Quail baby bedding?

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I bought a bag of pellets to try. I'll be only running 2 of my 3 incubators for a few more weeks, and then I'm going to ramp back up for spring. But pricewise, buying puppy pee pads is out. I don't want to be throwing anything in the trash anyway. I used to heat my shed and brood them in there, but I would have built it closer to the house if I'd have thought about taking care of chicks in it every day... I was looking at building an insulated brooder on my back porch - but then I got another $2,000 medical bill for my daughter (my ex let her eat a bag of Taki's and then took her to the emergency room for stomach pain). :(
 
emsevers said:
I asked this question in the "raising chicks" section but no one really answered so I thought I would try here. I have 15 two day old baby quail. Right now I have them on puppy training pads but I eventually want to switch them over to wood chips. So I was wondering when it would be safe to switch them? Thanks for any help.
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I am just a beginner so I had the same problem with the paper. so I used the shelving material is has wholes and it is sticky it worked great but be aware that the stickiness wears off so you have to change it but this works in my favor because when they are first hatched two weeks in about the same time to let then in the wooed chips Like I said I am not a professional it just works for me
 
willowcol said:
I used the shelf liner for the first days also. Just because I had a roll already and saw people on here used it for that. After thay my husband bought me a bag of sand for the bottom of thier cage. I put about 1-2 inches in and they love throwing it around and scratching in it. I rake it around daily and when it starts to look dirty I just shop vac it out and add new. Has worked great for me. I want to add that I do take the buttons out before shopvacing the cage, wouldn't want to suck one up in that thing.
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Doesn't it get slippery also though? The sand that is
 
I would do the wood chips over pee pads from day one - I don't like the expense of the pee pads or how waste stays on top where they walk and sit in it. With chips or pellets the waste gets mixed into them more. I've used hay, straw, and even leaves when I ran out of chip and couldn't get to Tractor Supply for more... So far I'm loving the pellets though. I put them in dry and they last so much longer than the chips that they may not actually cost more. They control the smell better, don't have the dust problem, and I haven't had them wick the water out of the waterer when kicked against it like the chips do. When kicked into the water they will still contaminate the water supply (they expand and fall apart). They are also easier to clean out. I'm brooding 4 dozen a week right now on pellets.
 

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