Hawaiian quail adventure.

[RxQuailFiend]

managed to snipe an ebay auction on a cheap chinese quail plucker. Our current batch of chicks are now 3 weeks old and we can tell the roos from our hens. 3 more weeks and ill be able to give this cheap plucker a test run. Also collecting eggs for our next hatch. We are going to try amd keep a monthly hatch as the sale of eggs covers the cost of feed for our layers and to raise more chicks for meat.

 

[RxQuailFiend]

at five weeks old do you think its too late to switch to the auto watering cups?

Never too late to switch to those cups.just keep their old water in for a few days after you install the auto watering cups and make sure to fill the cups by depressing the dispenser with a finger the firat few days. They will figure it out. Once one bird starts using it the rest will follow soon.

 

[paneubert]

Never too late to switch to those cups.

I agree. I had a batch of babies who went from the standard quart sized round chick waterer to horizontal nipples on a 5 gallon bucket, literally within 5 minutes. I did not even need to show them how. Same with the adults who I had switched over a few weeks prior.

 

[RxQuailFiend]

one more day of collecting eggs and these little guys will be headed into the incubator.