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I like the other feeders I've seen. I installed this one directly onto the side of my brooder box for my hatchlings.

Sorry it took so long to get one. Here's a video of it in operation.

Just wanting to share a few solutions I've come up with to help with some issues I've encountered with raising quail in a garage. So my set up is shown below. I'm working on adding a third stack of cages, and each cage has access to its own dust bath. The birds love using the dust baths...

for those interested, I installed 12 feeder ports into the side wall of the brooder box, and found that for 61 birds it was enough. They all got enough to eat, no one was falling behind in size due to lack of feeding.

The two chicks have done just fine. The only reason I know which ones they are are because marked them.

So, I had a large batch of chicks hatch and put 50 together in one brooder. They were all doing fine, and then I introduced them to the no mess feeder ports. I had 6 ports available for the chicks, but after a few days I noticed that several of the chicks were not growing in size. Several had...

Looks like they're just fine on top, looks to really have improved after just 5 minutes with a dust bath. Chest feathers on the one still look rough

Incubator is set for 99. They've been in there all day, and they are behaving like healthy chicks again. They have eaten a healthy bit, and they are drinking.

I posted in another thread my specific problem at the moment. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rescued-drowned-quail-chicks-have-matted-feathers.1541845/

Came home this morning after working night shift to find that my son had decided to give two of my 3 day old quail chicks swim lessons. I discovered them just in time. Put them in the incubator which dried them off. There in there now with food and water, but now there feathers are dried matted...

We had chickens growing up, and wasn't much of a fan as a kid, but discovered coturnix quail recently and am quickly developing a hobby with these birds. Currently have about a hundred birds in various ages. Jumbo wilds are my preferred, but I love the way my silvers and golden manchurians look...