Yeah i use whats called pig pads. We use em at work for soaking up liquids. They mess em up just toss em out set a new one in. As far as them eating their droppings their birds their gonna eat em anyway i just pick and clean the food dish in the evening put a little bit of fresh food and they're good to go. My incubator is a farm innovators i think. I got it at tractor supply for like 80 bucks its one with a fan in it and i got the egg turner and bought quail rails. You can use the chicken egg rails that comes with the turner it only holds 42 eggs and the quail rails hold 120. Get incubator to 99 or 100 do not use incubator gauges. Get one of the cheapo temp/humidity weather station things from walmart theyre like 10 bucks. Calibrate it set it in container sealed with wet salt in coke bottle top should be 75% by next day. Get incubator up to temp dont worry about humidity your trying to dry the eggs out. So you incubate 14 days at 99 to 100 if its under or over one day or so dont freak. On day 14 take em out of turner lay em in the bottom of incubator on day 115 or 16 add a little water get humidity to 50 or 60 % and i try to wait a day after first ones hatch before opening let em dry out in there open one vent. Its really simple once you do it i was scared on my first hatching but its not as scientific as people try to make it.
