I'm planning on building a quail pen with sloped floor for eggs to roll out. The floor will be 1/2 inch hardware cloth. For those who have such a set up, can you please tell me how it works out for you? How much slope is needed?
I did some experiment tonight, with 1/4 inch cloth (just what I have right now). I tried up to 10% slope and the egg still won't roll out completely. It would roll initially side way until the large end pointed downward and the egg stopped rolling. So I figure the only way for this to work is if the birds walk back and forth and keep kicking the eggs randomly, causing them to keep rolling to the edge.
Please help with your insight. I hate to design and build something that won't work and hard to change once it's built. I'd rather not having to open the pen to collect eggs everyday. The doors need to be well secured against predator (coons) and thus won't be fast and convenient for me to open every day.
I did some experiment tonight, with 1/4 inch cloth (just what I have right now). I tried up to 10% slope and the egg still won't roll out completely. It would roll initially side way until the large end pointed downward and the egg stopped rolling. So I figure the only way for this to work is if the birds walk back and forth and keep kicking the eggs randomly, causing them to keep rolling to the edge.
Please help with your insight. I hate to design and build something that won't work and hard to change once it's built. I'd rather not having to open the pen to collect eggs everyday. The doors need to be well secured against predator (coons) and thus won't be fast and convenient for me to open every day.