Hello all,
Recently I was given 11 jumbo coturnix and one grey tuxedo coturnix and they are now a little over 3 weeks old, look very feathered and eating like crazy. My questions are as follows. Right at 3 weeks the birds seemed like they were avoiding the heat so I have moved the heat lamp farther away. I am planning on moving them to my heated garage at some point to help acclimate them to the winter weather (Central Indiana). The garage is around 40-45 degrees at best. When do you think I should move them to the garage and eventually outside? Also I have 12 four month old jumbo coturnix in my outdoor pen currently with plenty of room but worry about the bigger birds bullying the youngsters. Current weather is anywhere from 32-42 as a high and around 28-30 degrees at night.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Recently I was given 11 jumbo coturnix and one grey tuxedo coturnix and they are now a little over 3 weeks old, look very feathered and eating like crazy. My questions are as follows. Right at 3 weeks the birds seemed like they were avoiding the heat so I have moved the heat lamp farther away. I am planning on moving them to my heated garage at some point to help acclimate them to the winter weather (Central Indiana). The garage is around 40-45 degrees at best. When do you think I should move them to the garage and eventually outside? Also I have 12 four month old jumbo coturnix in my outdoor pen currently with plenty of room but worry about the bigger birds bullying the youngsters. Current weather is anywhere from 32-42 as a high and around 28-30 degrees at night.
Thanks in advance for your help.