I Lost Half Of My Baby Quail...And I Don't Know Why
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ย. 2020
- I had about half of the birds out of my last hatch just disappear. I am not sure if I have a predator problem or if they somehow just got out. Either way, it looks like I need to rethink my brooder box.
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A lot of times this time of year if you usually find one rat snake you’ll find 3+ if you look around. They’re getting ready to hibernate and they’ll yard up together. Those snakes this time of year will eat everything they can get to getting ready for the long season of not eating so I’m guessing snakes
I started using calf watering tank and no losses since
Install a camera out in the brooder
@LooksForLogos Yikes dude.
For my brooder I have a baby crib that I took the legs off of and wrapped in 1/4 inch hardware cloth with a hinged lid that latches. It is pretty deep but I haven't minded that too much.
Thats a great idea, using old crib, have to check the local surplus stores.
My biggest problem with missing young quail was from rats taking them.
Noticed anything else missing? I'm thinking a thief of the two legged variety. Time to install some security cameras maybe? Love your vids mate.
Could it be visitors from another planet?
God did create the universe in a week, couldve created a race to swap animals with.
The world was created with a very big bang, God has nothing to do with it, what planet are you from, I'm from planet earth?
I'm sorry about your missing quail Chris.
I have quail that are around 4months old and it's getting colder at night was 1° celsius Tonight. I went out to check on the quail and they were all puffed up and shivering, I brought out the old heat lamp and that helped but now they've been up all night because of the light. What should I do? I was thinking of getting a very low powered bulb to keep the water from freezing, and keeping the hutch warm?
I've subscribed to you and so it's not surprising to see your video pop-up first, but wow... what a sentence to read. This morning, I woke up to a horror scene - I lost half of my baby quail!
Sorry for your losses and your pain. Never easy to lose the animals we care so much for, and about.
I lost ½ of my newly hatched quail. a few every day, and I am at a loss of what is happening. 3 more yesterday and another this morning. They are in a larger brooder box with a heat source at each end and the feed and water in the middle, in the house. They have grit, food, and water.
I'm sorry you've lost the babies
I wonder if it could have been rats. Maybe you could affix that liner to four posts; maybe keep the one wooded side, keeping the screen tops. I don't know how flimsy it is but you maybe have to bulk up the edge with wood. You could then also use it for your meat chickens too. You could have a metal roof and even put heat lamps, if needed, on top of the lids. Just an idea. Sorry about your birds. Have a blessed day.
Do you use a cat box scoop to clean out the sand box?
I built my brooder from plans and video from Terry at Coturnix Corner and I modified mine with legs after finding a small black snake on top of the poop pan trying to come through the 1/2” mesh to get my 3 week old quail. So whoever said that snakes can’t stand ammonia is wrong because he was on top of the poop tray and it was loaded.
I found a 6ft black snake in my cage a couple months ago. My birds were 5 weeks old,so pretty big. It had already eaten 3 and had killed 4 more. Definitely the biggest wild snake I’ve ever seen!
I feel your pain. I lost over 75. They were shipped to me and most died because of splayed legs. A few got too cold. And yes in transit for 3 days didn't help at all.
You had live quail shipped to you and it tuck 3 days? No wonder you lost them all, quail breathing there sh!t probably killed them ammonia is lethal to quails
@@BertAndSmokey very true I hatched my own soon after and had very good results. So I know I'm doing. My part correctly.
My idea is get two of those extra extra large totes and use those for the first week just split your birds up between the two of them I realize it means double most everything but it’s quick and easy and you don’t have to spend a lot of time building something and when you’re not brooding you can stack them together and put them away
Rat snake got into my broader and ate 31. It was his last meal.
Very expensive meal 😬 hope you ate the snake.
@@BertAndSmokey my chickens did when I was done.
Trail camera would work for the next batch. Then you can catch it all in the act. Hopefully, it could be set far enough away to catch it instead of constantly catching the quail chicks moving around. We used one for our poultry for a fox problem.
make a brooder with 1/2" coated wire on the bottom it works awesome. my brooder is 3'x2' and we keep an oil drip pan under it for a poop tray. the first 4-5 days i put shelf liner on about 1/2 of the wire to let them get off of it and used to it. our whole quail setup is in a room under our side porch we have stacked trays with poop pans. takes 15 mins to clean the trays for 100-150 birds every 4-5 days.
building a brooder. I simply use 1/2 inch plywood ( not osb ) then use tin or metal flashing on the top outside edge and outside corners. The metal stops most climbers. For snakes climbing up the sides use two strips of metal banding about an inch apart then connect the top band to an electric fencer and the lower one to ground. As long as the area don't get wet the banding can be fastened directly to the wood. Also, use the quail droppings outside around your shed on the ground. Snakes can't stand ammonia
Just an idea: set up a trail cam or WiFi security cam in your brooding area before making maybe unnecessary changes. Next brooding cycle review the footage and it may surprise you what you may find out. I personally use the wifi security cam ( $19.99 Walmart ) and found all sorts of stuff out. Got the idea from Nature: spy in the wild episode. Hope this helps
Maybe you can build another box that's half the width and split it into 2, set it on either side of the room up on stilts with front loader doors. I know it'll take twice as many heat lamps but it'll remain easy to maintain as it's the same space as before, less back breaking because it's raised up and that might be your solution.
Wow how crazy!
Sorry for your losses - that sucks.
I've just started with my first batch of quail, starting with 20 jumbo brown babies, three days old when I got them. I lost one the day after bringing them home, but everyone else is doing great, and they were two weeks old yesterday, so we've made it through the most crucial period.
My next step is building the breeding and grow out pens, which should go fairly quickly, and I'm building them to be both rat-proof and snake-proof, since I'll be raising them inside over the winter. I'm a former certified picture framer, so well acquainted and experienced with woodworking; and a big believer in building to a higher standard than strictly necessary, which should cover contingencies, and hopefully result in fewer losses overall.
