Arizona Chickens

[Happy Novogens]

The quail sized cup's might work out, but they probably would be for smaller bantam sized chicken's, I would think.

I believe it was for regular size chickens. I found it on this thread... very bottom of page 1 with photo.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-revolutionary-chicken.1530465/#post-25800381

 

[BlueBaby]

I believe it was for regular size chickens. I found it on this thread... very bottom of page 1 with photo.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-revolutionary-chicken.1530465/#post-25800381

I guess that you could try it and if you don't like it or see that they don't fit your need's, you can always place them with the bigger one's.

 

[igorsMistress]

Actually, this would be for chickens. I saw someone on here puts the quail cups on a 5 gallon bucket for their chickens.
Thanks!

The “quail cups” mentioned on the post you quoted are big enough for chickens but would work with quail. Here’s a pic for size. There are two types though. One has a yellow lever thing in it the birds have to peck. There’s another type that’s on a lever and when the cup is empty it automatically fills. I think I read that rent a hen offers the lever type that the birds don’t have to peck. I’m trying both options to see how they work out. Then all you need to do is put a big chunk of ice in the bucket to cool the water.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

COOL WATER?

What do Arizonans (especially in the Valley) do (if anything) to keep their chickens drinking water ... uh...was going to say 'cool,' but maybe 'not hot' would be more appropriate.

The quail cups look great but I know that the water in the bucket would get very hot in summer. Do you add ice daily? Use drip lines? (I know they get hot too.)

Will chickens not drink water if it reaches a certain temp? Warm? Hot?

 

[springvalley123]

Will chickens not drink water if it reaches a certain temp? Warm? Hot?

Right. Don't know the exact temp, but they prefer the colder/fresher. They'll actually die of thirst if the waterer is in the sun or otherwise too dirty or hot. Yes, too dirty--while they drink out of mud puddles that they've pooped in!

 

[CaroleW]

Got the hatching chick itch, huh?

I figure if these girls want to sit -- let'em sit!
If anything hatches I win!
If it just breaks them of being broody I still win!

 

[BlueBaby]

I figure if these girls want to sit -- let'em sit!
If anything hatches I win!
If it just breaks them of being broody I still win!

Will you be hatching egg's from Roger?

 

[BlueBaby]

I was just outside tending to the chicken's and cleaned the water container's. I refilled them and added some ACV to them. I started sweating too bad, so came back in the house. I read the inside/outside thermometer on the wall and it said 100-F. outside already.

 

[springvalley123]

I was just outside tending to the chicken's and cleaned the water container's. I refilled them and added some ACV to them. I started sweating too bad, so came back in the house. I read the inside/outside thermometer on the wall and it said 100-F. outside already.

Yeah, it was 90 here by 9 am.

 

[CaroleW]

Will you be hatching egg's from Roger?

Of course I will! Roger and Cowgirl and the two NN blue-ish girls from you. Also some pure Barred Hollands (auto-sexing rare breed).

Later this year maybe Roger's son Big Boy R.D. and all the NN girls.