Someone had posted question about getting eggs and then wonder about pens later. I made this which has had as many as 108 adult quail in it at one time. Yes it was crowded. I was designing to use 1 sheet of plywood. The dims are 3' wide and 7' long. I have it to where I can slide a plywood...
I got a call at work this summer from my wife who was off and home. She was in charge of feeding my quail who was about 1 week away from laying. She was freaking out telling me I had to come home for lunch immediately! Snake was in quail cage. She is terrified of snakes, so I went on home...
I am sure if I spent hrs searching I would find my answer, but anyhoo,
I am wanting to building a breeding pen about 10' long very very similar to GQF breeding pen setup. My question is about the floor. It doesn't look like normal 1/2" wire, it looks like flat expanded metal of some kind...
Okay,rookie here. I am sure it may be posted somewhere else but here it goes. I am looking to have my breeding pens in a hall way in a barn. I have no doors on barn so in winter time it will be cold. I am in middle TN, temps rarely get below 25 F anymore and if so no more than a day or so...
I am not happy with my nipple waterers I am using for my quail.. They are not leaking, however when the quail hit the nipple I am sure more comes out than they drink. I have it on gravity system in a 1 gallon bucket about 6" above the pen.
I was thinking of going to cups, but not really...