiny babies. Once they all reach about the same size, then try integration. Hopefully it will go smoothly. Quail can be territorial so if possible. Move everyone to a different cage with the "furniture" rearranged (food/water/dust bath bowl etc in different places than they are used to.
They can focus on trying to figure out what's been moved instead of "there's a new bird in here".

It may work, it may not, you'll have to monitor heavily. Quail can be quite mean to each other.