Its been a long time since I have done quail and never on this small of scale so I am finding some challenges in the small set up . This is what I have built so far for my back porch
(hopefully you will see pictures but no guarantees ..lol)
* the top to layers (#1,#2) are breeder cages with solid aluminum dividers cages are 24" deep 11" tall and 12" wide 1/2" mesh floor
* the next three layers (#3,#4,#5) are either grow out pens or colony pens 24" deep 11" tall and 48" wide 1/2" mesh floor
* the next layer (#6) are two brooders with 1/4" mesh floors 24x24x11 and have 1/2" mesh sides
* the bottom layer (#7) is a bit taller as i mite try to squeeze a trio of ringnecks in there
* each layer pens has a metal drop pan with 1/2 tall lip on the sides
* all pens except brooders have auto water cups in the back wall an feeders on the front
* all floors are slopped forward for eggs to roll out
I still need to add a couple more feeders and door latches , plus a main water container on the side but so far so good. I know ideally my grow-out and brooders should not be near my breeders but I am trying to conserve space an figure I can suffer the reduced production amount
I plan to build a small 14' long x 6' wide x 4' tall portable quail coop that I can move around over my pineapple garden (help clean weeds) this would be a extra grow out pen
I bought a picture window stroaform incubator with auto turner used (haven't had one of these since I was 12 ..lol ) I was trying to buy quail rails today since it has a auto turner I went to sale-fire.com and found a web site advertising 13.25 with free shipping but when I tried to buy form the globalindustry.com store they wanted to charge me a extra $10.76 witch just ****** me off so needless to say I still have to find a good deal on quail rails ...lol
I used to raise the Wisconsin jumbo quail and have been debating weather to go with them again or try the Texas A&M white quail , this type I raise just for meat & eggs for me not for sales to game preserves so I wanting the heavy hearty stock to get the most meat which has me picking between these two types of quail
(hopefully you will see pictures but no guarantees ..lol)
* the top to layers (#1,#2) are breeder cages with solid aluminum dividers cages are 24" deep 11" tall and 12" wide 1/2" mesh floor
* the next three layers (#3,#4,#5) are either grow out pens or colony pens 24" deep 11" tall and 48" wide 1/2" mesh floor
* the next layer (#6) are two brooders with 1/4" mesh floors 24x24x11 and have 1/2" mesh sides
* the bottom layer (#7) is a bit taller as i mite try to squeeze a trio of ringnecks in there
* each layer pens has a metal drop pan with 1/2 tall lip on the sides
* all pens except brooders have auto water cups in the back wall an feeders on the front
* all floors are slopped forward for eggs to roll out
I still need to add a couple more feeders and door latches , plus a main water container on the side but so far so good. I know ideally my grow-out and brooders should not be near my breeders but I am trying to conserve space an figure I can suffer the reduced production amount
I plan to build a small 14' long x 6' wide x 4' tall portable quail coop that I can move around over my pineapple garden (help clean weeds) this would be a extra grow out pen
I bought a picture window stroaform incubator with auto turner used (haven't had one of these since I was 12 ..lol ) I was trying to buy quail rails today since it has a auto turner I went to sale-fire.com and found a web site advertising 13.25 with free shipping but when I tried to buy form the globalindustry.com store they wanted to charge me a extra $10.76 witch just ****** me off so needless to say I still have to find a good deal on quail rails ...lol
I used to raise the Wisconsin jumbo quail and have been debating weather to go with them again or try the Texas A&M white quail , this type I raise just for meat & eggs for me not for sales to game preserves so I wanting the heavy hearty stock to get the most meat which has me picking between these two types of quail