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Fair warning: My almost out of eggs isn't likely your almost out of eggs. However, I don't have a single duck nor chicken egg in the fridge. With these damn polar bears stirring up a vortex, my yardbirds are pretty much laying frozen eggs. Every single one I bring in is either rock solid or cracked. Those go straight to the dogs.

My air hole on the quail drinker froze shut a couple days ago meaning the drinker-nipples wouldn't work. I sorted that out, but the heater bulb burned out that night. They went almost 2 days with presumably only a 30 minute period with liquid water. No eggs for 2 days. Only 1 egg yesterday. I gave them a bag of popcorn and a large snowball to make up for it.

I'm sitting on maybe 20 quail eggs in the fridge. It's turning into The Road over here. I blame the jews.

Fair warning: *My* almost out of eggs isn't likely *your* almost out of eggs. However, I don't have a single duck nor chicken egg in the fridge. With these damn polar bears stirring up a vortex, my yardbirds are pretty much laying frozen eggs. Every single one I bring in is either rock solid or cracked. Those go straight to the dogs. My air hole on the quail drinker froze shut a couple days ago meaning the drinker-nipples wouldn't work. I sorted that out, but the heater bulb burned out that night. They went almost 2 days with presumably only a 30 minute period with liquid water. No eggs for 2 days. Only 1 egg yesterday. I gave them a bag of popcorn and a large snowball to make up for it. I'm sitting on *maybe* 20 quail eggs in the fridge. It's turning into The Road over here. I blame the jews.

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Oh and sorry about your weather it really sucks. It has been an interesting year for sure. Glad everyone is still alive!

Could you do a tea light and clay pot heater for them when you have lamps go out?

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I only have a 25w bulb in a cookie tin with a water jug sitting on it. It just burned out; my power isn't out or anything. I suppose a candle and pot would actually work in this situation.

There was a post last night about heating your home with a tea candle under a pot. A car or tent, yes. Not your house though. It'd take 40-50 tea candles to equal a 1500w space heater. People are nuts.

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Ya that's where I got the idea for your birds. It would perhaps keep the water from freezing if it was right next to it. Definitely a last choice option until you can get another bulb.

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I'd set the jug right on it. Plastic won't burn if there's water inside. The nipples are a couple inches off the bottom, so even a leaky one can't drain the jug. I might switch out the 25w for a 40w. They all want to stand on the tin when I take the jug to fill it.

As long as the quail get water once a day, they'll be fine. I just don't like carrying some out there every day. A little bit of effort allows for a season of laziness lol.