I put down a small plate of finely chopped pieces of hard boiled egg into the brooder but they ignored it. I think this might be just because they were scurrying around and jumping so much at the time that they didn't feel much like eating, though. I tried again to pick them up and dip their...
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The chicks in the corner were all there because they were frightened and trying to get away from me, I believe. I left the room and came back about a half hour later and there were only one or two in the corner, with the rest of them laying in the center of the warmer tote, circled...
Just got 25 bobwhite chicks, currently 6 days old. This is my first time raising quail and I want to make sure I'm doing everything right so far.
My set-up is two totes side-by-side, with a cut-out area in between them for the quail to go back and forth between the two. The feed is on the...