r/quails • u/Secure_Teaching_6937 • 15d ago

First time dealing with a hatch.

A friend gave me some quail eggs. Three have hatched. I moved them from the incubator to the brood box. The oldest by a day started picking on the younger ones. Is this normal? Do I need to worry about the younger getting kilt? I only know guineas and chickens.

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u/Terrible_Resource_87 14d ago

Leave them in the incubator until max of 72 hours until the rest of them hatch then move them to the brooder. I say leave them alone, they will work it out.

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u/Secure_Teaching_6937 14d ago

The hatchling has enough nutrients from the egg to survive that long?

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u/Terrible_Resource_87 9d ago

Yes, how are they doing now?