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chick feeder: Honeycomb shaped silicone potholder
Perfect newly hatched chick feeder! I found it at Walmart. It's a bright orange hexagon potholder made of silicone. It has the little honeycomb cells with raised edges. Maybe 1/4" thick. Easy to wash, easy for babies to step up onto, food that's kicked simply falls into another cell, bright... -
Lizard mat is great for coturnix quail chicks!
So I bought one of those Reptitherm Under Tank Heaters, wondering if coturnix quail chicks would appreciate it or if it would be a waste of money. My brooder is a 30x18 clear plastic tote with 150w white heat bulb over one end. My thought was that if an uncoordinated baby wandered away from the... -
Incubator and brooder warning: Incandescent bulbs are disappearing
My local home improvement store (Menard's) was selling the last of their true incandescent bulbs (60 watt, 40 watt, etc.) on clearance. Everything is moving to the CFL's (compact fluorescent) bulbs. Now even the bulbs that look like incandescents are actually CFL's inside. CFL packaging shows... -
water bottles?
Can quail, specifically jumbos, use the small animal water bottles with the ball at the tip? Just trying to gather all my equipment and that's what I use for my other (parrot like) birds. -
When quails are not quails
I assume looking up "quail" items online will give me consistently wrong sizes for jumbo coturnix. What bird species is more comparable? Anyone know the band size to use for Jumbos? Or egg holders/cartons? -
Hold time from lay to incubate for Jumbo Coturnix?
Hi, everyone. Just joined. What's the minimum to maximum time to hold jumbo coturnix eggs prior to viable incubator hatching? NOT days to hatch, but how long do you hold them before starting a batch in the incubator? 1. Is there a minimum? 2. How long is a safe maximum holding for viability...