➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

Check it out...one of the three eggs I washed hatched.

 

[Kiki]

How much does quail cage cleaning pay? I'm looking for a part time job.

5 quail are bigger than Bobo. I don't buy him eating 5.
Now, 5 quail eating Bobo, I could see that.

I am only allowed to clean the cage. No one else will be careful enough or do it right.


Sound like anyone you know?

 

[Kiki]

The checking was just on the water level. I do not have the waterer filled up because I am too worried it might some how empty out and drown the babies. I just have water in the bottom tray part.

 

[Kiki]

2019's first hatch

 

[BReeder!]

Before cleaning time View attachment 1649007 View attachment 1649008 View attachment 1649010

After:
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Twelve paper towels.
Tonight I will take the top layer (6) out.
Tomorrow morning I take the bottom layer out and replace with 18.

You would go crazy if you saw the floor of my brooder. Two puppy training pads are laid in there. All of my chicks make quite a bit of poop, and quickly! I rolled up the training pads yesterday and then scraped around the edges with a trowel to get everything out. It cleans easy enough, but it's already a mess again.

 

[Kiki]

You would go crazy if you saw the floor of my brooder. Two puppy training pads are laid in there. All of my chicks make quite a bit of poop, and quickly! I rolled up the training pads yesterday and then scraped around the edges with a trowel to get everything out. It cleans easy enough, but it's already a mess again.

So far I am only cleaning 3 times a day.
Probably by tomorrow I will have to start cleaning more often.
I really really hope I can force myself to put them outside soon.

I am trying to lower the temp on the warmer side of the container daily/quickly so they won't die when I do put them out although when I do put them out I will have the same light bulb on part of their cage but I don't think it will get it too warm outside.

 

[BReeder!]

So far I am only cleaning 3 times a day.
Probably by tomorrow I will have to start cleaning more often.
I really really hope I can force myself to put them outside soon.

I am trying to lower the temp on the warmer side of the container daily/quickly so they won't die when I do put them out although when I do put them out I will have the same light bulb on part of their cage but I don't think it will get it too warm outside.

3 times a day? Oh, you are either a real clean fanatic or I am a terrible quail dad. I let them go 4 days before cleaning. I do clean the waterer daily and clean the feeder if there's poop in the feed. The trough on my 3lb feeder is just wide enough for the chicks to get in it, and they willingly do. Not too much pooping in the feeder though. They seem to have to eat and run as others want to get in to eat.

 

[Kiki]

3 times a day? Oh, you are either a real clean fanatic or I am a terrible quail dad. I let them go 4 days before cleaning. I do clean the waterer daily and clean the feeder if there's poop in the feed. The trough on my 3lb feeder is just wide enough for the chicks to get in it, and they willingly do. Not too much pooping in the feeder though. They seem to have to eat and run as others want to get in to eat.

I'm not normal!

 

[RUNuts]

Popcorn

 

[Crazydoglady99]

4 days!!!
I change the towels in my brooder at least twice a day.. would be easily double that if I had more than 11 quailies in there.