Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry by Glenn Drowns

Author:Glenn Drowns
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2012-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

Use uncoated (instead of glossy) newspaper for the base bedding material and then place the excelsior pad that accompanied the chicks in the shipping box under the heat source. This provides the footing needed to keep them from slipping. This is the same brooder setup I use for all my birds. Specifics can be found in chapter 4, Baby Basics.

Food and Water

Make sure you have purchased a small-lipped, no-drown fount base to attach to a quart (1 L) fruit jar for water. Do not use a regular chick fount base or some babies will certainly drown. The “no-drown quail base fount” is a must.

Many game birds use a standard game bird starter that has between 28 and 31 percent protein content. Waterfowl game birds need a regular chick starter, however. Offer it in a small, flat dish or make sure that it is easily accessible. It’s sometimes helpful in the first few days to sprinkle a little of the feed all over the newspaper and on the chick pad where they can find it. This will give their diets a boost.

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