Twiztedrods, oh yes you are. That's what I call them, flying pigs, cause they are constantly eating something and wanting goodies.
I brood for 1 week in the extra bathroom in plastic tubs with shavings under the rubber mats. That is the real reason for those rubber mats, dust. You know the mats for lining shelves in the kitchen or lining tool boxes. It really helps keep the dust down. About 95% down. Put papertowels over them for the first few days and you have easy cleanup. I allow 1 roll of papertowels per hatch. I buy them by the case and have done it this way for years now. But I may experiment with a 1/4 wire bottom to the brooder tub with newspaper under that to change out each day. We'll see about that.
But even after a week, they start eating to much and start having stinky butts, so out to the brooder house for the chicken chicks and the quail brooder for the quail babies. No more stinkies in the house. By then I know everyone is healthy and is on regular water, not with the vitamins added. So off they go to a new adventure and life and they love it.
