To anyone raising quail, I use to raise a lot of quail( 90 pair) back in the 60s. Never used the blue paper on the floor of the brooders. So this year I decided to get some California quail to try to release into the wild to take the place of the bob whites that were no longer to be found except in certain areas. Well I built my brooder with 1/2 inch rabbit wire on the floor and covered it with the blue paper. I also built my own incubator and a hatcher to hatch the eggs when it came time. I got 50 Georgia Giant Bob white eggs to test my incubator to make sure it worked correctly. Well the hatcher and incubator worked great, out of 49 eggs, I had 46 hatch. I put them in the brooder which had the blue paper on it and everything was fine for the first 3 days. Then they started dieing, I lost three in the next two days. I changed the paper and everything was find again for about three days, again 3 more died on the 4th day! So I took the blue paper out and let them walk on the 1/2 inch rabbit wire. I now had 40 left and they are all living now for 5 1/2 weeks and doing great. Now I got my Califorina quail eggs in the put them in the incubator with the same temperature and humidy. Well out of 94 eggs they sent to me , 4 were cracked and so I had 90 good eggs. The shipping was bad, they sent it 2 day delivery and it got here on the 5th day at noon! Waited a day and put them in the incubator and when time came put them in the hatcher. 66 of them hatched in great health! Same thing, I had the blue paper on the floor of the brooder. I had cleaned and disenfected the whole brooder before hand. The chicks were on the blue paper for 3 days and then they started dieing like the Georgia quail did, same as before, 3 died and I changed the paper. Then 3 days later 4 died and one more died over night! All these birds were healthy and running around before they died! So I built a drop in floor in my brooder with the 1/4 inch rabbit wire and put them on it! Well they have been on it for 4 days now and all healthy and running around! I think people need to watch out for the blue paper cause in my opinion they peck it and after while it gets damp and they swollow it and it kills them. The reason is the last one that died, I noticed it was having a hard time breathing and the next morning it was dead. Both the Georgia Giants and California quail did great after moving them off the blue paper. So if you are using the blue paper on the floor of your brooder, Beware if they start to die! This is just something I have noticed and want other people to be aware of! Thanks and hope this helps other people, Both the California and Georgia giants are doing great now! Wish everyone luck and pay attention to your birds!
Interesting. I have been wondering about putting new hatchling directly on 1/4 in hardware wire. Did you open up the expired chicks to see if they did actually eat the paper? the other advantage of paper on bottom - it keeps drafts off the chicks for first several days.
On a smaller 36" x 24" scale, I use silicone (vented = microholes) drawer liners for the first week over 1/4" cage wire. Gives them good footing and the drawer liners can be cleaned, sterilized and reused. I have it so I can replace 1/2 the brooder with a second clean set of drawer liner while moving the babies to the other side, rinse & repeat. Cleaning, I wash with warm soapy water in a galvanized wash basin, rinse with fresh water. I let these dry and then mist them with an original (non colored) dollarstore listerene/water 50/50 mix, let dry and often rinse/dry again. I hate to waste anything, especially paper/wood (trees).
Thanks for sharing! Enjoying learning so much from you. Love the metal brooder that you can pressure wash. Where did you get that metal one? Would love one 1/2 that size. Thanks!
He can only ship in the USA, but luckily there are breeders in Africa that you can contact www.quailbreeders.co.za/our-quail/jumbo-quail www.gumtree.co.za/s-poultry/quail/v1c9144q0p1 zambiafarmershub.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/quails-small-birds-big-future-by-gerrit-bezuidenhout-24-march-2017/
Can a ceramic heat bulb be used for heat and led for light in the brooder which is not left on 24 hours or do they need light 24 hours? What is the measurements of the brooder?
Im getting my quail on Wednesday and I was curious about feed. Ive heard different things. lot of people are telling me that standard chicken feed is ok. hi protein for chick and then the normal feed once older. others are telling me I have to feed Game bird feed or turkey feed. Can you help clear this up for me? I want to make sure Im feeding the best thing to my quail
I would have to check but we do have a video under the playlist papa builder of things that goes into all that. The big thing you need to know is 6 chicks per square ft until 3 weeks old
@@MyshireFarm I’m a little confused! Sorry! But a thought that to call it a Jumbo it must weigh a minimum of 10 ounces by 10 weeks old correct? How can you call it a jumbo when it’s still only a chick? Will a Jumbo Quail always breed Jumbos? Sorry again but that always got me confused!
