Quail Chicks Heating

[quailmann]

I covered the cage up and notice a change in growth/ body language from last night. I need to make a new setup for this. If you are keeping them in the brooder for 4 weeks dont they just tear up the paper bedding you have? Or what do you use as bedding?

 

[dc3085]

I keep mine over wire after they are about 3-5 days old. For the first few days though real towels work better than paper or shavings as bedding. You can just shake them out and wash them over again.

 

[quailmann]

So your tupperware container has its bottom removed and replaced with wire?

 

[stephstuckman]

I'm also interested in how your box is set up with wire. I raised mine in the summer when it was hot so I put those stinky little guys outside at 3 weeks old. Their heat was shut off at 2 1/2 weeks, it was 80 in my bathroom where they were kept with out it. They did great. I want to hatch some early spring but the only place I have to keep them is inside my house in my 2nd bathroom. A setup where the chicks could be on wire at a week old would make it a lot easier I think.

 

[dc3085]

No my tupperware container is just has the center of the lid cut out. I use a towel in that with chicks for 3-5 days. Then they go out to a plywood brooder with 1/4" wire floors and a removable turd tray. You can do the same thing using 1x2s for a frame and 1/4" wire in the floor of the tupperware. Just cut a slot in one end of the tupperware for your poo tray to slide in and out. I'm a carpenter so when I need stuff I usually generate it and I've found that there is almost nothing you'll need to house them you can't make yourself with just a few items. I'll try to take a picture later if I get a chance.