help with baby quails?

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shanny2
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i think it is could sprayed legs how can i stop it and is wood shavings a problem for baby quails?
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Can you explain why you think it has splayed legs? I would be more inclined to put quail on clean dirt than wood shavings, but haven't actually tried them just a guess.
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splayed legs is a condition that happens when chicks are on a slippery surface and cant tuck their legs up under them , the legs splay out ...get them on some paper towel ( thick ) asap before you find you have to tape their legs to fix the problem....
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another thing to take in to account is that baby quails for the first couple of days will be quite awkward whilst learning to walk/run. there may not be anything wrong. theres no way for me to say that there isnt anything wrong, but they do take a little while to find proper use of their legs.
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very true most baby birds have cacky looking legs when young , just use the paper towel or another non slip surface to be sure .
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I would be very surprised if a baby has splayed legs from wood chips or dirt.
Like Deb said though.
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I'm just curious because when i had baby quails before they had a sore leg and it got red and the other quails started to peck at it and i don't want that to happen again this time
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sounds like it got attacked by other quails shanny, not uncommon. if it happens again remove the male quail because he is usually the one that does this.
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my female is looking after 11 eggs now by herself the male died a few days ago
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not much you can do but wait by the sounds of it then shanny. best of luck!
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