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C Siena said:
Greetings & Salutations. Welcome Juel.
Pleased you joined our community. A wonderful place to Learn and have Fun.

I've been to Scotland once and found it Beautiful and the people very friendly.

Thanks for the intro to get to know you!
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Hello C Siena, whereabouts did you visit? Thank you for your warm welcome 👋
 
Debbie292d said:
Hiya, Juel, and welcome to BYC! :frow

Sounds like a great plan you have for your quail! We also use those black ceramic reptile bulbs in our brooders. They work very nice! We're glad you're here!
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Thanks Debbie292d, I'm glad to have finally joined you all too. The reptile bulb is keeping the brooder toasty. I prefer the colour-less ceramic because the red glow from the heat lamp gives of an impression I'd rather not be associated with 😆
 
Esc_Quaily said:
Hello C Siena, whereabouts did you visit? Thank you for your warm welcome 👋
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We stayed in a B&B in Edinburgh for 3 days. We took a train so we could see the countryside, on the trip from England. There were a couple of stops for close to an hour and we debarked the train to walk around.

Funny story: I was traveling with my mother and her friend, Dottie. Dottie was looking out the window of the train and said, "There's a kangaroo!" We snickered, a man across the aisle, looked over his newspaper at her, aghast. I said in charity, I don't think are native to Scotland. As an aside, we were no where near, Inchconnachan. I said maybe one escaped from a zoo. She was not amused.
 
Esc_Quaily said:
Hello fellow bird keepers!

I'm really happy to be joining you all on our bird raising adventures!!

I'm Juel, a maturnal nature-lover from the north-east of Scotland.
My ma has kept chooks for 20-odd years. I've chicken-sat a few times over the years.

Recently I acquired 14 quail eggs. 13 went into the Incubator 16 days ago and to my surprise one egg hatched this afternoon.

I've joined BYC because I flock here for advice for my ma's brood regularly. I'm becoming a member so I can stay informed and interact with quail keepers.

My long-term plan for the covey is to keep pests out of my greenhouse. A sort of natural bio-control if you like. I fully intend to provide them with a great life in exchange for their help in my GH.
They will be considered working pets.

Their temporary brooder is a DL set-up.
I've used shredded cardboard, dried forsythia leaves, dried herbs, coir and soil from my garden as a mix to about 10cm depth. I'll add scratch and a dust bath once they are bigger.
I've a 60w heat bulb and a 60w reptile heat lamp (no light emitted). A hidey-hole, a no-drown water bottle and a dish for food.

Looking forward to interacting with you all.

TRIGGER WARNING
The extra roos will be fattened up for eating.
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Welcome to the forum! My MC has a chapter in Scotland, and so I hope that I get the chance to jump the pond to attend a World Meeting, should they ever host one.

Anyways, alot of knowledgeable folks here to answer any and all your questions.
 

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