Hi all,
My 6yo son is trying to hatch some quail eggs - we got a kit from Home Science Tools. He has 4 bobwhite eggs and is being religious about turning them, watching the temperature and making sure the incubator has some water in it for humidity. They are supposed to hatch approximately on Mother's Day (next Sunday). The directions said we can hope for 1-2 successful hatches...
I'd like to feed the chicks unmedicated feed, but we live in an area where people look at you funny when you talk about recycling.
I found this product from Manna Pro on Amazon for a bit over $13 including shipping:
http://www.amazon.com/Gamebird-Show...?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1336232309&sr=1-2
This seems to be my only choice at our local Tractor Supply for $7;
http://www.tractorsupply.com/dumor-reg-chick-starter-grower-20-10-lb--1028113
Neither product *seems* to list medications - but I am not sure. I also doubt we need 5lbs!
We also have chickens - we've just been buying them Purina Layer pellets, but they eat little of that as they freerange all over our acreage. I didn't even think about the medicated feed issue (didn't see options) when we got them as chicks. (And 4 full-size chickens were on regular feed before we we were half through the 5lbs of chick starter.)
BUT it means we have a bunch of eggs handy. I also have Brewer's Yeast, corn meal, molasses, and other normal cooking/baking stuff.
Can I make up something that would work to start the bobwhite chicks? And then maybe build them a movable home in our veggie garden or start vermicomposting or something?
Ideas, please? I have time to order stuff online right now, but not much!
Kerridwen
(5 kids and out of the suburbs!)
My 6yo son is trying to hatch some quail eggs - we got a kit from Home Science Tools. He has 4 bobwhite eggs and is being religious about turning them, watching the temperature and making sure the incubator has some water in it for humidity. They are supposed to hatch approximately on Mother's Day (next Sunday). The directions said we can hope for 1-2 successful hatches...
I'd like to feed the chicks unmedicated feed, but we live in an area where people look at you funny when you talk about recycling.
I found this product from Manna Pro on Amazon for a bit over $13 including shipping:
http://www.amazon.com/Gamebird-Show...?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1336232309&sr=1-2
This seems to be my only choice at our local Tractor Supply for $7;
http://www.tractorsupply.com/dumor-reg-chick-starter-grower-20-10-lb--1028113
Neither product *seems* to list medications - but I am not sure. I also doubt we need 5lbs!
We also have chickens - we've just been buying them Purina Layer pellets, but they eat little of that as they freerange all over our acreage. I didn't even think about the medicated feed issue (didn't see options) when we got them as chicks. (And 4 full-size chickens were on regular feed before we we were half through the 5lbs of chick starter.)
BUT it means we have a bunch of eggs handy. I also have Brewer's Yeast, corn meal, molasses, and other normal cooking/baking stuff.
Can I make up something that would work to start the bobwhite chicks? And then maybe build them a movable home in our veggie garden or start vermicomposting or something?
Ideas, please? I have time to order stuff online right now, but not much!
Kerridwen
(5 kids and out of the suburbs!)