Watering cups

[B-Goock]

With my quail I just spent some time keeping the cups filled until they all figured out the water was there. Then I spent some time keeping the water in the cups below the floats. They bump the floats to drink and eventually figure out how to make water come out.

 

[cnuzzi123]

My girls still haven’t figured out the watering cups. I have guided their heads and pushed down on the flappers. When I go back the cups are empty and they run to the cup after I refill it for them. I don’t want them to go without water. Should I stop filling it for them so they can figure it out? They’re about 5weeks old.

Have you tried pouring water into the cups so they know where to get water from?

 

[Brittany34993]

Sooo I mixed up some peanut butter and some food like you said and put it on the flapper, they pecked all of the goodies out of the cup and on the tube (and loved it LOL). I even put some dried meal worms in there thinking they would peck it out making it trigger the water. Girls still don’t get it, I think I got some ding dings

. I even loosen the cap on top to make sure it was just to much vacuum seal on there or anything.

 

[Brittany34993]

Have you tried pouring water into the cups so they know where to get water from?

They know that’s where they get the water, just can’t figure out the flapper to make more water come out

 

[mgharris30]

Did they ever figure it out??