How soon after hatching do you put your Coturnix on pine shavings?

[underground chickenman]

Got mine on paper towels right now. I move my chicken chicks to pine shavings after a few days. What about coturnix?

Thanks,

UGCM

 

[JJMR794]

cant say... never use them. But for what its worth their tendons and ligaments in the hocks and hips should be set within 72 hrs or so of hatch.

 

[kingmt]

I go from the nonskid stuff to wire. I don't use paper towels at my house. I think there is to much waste in them & I also think the price is to high on them so we stopped buying them 2 years ago. The nonskid drawer liner is shake rinse & put back in. At the end of the brooding it is thrown in the washer & put away until next time.

 

[JJMR794]

I use the bins as brooders, start them out on old work towels, after the 1st week I move them to... dare I say it? NEWSPAPER!!!

once the tendons and ligaments are set its no biggie... newspapers are readily available, free for the asking if they are a day or so old... they readily degrade in the landfill and work great for chick bedding.... when soilded i simply set up a new clean brooders and transfer everybody over. I can now clean and bleach the soiled brooder and food/ water dishes at my liesure..

 

[optic1]

My last 2 batches of 250 Coturnix chicks went on shavings when they came out of the incubator. So 24 hours old I guess, never had one problem.