Why quails die

Other than that they all are eating well. Any feedback would be great. For the eye diseases plz kindly use eye drops into their eye. Within a week they will be ok. Thank You. Ian, did you figure out what was wrong with your quail? Has anyone worked out what the problem is? And how to treat it? My silkie bantam rooster has also started drooping his head and I am worried it is going to spread to the rest of the quails.

The male quail first got ill about five days ago. At first I thought he was just being picked on by the others because he looked tired, had his head drooping and sleepy eyes. By the next day his head was twisted to the side he kept falling over sideways and now he can barely stand his stopped eating and the silky is displaying similar symptoms.

Please help. Quail falling over, look drunk, neck twisted, almost like they broke their necks. Have lost at least We put them out of their misery bc it looks so horrible. I cant figure out why they are dying this way.

I havent read anywhere of any quail diseases that have these symptoms. I find about 3 per day for last week. If anyone has any info on how to help please do. If its Newcastle disease just use tangiri Christmas melon its a strong antiviral disease.

But always remember to introduce herbal to your poultry farm. You can use bitterleaf extract, scent leaf, neem leaf, garlic, ginger, Cinnamon and turmeric. It helps as a strong antibiotics. They have a well balanced diet and live in a good sized aviary.

I have nine all together so they are not crowded. Did you get a reply? I have a quail that is doing the same thing. I have been feeding and watering with vitamin and probiotic water for 5 days. Also for the last 4 days it has been opening its mouth slightly to breathe. Has gotten perky and feisty but no other improvements. Have you figured out what was wrong?

I have one doing the same thing. I have a Chinese painted quail male who has lived with my parrot for over 2 years with no issues. When cleaning today I noticed the inside of the mouth is swollen.

At first it looked like canker but is actually the roof of its mouth although there are 2 tiny lesions on its tongue. If it does will my parrot be infected? I do have chickens and have a couple of chicks sat in a plastic box on top of the parrot cage with a cover between them.

Is this Coryza? Lack of sunlight sunbathing is essential for quails 4. Vitamin C deficiency an essential vitamin that cannot be synthesized by the body 5. Liver dysfunction depending on the type of food, it can be quick 6. Parasite 7. Skin diseases due to insufficient sand bathing may cause infections from skin diseases. The quail is a quite resistant bird for its small size, but really its life span is not so long, its life expectancy can be from 2 to 2. A baby quail is quite resistant, if you want you can read this topic that deals with the feeding of the quail from birth.

Obviously, the younger the quail is, the more susceptible it is to external factors such as temperature, bacteria, poor feeding, etc. The process of maturity of a quail is relatively quick, the quail matures in approximately a month and a half, followed by that time the resistance of the quail increases considerably. You should know, that birds commonly keep their bodies clean when bathing.

Even under the cold winter sky, you can see small birds bathing in the fountains of the parks, for example. Quails need to keep their bodies clean regularly, just as cats lick and clean their bodies. It is essential to have all the floor material cleaned out by sand, or to put sand in a large container so that the floor material can be cleaned out at any time, even if it is a chip material. If the entire floor where your quails live is made of sand, take steps to prevent the sand from being spread outside the cage and diligently keep the sand clean at all times.

By the way, another advantage of keeping sand around the quail is if you make all the sand from the ground its nails and beak will wear out naturally, which has the advantage of avoiding overgrowth. The only important thing here is that the litter does not generate dust e. Could the newly-hatched chicks have picked ups bacteria or viruses from dirty eggshells whilst waiting to be transferred to the brooder? Could there possibly be some kind of virus being transmitted through the eggs, as believe can be the case with several diseases affecting young poultry, such as Mareks or I.

I hope others on here will have more ideas about that aspect. They're not too hot, are they? Do they have enough room to escape to cooler conditions when the ambient temperature rises during the day? I expect I'm out of touch, but c seemed a bit hot to me. I used a ceramic lamp and I think I tried to reduce the temperature by a degree or so every day, until they were on about 25C by a couple of weeks old, once feathering up.

You say the room has no draughts, but does it have adequate ventilation? You'e certainly given us something to think about - I hope others with more experience can come up with more ideas. We have been hatching some every couple of weeks for the last 12 months but it has only been recently that we have been having these problems. This coincides with the colder whether, the bigger hatch numbers and the issues with the food.

We really liked them being on the turkey micro pellets with the higher protein as they were looking really healthy, they do grow a bit quicker, and since their end use is as food, the higher protein levels and no medication are beneficial.

When we were breeding smaller quantities, I think maybe they were picking through the micro pellets in the first few days to eat the smaller 'dust' pieces before moving onto the proper pellets. Now there are bigger quantities, maybe there aren't enough smaller pieces for them all? I changed them onto standard chick crumb for the first 5ish days then start to mix in the micro pellets which is when they start to die. I know it isn't the micro pellets themselves as we have very successfully reared many smaller batches on just these, so the only thing that we can think of is that maybe they get a kind of 'withdrawal' from the medication which makes them ill?

Another thought is that our water is mains-fed and at the cooler end of the brooder. Therefore the water can be quite cold. I wondered whether they are coming away from the heat to get the water, they get too cold from drinking the cold water and struggle to get back, but then surely I would have a lot of dead ones near the water, but instead they are dotted everywhere?? Does anyone put their water close to the heat, or only at the cooler end? There are so many things which we have had to learn by trial and error and I don't think you ever stop learning new or different methods when it comes to rearing livestock.

We really appreciate the advice. Thank you for taking the time. I'm also a bit puzzled that you say you can't buy unmedicated chick crumb. If Bean killed Pinecone, why would he do it? I'm so sorry to hear that. Is Bean a he? Male quails need at least 4 females to mate with, otherwise they mate them to death.

Mine are 1 to 5 and my male is still rough on them. I know it looks horrendous but it kind of is their nature to pick on the injured if Pinecone had been previously injured. Make sure it wasn't something contagious that killed Pinecone. I agree with dollfish that you may need a larger hen group if he was over mounting. Sudden death is startling so I understand your distress. It is possible he didn't kill her.

She may have perished from something else and he would pick on the body. Tragically chickens can do this too when they find a perished companion. Don't hold that against Bean. Ground cover material? However if you want a solid explanation you could take Pinecone in for a necropsy to get a firm understanding of any illness.