When can I switch Bobwhites from drown-proof waterer to a regular one?

[JJMR794]

Yep Same Ones I Use.... I Even Have Them In The Breeder Suites For Adults--- They Do Fine. Beleive Me If My Monsters Can Get Their Big Fat Heads In There And Drink Water From Them Then Any Quail At Any Age Can Get It From Them. May Have To Turn Their Heads Sideways But If They Are Thristy They Will Do Whatever To Get A Drink...

 

[aprophet]

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[_Randall_]

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Dedgum, you using some rare coins to jack up quail waterers............you are speshall ......

 

[_Randall_]

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I bet them Butlers need chiropractic therapy tryin' to get'em a drink, huh.........

 

[grouse]

My compromise was to put a hanging feeder in there, hovering about an inch off the bottom of the brooder. This way they wouldn't scratch the food all over the place and junk up the waterer so often. However, now they won't go over on that side of the brooder...I think they may be afraid of the new feeder. So far I haven't seen them go over to that side, even when I try and herd them over with my hands, so if they still won't go over there by tomorrow morning I'll have to do something else I suppose.

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I actually meant without the jar on top, so it's just the bottom part, like this:

Then it would be filled most of the way but not so much that it overflows.

 

[grouse]

Turns out they were definitely afraid of the hanging feeder. Once I cut it down so it was laying flat on the ground they started going over to that side and eating again. I'm still using my drown-proof quail waterer with the narrow opening although I'm still concerned that they're not getting enough water from it...it seems like there's barely any water in there even when the tower is full, and none at all once they scratch their food into it. None of them have died yet in the month that I've had them with this waterer though, so they can't be too dehydrated.

 

[_Randall_]

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That's a design flaw I see with these little waterers. They create a vacuum lock that's hard to break sometimes. You can use regular glass Mason jars with these, but it's easier to get the water flowing to the water ring base with the plastic jars that are sold with the waterer. Once the jar is filled, if you turn it right-side-up, and water doesn't start flowing to fill it up, just use your hands to squeeze the jar slightly, and water will be forced out until it fills up over the outlet to create the vacuum again. Also, if you use a glass jar, don't fill it all the way to the top, screw the base on, tilt it back over slowly with the water outlet up towards the ceiling, and the water will run out. Otherwise, if you rotate it upright quickly, it creates a vacuum too quickly to let the water out. Once you've got it flowing at first, it will work fine until empty.

 

[wilds of pa]

Just use a standard chick water base with marbles in.. then when your ready to change over, dump the marbles out..walla.. been using this method for about 6 years never a dead quail yet by drowning.. when there tall enough stick a red brick or piece of 2x4 under the water to lift it higher..so simple and easy..

p.s don't mind the starter paper, their off it as of today..

 

[aprophet]

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That's a design flaw I see with these little waterers. They create a vacuum lock that's hard to break sometimes. You can use regular glass Mason jars with these, but it's easier to get the water flowing to the water ring base with the plastic jars that are sold with the waterer. Once the jar is filled, if you turn it right-side-up, and water doesn't start flowing to fill it up, just use your hands to squeeze the jar slightly, and water will be forced out until it fills up over the outlet to create the vacuum again. Also, if you use a glass jar, don't fill it all the way to the top, screw the base on, tilt it back over slowly with the water outlet up towards the ceiling, and the water will run out. Otherwise, if you rotate it upright quickly, it creates a vacuum too quickly to let the water out. Once you've got it flowing at first, it will work fine until empty.

I just don't tighten the jars up very much they seem to work better I use mostly mason jars . If you ask for the susan B's at the bank they have them just nobody use's them I use sajaewea dollars too the kennedys are kina newer 71 or so

 

[_Randall_]

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That's a design flaw I see with these little waterers. They create a vacuum lock that's hard to break sometimes. You can use regular glass Mason jars with these, but it's easier to get the water flowing to the water ring base with the plastic jars that are sold with the waterer. Once the jar is filled, if you turn it right-side-up, and water doesn't start flowing to fill it up, just use your hands to squeeze the jar slightly, and water will be forced out until it fills up over the outlet to create the vacuum again. Also, if you use a glass jar, don't fill it all the way to the top, screw the base on, tilt it back over slowly with the water outlet up towards the ceiling, and the water will run out. Otherwise, if you rotate it upright quickly, it creates a vacuum too quickly to let the water out. Once you've got it flowing at first, it will work fine until empty.

I just don't tighten the jars up very much they seem to work better I use mostly mason jars . If you ask for the susan B's at the bank they have them just nobody use's them I use sajaewea dollars too the kennedys are kina newer 71 or so

Gotcha...

Naw, I like the little mini-waterers. I've got a bunch of 2-day-olds right now using one, and really can't see any way the little tots can get in there. One "MIGHT" be able to get a foot off in there, but heck........he's just gonna have a wet foot's all I can see.....