Heat for Chicks!

[BrandonsBirbs]

Personally, and I do mean personally, I wouldn't risk anything other than a lamp with quail. They're.... special little chicks and get lost in an empty brooder if the move too far away. The heat lamp seems to help guide then a bit if they can feel it getting warmer in a certain direction.

I exclusively use heat plates with my quail, never once had an issue using it. Hatched and brooded thousands this way just for reference

 

[Chicken Heel]

I exclusively use heat plates with my quail, never once had an issue using it. Hatched and brooded thousands this way just for reference

Going to use a radiant heat brooder on my next small brood (6 Shetland Hen chicks) in a couple of weeks for the first time. Looking forward to seeing how they do because heat lamps are such a fire hazard.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I exclusively use heat plates with my quail, never once had an issue using it. Hatched and brooded thousands this way just for reference

Yours must just be smarter then. Mine always take like a week before I can even put in proper feeder and waterer towers or they'll just wander off and die

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Yours must just be smarter then. Mine always take like a week before I can even put in proper feeder and waterer towers or they'll just wander off and die

Do you give them too much space? First 3-5 days don't give them almost any space outside the heat plate. They are dumb dumbs.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you give them too much space? First 3-5 days don't give them almost any space outside the heat plate. They are dumb dumbs.

Box is roughly 18x48 inches. So yes, much larger.

 

[Wonder Quails]

Some of my chicks are fragile and weak, should I use something hotter or cooler?