I got a box from alaska - quail

[SamG347]

That should do great Miss!! I need to find something similar to that for myself. Yep just brood them in the rubber-maid. They will be ready to be off the heat in 6-8 weeks. If not sooner.

 

[MissPrissy]

If I keep them in the house about 2 weeks can I move them to the new hutch/pen and add heat to it or is being under a covered 3 sided front open barn stall too much exposure even with heat?

 

[SamG347]

That would work....they wont need much heat then especially if it is as hot at your place as it is at mine.

 

[Mrs MIA]

How hot IS it there, Miss P?
I tested my babies at 3 weeks... turned off the lamp for a little while and watched them. If they quickly moved to a huddle, I put the lamp back on, though I may reduce the wattage a little. If they don't seem to be chilled and go about their business, then I leave it off. But... I'm sure it's much cooler here at 45-60°F than it is in your world right now.

Your hutch is perfect...

 

[MissPrissy]

Yesterday it was 98F. H - O - T!

 

[Mrs MIA]

You won't have to keep your quail under lamps very long...

Maybe the first week, or until they start to feather out. I could use one day like that to dry things up... seems like we've been raining for a week now. Everything is soup.

 

[MissPrissy]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

Everything is soup.

That is my duck pen.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Ours, too... what do you do when it's like that?
Sorry... off topic...

 

[MissPrissy]

All I can do it throw down some hay.

I had been letting them out in the feild to help with the problems of mud and muck.

For the first time in 4 years we had a dang ole beagle in our feild chasing the sheep. Had my ducks or geese been out I am sure I would have lost them. For now I have to keep them shut in.

The pen is a big mess and their feathers are dirty.

 

[Mrs MIA]

I'll have to see if I can locate a good source of hay...

So, back to the quail... how many have hatched so far?