- Jul 26, 2009
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After reading so many good reviews about this style of waters and chickens I decided I'd try it for quail too. I got a gallon sunny delight container and drilled two holes for the horizontal waters. I got it in with my 9 coturnix quail that are bout 4 weeks old I took the other quart chick waterer out of the pen. After about an hour I went and checked on them and watched for awhile. To my dismay they were struggling more than I thought they would. I checked both waters and both were working fine very little pressure to make water come out I pushed on both nipples to show them there was water. While watching they could get very little out at a time but they was getting some out. After a few hours I had to leave for work that I'm gone 12 hours for. I decided to put the chick waterer back in there so I wasn't worried about them getting dehydrated while I was gone. I did leave the gallon jug in there as well so they could get the hang of it a little better. They all crowded the chick waterer soon as I put it down, which made me believe they struggled even more so. You think these quail are still to young and not quite strong enough yet? Or do quail just have a harder/longer time grasping the concept of these waters compared to chickens? Anybody have good look with horizontal nipple waters and their quail?
Thanks,
Luke
Thanks,
Luke