Great video Zack. Thanks for sharing so much of your process.
To anyone raising quail, I use to raise a lot of quail( 90 pair) back in the 60s. Never used the blue paper on the floor of the brooders. So this year I decided to get some California quail to try to release into the wild to take the place of the bob whites that were no longer to be found except in certain areas. Well I built my brooder with 1/2 inch rabbit wire on the floor and covered it with the blue paper. I also built my own incubator and a hatcher to hatch the eggs when it came time. I got 50 Georgia Giant Bob white eggs to test my incubator to make sure it worked correctly. Well the hatcher and incubator worked great, out of 49 eggs, I had 46 hatch. I put them in the brooder which had the blue paper on it and everything was fine for the first 3 days. Then they started dieing, I lost three in the next two days. I changed the paper and everything was find again for about three days, again 3 more died on the 4th day! So I took the blue paper out and let them walk on the 1/2 inch rabbit wire. I now had 40 left and they are all living now for 5 1/2 weeks and doing great. Now I got my Califorina quail eggs in the put them in the incubator with the same temperature and humidy. Well out of 94 eggs they sent to me , 4 were cracked and so I had 90 good eggs. The shipping was bad, they sent it 2 day delivery and it got here on the 5th day at noon! Waited a day and put them in the incubator and when time came put them in the hatcher. 66 of them hatched in great health! Same thing, I had the blue paper on the floor of the brooder. I had cleaned and disenfected the whole brooder before hand. The chicks were on the blue paper for 3 days and then they started dieing like the Georgia quail did, same as before, 3 died and I changed the paper. Then 3 days later 4 died and one more died over night! All these birds were healthy and running around before they died! So I built a drop in floor in my brooder with the 1/4 inch rabbit wire and put them on it! Well they have been on it for 4 days now and all healthy and running around! I think people need to watch out for the blue paper cause in my opinion they peck it and after while it gets damp and they swollow it and it kills them. The reason is the last one that died, I noticed it was having a hard time breathing and the next morning it was dead. Both the Georgia Giants and California quail did great after moving them off the blue paper. So if you are using the blue paper on the floor of your brooder, Beware if they start to die! This is just something I have noticed and want other people to be aware of! Thanks and hope this helps other people, Both the California and Georgia giants are doing great now! Wish everyone luck and pay attention to your birds!
Interesting. I have been wondering about putting new hatchling directly on 1/4 in hardware wire. Did you open up the expired chicks to see if they did actually eat the paper? the other advantage of paper on bottom - it keeps drafts off the chicks for first several days.
Man you’re one good teacher.. Thank you. God bless
Love all your information. Thanks for all you share!
The best video . Excellent
Very nice setup, thanks for sharing!
thanks for sharing,.. from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Nice system.
Interesting
Thank you
Another great video ty for sharing
Thanks
👍Super sir
Very nice explanation
On a smaller 36" x 24" scale, I use silicone (vented = microholes) drawer liners for the first week over 1/4" cage wire. Gives them good footing and the drawer liners can be cleaned, sterilized and reused. I have it so I can replace 1/2 the brooder with a second clean set of drawer liner while moving the babies to the other side, rinse & repeat.
Cleaning, I wash with warm soapy water in a galvanized wash basin, rinse with fresh water. I let these dry and then mist them with an original (non colored) dollarstore listerene/water 50/50 mix, let dry and often rinse/dry again.
I hate to waste anything, especially paper/wood (trees).
That’s a great idea
I'd love to get some feeders like that.
Maybe try Stromberg's for that feeder. :)
Where can I purchase a brooder set up like yours.Awesome presentation.Love the video
Thanks
Chris
Be really nice.
good
Awesome video.. Am so excited knowing this process.. I want to start a quail farm such as yours. May I know how big an area you need for a good start?
What kind of lamps fixture and bulbs are those? I like the setup
If you could share the dimension of the brooder it would be of great help. Love from India
Thanks for sharing! Enjoying learning so much from you. Love the metal brooder that you can pressure wash. Where did you get that metal one? Would love one 1/2 that size. Thanks!
