➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[CSAchook]

I used to use those to wipe glaze off the bottoms of my pottery before firing. I just hosed them off--they cleaned up pretty easily. Poop is different of course, but it might be worth trying. You'd definitely need to let them dry well before using again, but the ones I have dry pretty quickly.

I think a porous material of some kind could work if it was machine washable. My concern with carpet tiles would be how stiff they are. You can't really throw them in the wash to sanitize them. I suppose you could try to soak and scrub them in the sink but that seems like a lot of work when there are other good options.

Admittedly I am approaching this more as a reptile owner than a quail owner. I have no experience with quail lol. But I do use felt as the substrate for my leopard gecko. Porous substrates like reptile carpet (fancy felt) are pretty common in the reptile world, but you still have to be really careful about the potential hygiene issues. Reptiles can also get coccidiosis and other diseases if their tank is not properly cleaned and maintained. I have several identical pieces of felt for the bottom of Hoshi's tank and I have to change and thoroughly launder them regularly. And he only poops a few times a week! I can only imagine what kind of biohazards quail could produce

 

[ShrekDawg]

I think a porous material of some kind could work if it was machine washable. My concern with carpet tiles would be how stiff they are. You can't really throw them in the wash I assume. I suppose you could try to soak and scrub them in the sink but that seems like a lot of work when there are other good options.

Admittedly I am approaching this more as a reptile owner than a quail owner. I have no experience with quail lol. But I do use felt as the substrate for my leopard gecko. Porous substrates like reptile carpet (fancy felt) are pretty common in the reptile world, but you still have to be really careful about the potential hygiene issues. Reptiles can also get coccidiosis and other diseases if their tank is not properly cleaned and maintained. I have several identical pieces of felt for the bottom of Hosh's tank and I have to change and thoroughly launder them regularly. And he only poops a few times a week! I can only imagine what kind of biohazards quail could produce

This is very interesting and informative!!!

Quail poop so much more than I thought lol it’s ridiculous!!!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I used to use those to wipe glaze off the bottoms of my pottery before firing. I just hosed them off--they cleaned up pretty easily. Poop is different of course, but it might be worth trying. You'd definitely need to let them dry well before using again, but the ones I have dry pretty quickly.

Huh very interesting!

 

[CSAchook]

This is very interesting and informative!!!

Quail poop so much more than I thought lol it’s ridiculous!!!!

Birds are crazy poop machines! It's nuts! Yet another reason why birds must live outside while my reptiles can stay in the living room

 

[ShrekDawg]

Birds are crazy poop machines! It's nuts! Yet another reason why birds much live outside while my reptiles can stay in the living room

Yeah but quail especially are even more so!!!

Maybe it’s cause there’s so many of them

My parakeets aren’t too bad thankfully.

 

[R2elk]

Yeah but quail especially are even more so!!!

Maybe it’s cause there’s so many of them

My parakeets aren’t too bad thankfully.

If you had as many parakeets as you do quail, you wouldn't be saying that.

 

[ShrekDawg]

If you had as many parakeets as you do quail, you wouldn't be saying that.

Hahahah probably!!!! I’d probably also be wanting some earplugs for real!!!! Two are loud enough actually, it’s really only one of them that makes all the noise LOL

 

[Nabiki]

These birds are off to their new home today.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Have any of you ever started incubation in an incubator that the eggs are positioned pointy end down and then switched them half way through to a one where the eggs lie on their side?

 

[R2elk]

Have any of you ever started incubation in an incubator that the eggs are positioned pointy end down and then switched them half way through to a one where the eggs lie on their side?

It should not matter. Either method is a viable method. Doing so should not affect the hatchability.