Great Calcium Bowl

[PatientType]

I've found what may be the perfect bowl for supplying quail with supplemental, on-demand oyster shell. The bowls are about 1 1/2" across & 1 1/2" deep. They're marketed for use with parakeets & parrots.

These bowls are made with a holder that fits just dandy in cages with 1/2" wire mesh walls. Then install in seconds and seem to hold securely. When I put one into my quail pen 1/2 filled with powdered oyster shell, the hens were pecking at it within seconds. I'd been having a cracked egg & soft shell egg problem. Calcium supplement seems to be the solution. With these, I won't need to sprinkle oyster powder on their crumble feed.

They're called "Pinvnby 4 pcs Bird Bowls for cage with clamp" on Amazon (under $15 for four)

 

[Debbie292d]

Great idea!

My hubby made some for the chicken's breeding pens. Similar concept, but out of metal rings and clamps, and 4 oz ceramic bowls, and attached to a wood stud. Same principle just a larger version!

 

[Esc_Quaily]

I use a parrot bird feeder too. The bowl clips into wire and it stays in place and relatively clean. Mine is plastic though.

 

[catesquire]

My girls toss their egg shells EVERYWHERE so I had to switch from a bowl to one of those no-waste feeder ports in a plastic bottle. With the power of s-hooks, it also just hangs on my cage