If I do move them outside, they'll be in a greenhouse, so still should be safe from larger predators. And my hope is to have my five adult rabbits in the same greenhouse, along with a 6' x 15" tank for my aquaponic system, along with a small masonry heater, so the greenhouse should keep a fairly stable temperature well above freezing. At least that's my fervent hope.
Best of luck going forward.
i have padlocks on my hutches.people will take them i have 3 hutches now
That's why I do indoors in a room without a view.
Sad that that's necessary, but that's partly why I've decided to raise mine indoors, along with my breeder rabbits.
Did these quail disappear while you were on vacation?
I've got 18 quail from 6 hens and 1 male father.
They are 6 weeks old now, I've separated the males because I dont want them breeding. Will they all be fine together? How should I go about this?? Thanks
They should be ok together. It's called a rooster box or cage. I keep my Roo's together when not breeding also. They did peck each other at first but they didn't rip each other up. The only thing I can figure is your roo cage needs to be pretty big so they can run away from each other. If I see one being overly aggressive to the others, he will wind up in my freezer and exit my breeding program.
@@KasumiRose77 thank you :)
I'm getting them used to no heat at all now, they are still inside an insulated shed. I built 2 pens so when I move my females out side I'll have 2 so i can put 5 in each. My outside pens are semi free range. I grow spinach for them more goodness in my eggs :)
Do you happen to sell fertile quail hatching eggs? Or would you be up to selling some?
It will be better if you build a wired box with plasterboard on the side. Also a hinged lid so snake don’t get in.
Lately my birds like to jump and bang their heads up pretty good. Never had this problem. The cage is made from the wire fabric you use and about 2 feet tall. Do you ever have that problem?
Hi there, I keep my quails in the Greenhouse, no issues so far 🤞
They get experimenting with their wings and go on voyages and find the top, then land hard. The only way I can figure to solve that is have a really tall cage they are in at they can without hitting the top or have a shorter one. About a foot tall.
I keep my infants until 2-3 weeks in a ten gallon fish tank with a cage wire lid that's clamped just incase. Then I move them to a canary cage that's 2 feet tall. My adults are also in the same cages but there's fewer of them in there, naturally. The only time the adults got the top of the cage is if they are trying to get away from another bird being mean and pecking... Which then needs taken care of.
i've been told to just add some foam at the top or some soft thick fabric
I agree with that suggestion except I'm not sure how to keep the brooder warm enough with fabric or foam next to the heat lamp. Unless you're using another heat source.
Do you still breed rabbits?
It’s been happening in Ohio a well. It’s because of the poor air quality from Cali... the temp at night dropped too fast
LooksForLogos I honestly didn’t watch it
@@RandomsFandom Then why are you commenting on a video you didn't even bother to watch?
Keyspoet27 if you read my comment, you would understand that Ohio is experiencing something. Moron... it’s safe to assume that an animal wouldn’t get into an above ground cage
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A weasel can do that I lost a couple the lid was a jar
Ratts ,,,, you need a very tight mesh net
Everyone I watch about quail have rat or snake stealing new quail, glad I don't have this problem, in saying that I only have quail for the eggs free range ones, some of the cages look cramped like a mosh pit quail like to jump and spread the wings.
I ended up loosing a whole kindle of 4 day olds to a 5ft long bull snake. Sucker slithered up my saw horse frame base. He slithered I to the cage but was so fat from eating 8 babies that he was stuck in the cage with a very freaked out momma. I shot the damned thing with my BB gun. It was vicious!. Loosing animals can be devastating.
I have 4 female and a male Japanese Quail I bought them for $50 Australian and I'll be setting eggs next week And I can sell My babies for $8 each so should make a good profit
Any signs of rodents? Rats will get small birds like chicks if they get a chance, and one will take quite a few at a time. Or you might have more than one snake. They are feeding up getting ready for winter.
Yes its hard commenting it must be murder for you with your size .
Thanks for sharing
Might be cocsidosis
If it was a person that took your birds, did they just take all the girls? Just my concern. it is a possibility someone could have placed the snakes in there with them, also, trying to get rid of your birds.
A month ago, my hutch outside was attacked by raccoons and i lost three quail. Then, a couple weeks ago, it happened again and i lost the rest of my quail. raccoons have really long fingers and slender arms which they can reach into your cage. They are clever li'l bastards.
Raccoons are the worst!!
All you need is a live trap and a few slices of bread. Raccoons are suckers.
@@drno8791 I put rat traps and i think they scared the raccoons. i upgraded my cage and i think they are safe
Hi Chris. I built a brooder out of 2 x 2 lumber and a 4ft x 8ft shower wall panel. You can build a good sized one fairly inexpensively. Steve
Maybe it was Chupacabra
Just kidding!
I told you before and I'll say it again, really think you should go back to using the tubs! Yes it is more work but better for them to be secure.
I am guessing with your description, it's much more of a hard to except reason, I am talking about the 2 legged kind. Losing that many birds without the cover being jostled or a couple running around or feathers everywhere, means it wasn't a cat or something big and you would have to have more than 5 snakes in a short time, and that is not really likely at all, Rats would not remove them or kill that many....... So it leaves the hard to except answer in my book!
Here in the UK rats eat pigeons.
Pigeon minding it's own business rat jumps out of a bush starts running away with live bird, rats will eat anything.
Sorry. For loss of potential meat.you will figure it out take csre
We Had a rat problem maybe you should buy a camera to find out.
Talking
I have 4 female and a male Japanese Quail I bought them for $50 Australian and I'll be setting eggs next week And I can sell My babies for $8 each so should make a good profit