How hot is too hot for Quail? (had 2 die :( )

[7L Farm]

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I THINK IT WAS JIM'S BIRDHOUSE??? MAYBE WRONG THO

yup that's the one. He's from Texas, down by 7L I think.... Bill

James is in Gonzales Texas he makes an awesome quail feeder . Their priced right & will last forever. Actually I have 4 of them & I've noticed very little waist. Yes its jimsbirdhouse.

 

[MicroFarmMom]

Where can I get my hands on electrolytes and how are they added? I only have a total of 5 birds now (thankfully I didn't lose our ONE male! Im hoping to hatch in another month or so for the first time!

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add electrolytes to the birds' water source. i was losing birds in the heat until i did this and haven't lost 1 to the heat since.It's what Quaillady suggested i do.

my quail EAT spiders ..with great enthusiasm! LOL

i use cat litter boxes for feeders. They really like to "bathe" and scratch around in their food so i use the boxes. For chicks that are too small to get over the litter pan sides i use the solid bottomed plastic flats used to start plant seedlings in . i have almost O waste.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Thank you for the frozen water bottle idea. Also I find that mine will STAND in their water crock(attached to side of cage type) and I keep those in ADDITION to the water bottle with nipple type waterer. I the bowl version underneath to catch drips. Also I really do see them dunking their face/head in the water, I see them stand/ run thru it.

Even in my neighborhood in SW Colorado it got to 101 last week. I have fans going, one big box fan inside, one mounted exhausting hot air out and the northern window open and covered with shade cloth.

Short of putting a small airconditioner in for the wee spoiled girls....I don't know what else to do, but the frozen water bottle is AWESOME. Used to carry frozen milkjug size water in the animal control trucks for just that kind of thing, overheated animal somewhere. Good one as usual Shelly.

Tonya

Mine used to have a rabbit water bottle attached to the side of the cage (have since had to remove it to use for a rabbit

) and I SWEAR they would stand there and hit it just so the water would drip on them. They are funny little birds

 

[shelleyd2008]

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You can get electrolytes at your feed store, usually a vitamin/electrolyte supplement you add to their water. There is a 'new' thing (might just be new to me but whatever) that I've seen called Save-A-Chick, that's already pre-measured, all you do is add it to 1 gal. of water.

 

[the3quail]

Wow! old thread.