Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[cluckcluckluke]

Quote: I too have an old fish tank, so I will just use that then.
Thanks for the temps.
All I have to find now is heat lamp.

Quote: Hmm..ok, So I have to buy a heat lamp?

 

[satay]

I just use a normal light socket with a lead (like lamps have) and a 100 watt globe.

 

[appps]

I too have an old fish tank, so I will just use that then.
Thanks for the temps.
All I have to find now is heat lamp.
Hmm..ok, So I have to buy a heat lamp?

When we set up our hermit crab tank I bought everything off eBay. Thermostat identical to ash's and the ceramic lamp. Heaps!!!! Cheaper than local.
I then went to a lighting store and bought a ceramic bulb holder (you can't use plastic due to the high heat they produce) and lead. I smiled nicely and they put the lead on the holder for me too
Worked out very economical.

 

[TheChookPatch]

oops I bought another incubator, lol

 

[Brockerk]

Lol we had one loved the pots. Tried but kids wouldn't believe me that's what you get from planting birdseed.

Hahahahahahaha!

 

[Colourful]

I too have an old fish tank, so I will just use that then.
Thanks for the temps.
All I have to find now is heat lamp.
Hmm..ok, So I have to buy a heat lamp?

A lam will do so long as it can hold the right bulb (hot enough to keep them warm but not so hot that the lamp shorts out).

Just remember luke that they need ventilation and a place to escape from the heat if they need to. Also, make sure their water container is full of marbles or some thing, and only the tiniest bit of water in at first (I use jar lids for the first 2 days of life) and make sure it's far enough from the light that the water doesn't get warm or your your quail chicks will drown in it. I had a quail chick drown yesterday in literally 3mm of water... it had straddle leg so it couldn't get out of the lid.

Chookpatch: Well done! You can never have too many incubators.

 

[sydney quailman]

hi all , havnt been on the tread for a while, had a great hatch this week, 94 out 120, not bad for a winter hatch, also have this awesome silver, been trying to get this colour for about 6 months, post a pic,

 

[TheChookPatch]

Wow, pretty quail quailman... A question for you... Are Jap quails the only ones with variation on their egg shell??

 

[satay]

hi all , havnt been on the tread for a while, had a great hatch this week, 94 out 120, not bad for a winter hatch, also have this awesome silver, been trying to get this colour for about 6 months, post a pic,

Nice Sam

 

[Pinky Macgyver]

Welcome back Sam :-D
congratulations on the silver beautiful