Thank you so very much for your sound advice regarding adding marbles or stones to the waterer. You were spot on about the possibility of the drowning factor. They really are tiny critters. I also ground the game bird starter in my blender to create micro bits for them. I would not have thought of that either!

This is my first hatch as far as quail go and I watched your video with great interest. My kids were still drying in the incubator; I left them in for 24 hours until they were fluffy dry. Also, the tip about using paper towels too to prevent splay leg.
I had put pine shavings down but realized they were still too tiny to climb a mountain of pine shavings. So, I dumped the shavings in a box and set them aside for later use.
I'm so used to raising chicks from chickens, that I didn't even consider how different quail can be. So, I do indeed thank you for going the extra mile and explaining everything and the reasoning behind it.  Your efforts made a difference for me and so far, I haven't lost anything.

Its been almost 3 yrs since i hatched quail. I needed this review, ty!

Great video with a lot of good information thanks man! I just hatched my first batch!

I've hatched dozens of different poultry..chickens, ducks, quail.. never lost a single one if it hatched.. I just use a reptile ceramic heat bulb and a 5w red LED plant bulb with pine shaving flakes..just add 1 or 2 handfuls per day over the dirty pine shavings..only clean out the brooder once you take them out..never used gravel or anything else in the water dish..never had to grind the starter feed as it's a mix of fine to course texture.. never kept the heat on past 3weeks and sometimes turn it off on week 2 in warm weather..people really over think this.. they can survive outside with their parents taking care of them without a temp gauge or special feed or anything else.. the real advice is to check on them every few hours.. most people lose hatchlings because they can't watch them every few hours.. can't feed & water them in the morning and come back at night to see if they are okay..

Blue shop towels work great also the first week. I use a reptile lamp. Yes the marbles in water if you dont have a quail water feeder to start with..NO to grinding food. It can get stuck in their throats. The birds will find smaller pieces. After a week or so, add a bit of grit.

Great video ! Super concise to the point and detailed, easy to follow,thanks dude

Great information thanks.

Nice information. However, if you look into how any of the quail breeders set up their chicks, they all agree on "Don't grind the feed" (there are a couple reasons that can be googled). You do want to feed them a high protein (28-30%) crumble. Pellets are too big. I've been raising quail for a couple years now and I have never ground the feed.  I have had 100% success rate of those that make it to the brooder and their final home in the hutches. One thing I always do is give them chick electrolyte's for their 1st 2 or 3 days. I think it really sets them up for success.

Thank you...very consise and helpful information.  To the point..thank you. I'm new to quail.

I wet the food after grinding to feed them. It gives hydration and solids at the same time.

Thank you!

Gratz on the hatch

Very good job. Helpful! ThanX!

you missed one that was the biggest killers for my chicks. you won't have this problem because of how the legs of you're brooder plate is compared to the brooder plate i have. i put the plate in the corner like you did but quail chicks like to make tight cuddle piles and if the brooder plate is too low for a chick to climb over the top of all the other chicks to escape then it will get smothered to death. I've had 3 die from smothering and another batch i almost lost a bunch too but i saved them in time and i had some very weak chicks that took a day to recover from their ordeal. I'm in south Texas so my batch in the winter i put outside at 3.5 weeks old but i think they could of gone outside at 2.5 weeks. my most recent batch i tossed outside at 1.5 weeks old.. Texas summers are no joke, the poor things were panting outside in a roofed off open air hutch under a shade tree. i just hung out with them as much as possible for the first 2 days to make sure they were not freezing. especially during the night time. i now make sure i just make my brooder plate extra hot and tall and not up against the side of the tote. i haven't had cuddle piles of death since doing so. also.. don't give them adult style shoebox feeders...if they can get inside... they will cuddle pile of death in that too. only use feeders made for chicks. i find i never have cuddle problem past the first week. it's only that first week that i lost chicks. also the first 2 batches i raised i didn't grind the feed but the most recent batch i had to grind because the past bags had ALOT of powder in them already. this most recent batch almost had none. i also try and keep the water on one side of the tote and the food on the other.. if they are next to each other they faul the water with feed faster then they can drink it. my totes bigger then yours which is why i can do this.

I used doggy pee pads instead of paper towels cause they were the easiest to change while the 28 chicks were in the brooder, I didnt want to risk them hopping off my hand mid transfer to clean.

Where is the best place to place the brooder inside, outside, ect

Those heatting plates are expensive

Really wanting to try a heat plate. I hate bulbs. Anything I need to be aware of? Hatching around 30 birds in about a week. Looking at a 16x24 brooder plate. Honestly don’t even know if it would be worth with that many or doable.

How long has the heater lasted

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