We built them here. Thanks for watching
Did you custom build your brooder boxes or did you buy them from somewhere? I'm looking to buy some. Thanks
what do you do with the birds when you clean the paper towel. mine flew evey where
Can you share the plans for building one of these. I would like to build one
We do not have that. Papa the builder is not a blueprint kinda guy. He thinks it and builds it
We absolutely LOVE your brooders!!!
I see that you’ve said that there are no plans for them BUT could you please give the dimensions?
Thanks
ua-cam.com/video/BPzuiQ9oOZQ/v-deo.html
This gives all that info.
@@MyshireFarm Thank you so much 🤗
After brooding do all your birds go into cages or do you have flight pens?
Hi Zack
Great presentation there. I am interested to know if your egg suppliers can ship hatching eggs as far as Zimbabwe. Thanks
He can only ship in the USA, but luckily there are breeders in Africa that you can contact
www.quailbreeders.co.za/our-quail/jumbo-quail
www.gumtree.co.za/s-poultry/quail/v1c9144q0p1
zambiafarmershub.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/quails-small-birds-big-future-by-gerrit-bezuidenhout-24-march-2017/
do you build your own brooders?
I’ve got a dollar store brush for the screen might upgrade to metal brush.
Do you spray and metal brush scrub metal wrap floor between use?
We pressure wash. That is all.
What size is the brooder?
What size wire do you have on the bottom of the brooder?
It appears to be 19 gauge 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch hardware cloth
Could you shoe how the light is attached to your brooder
We ran electric to the back with a plug in
Hi
plz mention the size of broder i.e length breadth and hight of your broder of 9th April 2020
Thanks
Can a ceramic heat bulb be used for heat and led for light in the brooder which is not left on 24 hours or do they need light 24 hours? What is the measurements of the brooder?
A ceramic heat bulb would work fine. They do not need light until 6 weeks old
What spacing is the hardware cloth?
1/2
Do you have the brooders built for you or do you buy them pre made?
His father in law built them for their farm
@@danielsmith336 i wish i knew his father in law lol i would buy some.
Im getting my quail on Wednesday and I was curious about feed. Ive heard different things. lot of people are telling me that standard chicken feed is ok. hi protein for chick and then the normal feed once older. others are telling me I have to feed Game bird feed or turkey feed. Can you help clear this up for me? I want to make sure Im feeding the best thing to my quail
game bird feed, turkey feed will work in a pinch
Can you put newspaper
Where does one get those kind of brooders? (The metal ones)
We made ours
@@MyshireFarm wow!! We would love to buy or obtain plans for those if you ever make them available! Thank you for such a prompt reply!
What wattage bulb do you use?
125 for spring, summer and fall and 250 for winter
How many quail for each box? 100 pcs is ok?
We recommend 6 chicks per square ft when in brooder and 3-3.5 quail per sq ft in cages once older
Where did you get the feeders?
We make them here on the farm
Very impressive. The whole operation is top notch.
Nice. whats the size of brooder ? for 100 or 110 chick quail ?
Plz Give me the size
6 chicks per square foot
What size is the wire?
It appears to be 19 gauge 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch hardware cloth
What are the dimensions of your brooder?
I would have to check but we do have a video under the playlist papa builder of things that goes into all that. The big thing you need to know is 6 chicks per square ft until 3 weeks old
Why does it takes 8 to 13 weeks to ship eggs.
It if first come first serve and that is how far out we are.
I tried to order hatching eggs, I saw same thing, got to wait that long 8 to 13 weeks.
4:01 how do you know they’re jumbos at that age?
That is what we put in the incubator
@@MyshireFarm I’m a little confused! Sorry! But a thought that to call it a Jumbo it must weigh a minimum of 10 ounces by 10 weeks old correct? How can you call it a jumbo when it’s still only a chick? Will a Jumbo Quail always breed Jumbos? Sorry again but that always got me confused!
Awww u stole a Walmart cart lol
@copperstateoutdoors
Thanks for watching
🤔 automotive paper towels 🧻 🤔
I was planning one news paper but automotive towel paper gives more grip
Absolutely. Good luck