G'day all!!
So I have 7 eggs in the incubator at the moment, and from candling I can see
- 1 seems to be a dud
-3 seem fertile but no veining (only 1 day in when I checked)
-3 fertile with slight veining (lumps seperate from the yolk)
They were all laid within two days of each other (one or two were buried deeper in straw) which explains the difference in development I suppose.
Anyway, I built the below makeshift brooder. It is a plastic storage tub, with non-slip pad at the bottom, which I will cover with better material when they come.
The top lid is wooden with aviary wire, so it will not shift.
I also built a wooden bracket to hang the heat lamp ftom. It's not a super hot lamp as I'm from Western Australia, and I am going to build a wire bracket / basket to go around it, in case it ever drops (it won't, as it's in my garage)
Does it need a wire bracket/ basket?
Anyway, does this seem adequate for the (most likely) 5 chicks we would be expecting? They're not due for another 2ish weeks so no rush.
I wanted to install a PVC gravity waterer and install plastic nipples into it, but given I'm only expecting a few, I might even just use a shallow water tray with clean pebbles to assist exit from the tray if needed.
Cheers!!
So I have 7 eggs in the incubator at the moment, and from candling I can see
- 1 seems to be a dud
-3 seem fertile but no veining (only 1 day in when I checked)
-3 fertile with slight veining (lumps seperate from the yolk)
They were all laid within two days of each other (one or two were buried deeper in straw) which explains the difference in development I suppose.
Anyway, I built the below makeshift brooder. It is a plastic storage tub, with non-slip pad at the bottom, which I will cover with better material when they come.
The top lid is wooden with aviary wire, so it will not shift.
I also built a wooden bracket to hang the heat lamp ftom. It's not a super hot lamp as I'm from Western Australia, and I am going to build a wire bracket / basket to go around it, in case it ever drops (it won't, as it's in my garage)
Does it need a wire bracket/ basket?
Anyway, does this seem adequate for the (most likely) 5 chicks we would be expecting? They're not due for another 2ish weeks so no rush.
I wanted to install a PVC gravity waterer and install plastic nipples into it, but given I'm only expecting a few, I might even just use a shallow water tray with clean pebbles to assist exit from the tray if needed.
Cheers!!
(heavy duty top).
Its been years since we kept/hatched quail but I would advise monitoring your temps carefully and frequently to make sure there’s a cooler area the chicks can escape to if they’re too hot. 
