What do you coturnix quail NR 360 "dry hatchers" do with the vent on the front; shut it, leave it half open, or leave it completely open? What do you do with the red water plug (B); leave it on until lockdown or remove it? Do you change the temperature or do you leave it at the preset 99.5?
I am looking for recommendations for or warnings against "soft" materials (canvas, nylon, etc., not wood or metal or plastic roof panels) materials to use as a temporary (weather, not containment) cover/roof for my run in the short term (I intend to build a wood frame and use plastic roof panels...
I am in the middle of the construction of my chicken run. I dug a "hole" in the ground the length and width of my run on a slight slope (hopefully to aid with the drainage of rain water; multiple water hose tests on the bare dirt left me pleased with my efforts) that averages between 8 and 16...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes and no. A long, l-o--n---g time ago, when I was just a kid, I raised a single (rooster) chick (my guess, looking back, is that he was a Cornish Cross) that was given to me (on a whim) by a good friend of the family, but I assure...