Quail chick nipple watering system completed.

[randyandmegs]

Here are the pictures. As for the specs.... See my other posting with that information.

 

[kingmt]

Looking good.

Do you think you could have gotten by with half of the waters or even less?

 

[randyandmegs]

Probably so. The people that told me about it suggeted 20-25 chicks per nipple. As usual I didnt read the instrution right the first time and put too many in.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Holy crud!! How many babies you got in there?

 

[randyandmegs]

About 400 now. The incubator holds almost 1500. My breeders are just now starting to lay that many to support a full bator.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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What in the world do you do with all them?? Is the market that good where you live?

 

[randyandmegs]

The market her comes and goes. I didnt have hardly any calls for a month then about 15 in the last week. Some of those never showed up as they said they would. I thought about just selling eggs until the recent interest. A lot of people dont agree but I have had good luck releasing them on our farm. We haven seen a covey in over 10 years now we see them quite often.

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

WOW!

I wish I has the space and hatching capabilities that you have!

That waterer is COOL!

 

[calgal98]

I love that brooder!!! I'd be in such deep shhh-do-do if I built that. Where to put all the growing quail? Not to mention the feed bill for that many. I have about 125 and we just devour the feed. Gonna have to bust out more feeders and waterers as well as more cages very soon . But I do enjoy the birds.

 

[Plain_View_Farm]

I tried a single water bottle like you would use for a guinea pig that had that type of nipple on it and the quail wouldn't use it.

The reason I bought those was you could fill the reservoir from the outside by lifting up the top. You don't have to remove the bottle.

I wonder why ours wouldn't touch them?????

David