The tiny serama; a Hatching adventure

[WoDia]

I brood small numbers, so here’s what I use. I just fill them and place in a corner, for my Serama chicks. That’s not really an option for your bigger brooder.

 

[fluffycrow]

I brood small numbers, so here’s what I use. I just fill them and place in a corner, for my Serama chicks. That’s not really an option for your bigger brooder.
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I'll have to keep these in mind. I may have ones similar to these laying around from my budgie days

 

[TwoCrows]

I'll have to keep these in mind. I may have ones similar to these laying around from my budgie days

Quail are super tiny too. I used Jelly jar lids for water and feed.

 

[WoDia]

Quail are super tiny too. I used Jelly jar lids for water and feed.

Lids are a terrific idea. I place marbles to keep chicks from going in, but some always find a way to get wet! I’m brooding King quail chicks right now with the waterer in the last photo. They’re brooding with a Serama and Silkie. The tiniest one (the slate tuxedo, who happens to be the oldest) finds a way to get wet, just like Freddie!

 

[TwoCrows]

Lids are a terrific idea. I place marbles to keep chicks from going in, but some always find a way to get wet! I’m brooding King quail chicks right now with the waterer in the last photo. They’re brooding with a Serama and Silkie. The tiniest one (the slate tuxedo, who happens to be the oldest) finds a way to get wet, just like Freddie!
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Jelly lids work fabulous and I too put marbles in the ones for water! These bigger waterers and feeders are hard for the little ones to access without falling in. Adorable little babies there!

 

[WoDia]

Jelly lids work fabulous and I too put marbles in the ones for water! These bigger waterers and feeders are hard for the little ones to access without falling in. Adorable little babies there!

Thank you so much! I agree about the bigger waterer and quail chicks. The budgie waterers I use have small openings but are too high for some of the chicks to reach. So, I have a lid with marbles for the itsy bitsys at one end of the brooder. I’ve got the tiniest one on a blanket right now. He likes to sleep in my hand. Once in a great while, I’ll have one that gets very attached to me. Perhaps, this one? He’s certainly the tiniest king quail I’ve ever hatched.

 

[TwoCrows]

Thank you so much! I agree about the bigger waterer and quail chicks. The budgie waterers I use have small openings but are too high for some of the chicks to reach. So, I have a lid with marbles for the itsy bitsys at one end of the brooder. I’ve got the tiniest one on a blanket right now. He likes to sleep in my hand. Once in a great while, I’ll have one that gets very attached to me. Perhaps, this one? He’s certainly the tiniest king quail I’ve ever hatched.
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Oh that is SO adorable! Quail babies do love soft plushy things. You know those soft parrot snugglies they sell? My quail hatchlings always loved to snuggle in them...

 

[fluffycrow]

Oh that is SO adorable! Quail

Thank you so much! I agree about the bigger waterer and quail chicks. The budgie waterers I use have small openings but are too high for some of the chicks to reach. So, I have a lid with marbles for the itsy bitsys at one end of the brooder. I’ve got the tiniest one on a blanket right now. He likes to sleep in my hand. Once in a great while, I’ll have one that gets very attached to me. Perhaps, this one? He’s certainly the tiniest king quail I’ve ever hatched.
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babies do love soft plushy things. You know those soft parrot snugglies they sell? My quail hatchlings always loved to snuggle in them...

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Adorbs

 

[2ndTink]

Oh that is SO adorable! Quail babies do love soft plushy things. You know those soft parrot snugglies they sell? My quail hatchlings always loved to snuggle in them...

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Oh my, that's adorable!

 

[WoDia]

Oh that is SO adorable! Quail babies do love soft plushy things. You know those soft parrot snugglies they sell? My quail hatchlings always loved to snuggle in them...

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I know exactly what you’re talking about!
Quail chick + snuggly thing = happy quail chick!
Your chicks are so adorable and look so content on their plushie!