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The nursery is situated apart from the aviary in a different room. We
like it this way as it allows us to play and interact with the little
peepers as often as we like. That way, Fern and Martha can get their
"baby fix" whenever they want without constantly disturbing the breeder
pairs. We think we're prepared for anything, but isn't that always the
case. We invested in high quality equipment that should afford us the
opportunity to expand without further purchases, if that's where life
takes us.
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We invested in high quality equipment that should afford us the
opportunity expand without further purchases if that's where life takes
us.
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Because many of our chicks are destined to be breeders, we feel strongly
that allowing parents to raise chicks for 3 weeks or so provides the
well known immunologic advantages and confers parenting skills that no
human can reproduce. We're more interested in producing healthy pets and
quality breeders than pulling eggs or chicks early just to squeeze out
another clutch that year.
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Our brooder is a Petiatric Nursery Hospital NH-IIIB. It supplies more
than adequate space for our small aviary. Solid state components with
over and under temperature alarms keeps us resting comfortably at night.
We also have a Petiatric Nursery Hospital NH-IIIA which we use as a
hatcher.
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The balance we use is an Ohaus Scout 6010. It is both accurate and
precise with a capacity up to 600 grams for adult Quakers and measures
down to 0.1 grams to keep track of the very young and even eggs if
necessary.
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All this equipment is housed in the nursery area of the aviary. It is
accessible from a separate entrance after the aviary lights are out so
breeders are not disturbed when chicks need late night feedings.
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As no bird gets anywhere NEAR our aviary without being tested for
Polyoma, PBFD, and Chlamydia, we are confident that all chicks raised
are free of disease. This is why we offer a rock solid and written
health guarantee.
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Kitchen within the nursery with feeding cart. Included are a sink,
dishwasher, microwave, disposal, on site hot water heater, and
refrigerator and freezer just to the right of this frame.
Hand feeding area with heat lamp, scale, and formula warmer.
Incubation area (which we've never used) is between the kitchen to the
left and the hand feeding area to the right. The large freezer and
small fridge are also pictured here.
Brooders and weaning cages on the other side of the nursery.
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