This was what I wanted to do with Bobwhites as our state was having a shortage of them a few years ago. Kiki didn't understand me and thought I was just hatching quail and throwing them in the woods lol.
When I went to research it again, they had stopped their quail program and started on...
But in the brooder we use paper towels for the first 2-3 days, then convert them to horse bedding pellets.
We use giant, extremely strong paper towels made by the paper mill in town. My son works there so gives us a case of their rejects every year. We've never lost a chick out of 100s...
I had a roll of rubbery shelf lining. I cut it in two pieces to fit the Brinsea and to go up the sides a little bit so the chicks/eggs don't go into the indents of the incubator.
When done, I shake them out and toss them in the washer, air dry. They keep the chicks from slipping which can...