Newborn Quail Chicks
Baby quail require a few weeks of special care before they can be integrated into the adult quail population.
Newborn quail chicks. Baby quail on straw week 2 quick growth comes from great nutrition. Quail especially chicks have a high mortality rate with only 5 to 30 percent growing into adults. By the age of 6 weeks female quail start laying eggs. There are a few other feeds that contain antibiotics to prevent infection and illness.
Its important to not buy medicated chicken feed as it contains a different level of antibiotics and can be potentially lethal to feed to your quail. If you dont want to purchase an incubator designed specifically for quail eggs a standard chicken egg incubator can do the. Then provide around 1 square foot per chick after 3 weeks of age. The nests tend to be large because of the number of eggs they must accommodate.
The chicks will need around 12 square foot each in the brooder. Some people say you can leave them up to 48 hours because the chick will absorb the yolk into their body so they dont need food or water said. Overall quail need a high quality high protein feed. Baby quail chicks can be fed a specific medicated quail feed that prevents coccidiosis.
Incubating quail eggs you can purchase fertilized quail eggs from breeders or through online hatcheries. For optimum growth quail chicks require feed with a higher level of protein than whats provided in chick starter formulated for chicken chicks. Quail pairs work together to build ground nests of leaves grasses and twigs. First you need to move newly hatched baby quail from the incubator to a brooder.
Raising baby quail is relatively easy and doesnt take long.