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bucking-horse
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« on: August 10, 2009, 09:03:36 PM »

How old do bobwhites need to be before you can start using nipple drinkers.
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« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2009, 05:02:55 PM »

A guy I know that raises them by the 1000's showed me his brood houses and I was very surprised to see nipple waterers in there. He said the little one's use them with no problem. I'm sure he meant at least a week old, but maybe not.
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« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2009, 07:45:22 AM »

I use nipple waters on quail from day 1. for the fisrt 3 days I also give them standing water, but after that it's nipples or thirsty. If you poke a couple of beaks into them they learn fast, and what one does they all want to do
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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2009, 09:01:55 PM »

I just used nipple waterers for the first time on a batch of 400 chukars. The chicks were already drinking from them before I had completely emptied the first box of chicks. They were probably three days old by the time I got them shipped to me. I think you could do it from day one.
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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2009, 01:21:28 AM »

I put 1200 4 week old northern bobwhites in brooder room at end of a flight pen.They used it with on problems.Think I will use them on a few hundred day old chicks (test run)
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