Tips for newbies. Everyone join in! :)

[Mtn Margie]

As of late I have16 and more pipping. I need to ask is there SPECIAL food I need to give them? Or can I give the some of my chicken starter feed?

Congrats on the new babies!!! Did you hatch chickens or something else (Special feed?)? Chicken starter is perfect for the chicks. I grind up the crumble into even smaller pieces for the first day, especially if I have a smaller or weak chick. Quail? Chick feed will work but get them on gamebird as soon as possible. You will probably need to grind the crumbles up for the quail chicks as they are smaller.
And yay again on your new little ones!

 

[Smilin01]

Bobwhite quail. Too many to count now. I can't believe it. I put them in wrong side up for about 2 weeks! I thought I was going to be a mass murderer. There r some some that are just now pipping. I am on my second day. Should I put them some chicken starter in the incubator and water?

 

[Smilin01]

Bobwhite quail. Too many to count now. I can't believe it. I put them in wrong side up for about 2 weeks! I thought I was going to be a mass murderer. There r some some that are just now pipping. I am on my second day. Should I put them some chicken starter in the incubator and water?

 

[Mtn Margie]

I would move the older babies to the brooder. Quail don't have the same tolerance for going without the water and food that chickens do.
You can use the sugar water and electrolyte for them if you want and I would grind the feed into smaller pieces. You should post any other questions here...... Other BackYard Poultry> Quail and there are some very wonderful quail breeders out there with lots of experience.

 

[Smilin01]

Thank you for the advice!

 

[Irishgirl]

Congrats on your hatch Smilin01!

 

[Irishgirl]

I learned something new today! Turns out Infrared bulbs will not cook your chooks as long as you give them a cool down spot like any other light.

 

[hehahn]

Red infrared bulbs also help prevent feather picking.

 

[CAjerseychick]

Hey all, we have a 12 ft by 4 ft coop attached to our little back yard within 2 acres of bigger fencing... We have Jersey Giants (10 hens and one roo)-- and one of the hens has been broody for about 10 days and after finally realizing she is Broody we put some warm eggs (found a nest in the bushes) under her in the nest box (she had gotten off 2 days ago b/c I stole all the eggs, not understanding Broody-- these are our first hens-- but she got back in the next day, still broody I guess).. and she is happily sitting on them... Here is the thing-- I go out of town for work every few days (just keep the feeders full) thus I dont want to try locking her up seperately-- as it is she can go out for a quick feed and back on the nest--

BUT should I get a little box and fill it with straw and put it on the floor of the coop when it gets closer to hatching time (we opened one of the eggs they look to be day 4 or 5 on the embryo chart)-- or just leave her in the nest box (its one of 6 nest boxes, but it has been getting hot and I am finding random eggs in the chicken yard and in the bushes (one of my hens is an egg eater and she came leaping out of the bushes with an egg, which is how I got the 13 eggs -12 of which we placed under her....


Help Newbie needing advice!Thanks in advance Wise ones...

 

[Jake G]

I had good luck geting them off the ground. I my chicks are in a wire cage that is about a foot to six inches off the ground. Also keep new fresh water and let them range when they get around a month old.