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Title: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by athos on May 27th, 2004, 2:53pm I found some baby quial in a stairwell today... I want to find out how to take care of them so they don't die.... They are healthy.. damn fast... and very small.. HELP!!! |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by Linda_Howell on May 27th, 2004, 2:57pm Athos, Go get some ordinary bird seed at the store that you feed wild birds with. Small seeded stuff. Got a family of them right out my back door and that seems to be all they eat as they are at the feeder all day. Linda |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by floridian on May 27th, 2004, 2:59pm Don't know if they need a heat source - some hatchlings do. This page says that button quail do (maybe they are smaller than regular quail?): http://www.gsu.edu/~biojdsx/fowl/bquail.htm |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by Leesa on May 27th, 2004, 3:00pm Get a hold of the wifelife dept in your area and they will get to the right folks to help out!!! GO NOW what the heck are you waiting for!!!! Also try the fish and game dept too!! Till then, a heating pad on low under several towels or blankets. Get your blender and grind up some worms and bugs from the yard. Fill a med syringe (sp) one for kids and gently open the mouth and push the syringe in an little then squeeze the stuff down a little atta time. Every 2 hours or so youll know when they are hungry. Cus they aint quite!!! Did this w/ doves after Hurricane Agnus hit in 72. Best of luck, Leesa ;;D |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by athos on May 27th, 2004, 3:00pm even the babies? what about water? do i need like eye droppers and such? |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by athos on May 27th, 2004, 3:00pm cool |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by jonny on May 27th, 2004, 3:05pm Go to the pet store and get some hand-rearing formula, most formulas just require the addition of warm (100-110F) bottled (Not distilled) water. Use a plastic eyedropper to feed, becareful cause their beaks are very soft. While you there talk to the peeps there and you can get a book on how much and how often to feed them, if not let me know and I will walk you through it. Wendy.....can you add to this? ................................jonny |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by floridian on May 27th, 2004, 3:26pm Good work Jonny - you seem like you know how to treat the chicks well :D |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by Leesa on May 27th, 2004, 3:37pm Jonny you da man!!! Good work Bro!!! Leesa I forgot Jonny had birds! DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH [smiley=ohjez.gif] |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by BruceD on May 27th, 2004, 3:38pm Hey athos, You may wanna watch out for local DNR regulations. Chances are they require some sort of permit for the possession of live wild game - even if you're doing rehab work. (Stupid rules, I know ... but I wouldn't want to see a fellow clusterbud getting in trouble for doing good) Actually, I did similar things as a kid with orphaned wood duck ducklings. It's amazing to see how quickly they grow & take off on their own. The state I grew up in required a permit to do this & one of my buds uncles happened to have one. Take care BruceD |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by jonny on May 27th, 2004, 3:46pm on 05/27/04 at 15:26:31, floridian wrote:
Hundreds of chicks have called me "Daddy".....LMMFAO ;;D http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4db06b3127ccebf65e60d03240000001610 .............................Daddy ;;D |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by BruceD on May 27th, 2004, 3:51pm Great pic there jonny ... I can almost hear 'em now BruceD |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by cootie on May 27th, 2004, 4:26pm I used to have quail and raised chicks....used to have chickens roo with LOTS of peeps for over 10 years....also raised parakeets for several years also. If you have some sort of feed store nearby or even a Tractor Supply or Farm and Fleet type store they should have feed that will be good for chicks. My baby ckicks would hatch and I'd peck on the ground in front of them which would get there undieing attention and they run and peck at the feed I set down for them like how the mom teaches them. There's alot of special exotic feeds now easy to find at most of the stores carrying feeds or stores I mention'd or pet stores. Jus ask em about it.......the grain equity's can sell you feed "just for them" also and can get it by the bag or the pound. I raised my quail chicks in an aquarium to keep them draft free with screen top. They loved bread.....make sure they have fresh clean water too cuz with birds it can turn very unhealthy fast with bacteria's. Good luck........bird advice Pam PS: Quail can become canibal's to each other......so can chickens. It's pretty bazaar !!! One tiny injure'd spot send em all in a pecking frenzy. I used a purple spray for animals on the red area or injury spot to mask the red . Pretty crazy I'll agree but I seen it ALOT of times !!!! In healthy chicks and birds ! |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by Luke63 on May 27th, 2004, 5:09pm Think your well on your way Athos......g'luck. |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by Not4Hire on May 27th, 2004, 9:05pm ...Humor Filter ON please.... ...on a toothpick and a little Ranch Dressing.... DElicious! (good luck with the birds, P.... i tried to raise a magpie... damn thing pecked me in the eye and flew away...) |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by pubgirl on May 27th, 2004, 9:22pm Never hand reared quail, as although we have a pair in the bottom of our aviary (they clear up the canary and finch shit!) we always take their eggs away from them (sorry, I know that's mean, but that's what we do) All I can add to Jonny's info is that you can also buy stuff called "egg food" from Petshops. It is a crumbly powder you mix with warm water and birds use it to feed their fledglings and the fledglings then eat it themselves when they are able. When this is depends how young they are. If they are really tiny, they will need formula as Jonny says. This egg food should be used while fledglings are tiny before you start giving them 'real' food such as seed or bugs as their digestive systems are probably not ready to deal with those yet. When they are, our quail just eat the same bird seed the other birds eat (finch and canary seed mixes) they also love pecking at greenstuff such as salad veg and weeds from the garden. Wendy |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by bobkip on May 27th, 2004, 9:23pm Athos, Good luck bud. We tried twice (mockingbird, sparrow). No luck. Didn't know they needed constant feeding. Kip |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by Renee on May 27th, 2004, 9:30pm Athos, Got an update on the chicks? Nothing like saving the life of a helpless young 'un! (Gee, I hope they make it) ;) Renee |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by pubgirl on May 27th, 2004, 9:40pm Athos Found this page about rearing quail chicks for you http://www.cyberquail.com/careofchicks.html Wendy also, if you manage to succesfully rear them (hope so) and you need to find homes for them, find people who have outdoor aviaries and tell them quail are the best ever cleaner-uppers and need no special care at all. You just let them live in the bottom of the aviary and they are quite happy eating what the other birds drop. |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by cootie on May 27th, 2004, 10:52pm Dont most of you guys hear most 'chicks' say......cheap cheap cheap ?? Lill birdies are talkin bout ya Pam ;;D |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by athos on May 27th, 2004, 10:55pm Found a lady down the street that rehabs orphaned and hurt Quail... go figure... she is much better qualified than I am for this.... She told me that they had just hatched probably last night |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by Charlie on May 28th, 2004, 1:17am Nice thread. I can't add to this but I really liked reading it. Cool people. Very cool and good luck kids. Charlie |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by Mr. Happy on May 28th, 2004, 1:49am Quail. They go nice with a decent Merlot. Here you are trying to raise `em, while they're such a tasty fowl/mammialian BBQ'd treat. Roxy's Pappy {Pappy Roxy, or Poxy, as we called him, God Rest His Soul} used to nail the suckers with a .22 hip shot. I've blown off about 1,000 20 guage rounds, and have yet to nail one of the little quick-flying bastiches. The inequity of it all......... Remember the Merlot, RJ |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by Superpain on May 28th, 2004, 5:01am Have you ever eaten quail? No... I can tell. Because if you had, we wouldn't be having this conversation. [smiley=laugh.gif] Raise em up good, pluck em, roll em in a bit of spice and fry or bake them. Yuuuum yum! :D |
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Title: Re: Baby Quail - HELP!!! Post by BobG on May 28th, 2004, 9:31am on 05/28/04 at 05:01:45, Superpain wrote:
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