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    brooder over crowding?

    Thanks Lazy Gardener, yes although the thermostat sounds like a good idea (in my mind) the oscillations of heat on and off did create heatwave leading the chicks to huddle/pile up either under the light or against the furthest corner. When chicks/quails perhaps chicken beak fight, does the...
  2. DavidFromGlenEden

    brooder over crowding?

    Great feedback BYC, thanks for your support.
  3. DavidFromGlenEden

    brooder over crowding?

    I use the ceramic heat lamps as I had a few light bulbs that blew, they also have a 2000 hours lifespan as opposed to the ceramic ones that are made for reptiles ie meant to last for years without interruptions. Does height of the heat light really matters? For example some companies offer...
  4. DavidFromGlenEden

    brooder over crowding?

    Hey miss K, I agree with the nipple drinkers but wouldn't the excess drops wet the mulch and eventually create more humidity? Is the cup nipple drinker hygienic? Perhaps less humidity but shared cup, bell drinkers aren't the best either in terms of contamination spreading through shared water...
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    brooder over crowding?

    thank you for the advice miss K and Chickens Really. I think where I'm going wrong is the little lamp in the nursery brooder has a 40w ceramic lamp, the primary school brooder has a 70w ceramic lamp as well. This means the heat isn't going very far and as a result I lowered the heat lamps. This...
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    brooder over crowding?

    Hey Chickens Really, would the warm / cool area apply in a brooder focussed for one week old chicks only? I will try something softer than mulch as the latter isn't fully sanitised, it's dug out from the garden. All my brooders come with a thermostat tuned to different stages of their week of...
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    brooder over crowding?

    thanks for the swift response, attached are pictures of my full set up. I've put chicken wire under the ceramic light so they don't huddle under it and stomp one another. I have a see through perspex glass for us to look at them but sometimes they gather in a see through corner and huddle there...
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    brooder over crowding?

    Hi BYC, How do you deal with over an populated brooder? For example all chicks like to gather in crowds just like a bee swarm. For example, they all gather in a corner and stomp on one another, they would also all gather under the ceramic light and stomp on each other too. This leaves a poor...
  9. DavidFromGlenEden

    hova bator inference with any speakers.

    Hey Sean, Your input is gold for anyone with internet access, including David stuck with questions in New Zealand! Thanks BYC for offering this platform! Cheers, David
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    hova bator inference with any speakers.

    I like your style Sean, your enclosure must be pretty cool! I too don't have the heart to raise them on the wire all the way. Brooder is kind of different because of the heat lamp and hygiene issue so we're on the same page. May I ask please: (1) what is your area per bird roughly? Would it be...
  11. DavidFromGlenEden

    hova bator inference with any speakers.

    Thanks Sean, will try that and see what happen. Out of context but might as well ask, please? Would you know the percentage of quail eggs being pecked when the hens are raised on sawdust/mulch in comparison to a wire floor? I was told to forecast 5 to 10% egg loss due to pecking. Cheers David
  12. DavidFromGlenEden

    quails pecking their own eggs

    Hi BYC, I was told to expect 5 to 10% egg loss as a result of pecking when all hens are raised on any kind of floor rather than raised on the wire. Would this estimate sound right? Cheers, David
  13. DavidFromGlenEden

    hova bator inference with any speakers.

    Hey EggsSighted4Life, I was too shy to email the local distributor so thanks for your support and I did eventually email them. This is the answer I got: "Hi There, You could try a car radio supressor, I think thats what they are called. I think the fit them to electrical items in cars so that...
  14. DavidFromGlenEden

    quails pecking their own eggs

    Hi BYC, If we had two settings (a) 100 quails on a sloped wire (b) 100 quails on sawdust, how many eggs a day would make it intact at the end of the day? In scenario (a) the sloped wire would direct a 100 eggs in an egg tray, so 100 eggs would come out intact. In scenario (b) some quails peck...
  15. DavidFromGlenEden

    How long can a hova bator 1602n run for?

    thanks moonshiner, I can't wait to see your next incubator project! There's no rest for the wicket where you come from! Thanks for the radio tip, aren't rats cheeky? Mine comes in broad day light about 10 yards from the house, he/it can differentiate between a livetrap, bait, crocodile traps!
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