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I'm not an expert at identification, so I hardly try to guess anything for the first few days. Congrats on your hatch. I think if you insulate the incubator you'll be able to better survive things like power loss. Also, a tiny vent hole at the bottom of the brooder will let any CO2 build up...

I had to quit using wire because winter temps and drafts made it impractical. It was like maintaining a box within a wire box. I've used sand bottoms, but sand IS sort of a pain to clean and I don't like how it absorbs/or doesn't. Also acted like a thermal mass, a cold one in a bad way for me...

Horsekeeper. It was already mentioned. But water in a liquid state is the real challenge, it iw for us in WY. A heated base for the waterer could work, or a heat taped recirculating system if you use nipple wateres. The nipples will freeze otherwise. Also, as was also mentioned by Em Ty, make...

I agree with not going direct into siding. I wouldnt want to do that, so I asked and threw out the dog run idea. What ever you choose please post updates.

How will you attach the hardware cloth to the house exterior for the back and front(human access side)... will you be anchoring to the wall, or a post in the ground? If you wanted to do the same thing, and your predators were mostly neighbors dogs... I wonder if you could just fit a dog run...

All the nipple feeders are installed, non leaking, and running. External plumbing needs to be enclosed in hardlines and insulated. The reservoir needs to be dressed up, and inusulated. Bottom bay needs door latch and window protector needs to be removed. Sealer, Paint, or Stain. Thats the next...

SuseyQ I think you'll do just fine. I've noticed the higher protein gets them bigger faster in the first couple of weeks. If you took an old nut and spice grinder, and ground up some mealworms from the pet store, or hardware store in the bird feeding section, it should give them an extra...

I take a standard game bird feed and bulk it with some soy beans that I buy in the bulk bins at the grocery store. I roast it. Then grind it in a spice grinder. And mix it into the game bird feed. You have to do some simple math to get your protein content right. But it's easy enough. And gets...

Got free roofing material from the neighbor... 10 years old, covered in years of hoarding, mud and mule deer poo. Cleaned up, cut to size. Also installed a plexiglass skylight(12" wide by 18" tall), which should be fun to look into. You wouldn't be able to tell the roof is recycled material at...

Nice work Irajoe. Way to re-use materials too. Wish I could do what organicquails has done. But my weather is just to cold for an open system. Why I'm updating things with a new 3 tiered, weather insulated coop. New coop the obvious work in progress. The old coop.. I'd rather sell than strip...

Maybe look into diatomaceous earth? And add some electrolytes to water to help with possible dehydration issues from diarrhea? Im not an expert though. Lets hope others chime in.

I'm about 60% done with a new 3 tiered quail coop. I'll get photos in the daylight tomorrow. Each tier/pen is 4' x 1.5'. I wanted to expand to 3 pens, for keeping three breading populations separate and distinct, with correct male to female ratios. I am incorporating from all the lessons...

Cool. What do you attribute the chick mortality to?

6 is an okay number to get a healthy adult laying population for a small family(depending on how many males you end up with). I might introduce another batch of DNA from somewhere else if you'll be breeding.

Heyruthie, Awesome. I'm glad I could help. :)

Hit the publish button on a post I had on my website. Has two pictures of my small coop setup. Enough to get the idea about what I mentioned above. It houses 11 birds. 7 female, 4 male. Only 2 to 3 males are in the general population with females at any given time. Most of the time only one...

Thought I would add to this. After reading these forums, I've come to realize I probably raise quail in one of the 'colder' areas of America. I moved coturnix into an outside enclosure this fall/winter. Our temperatures are down to -4f at night, very cold nights get down to around -25F...

Observed males for a while, banded the most aggressive ones with an ankle band marked for death. I removed the ones that attacked or pecked unprovoked, without food or water in the vicinity to be protective over. Found some quotes on the forum that seem to support my approach to breeding...