MJSpangler
Hatching
- Apr 23, 2015
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Hello all.
this is my second thread here. I posted in the new member section a day or two ago. I grew up on a small family farm. We always had chickens and from time to time, ducks, geese and turkeys. So i'm familiar with the basics and want to take the next step. I plan on incubating some of the buff orpington eggs we have on the farm before I incubate any quail.
Now for some question pertaining to my quail raising
My Pen.
I am building a pen 3' wide 3' tall and 4' long.
I had plans to put a box off of one end roughly 18" tall 3' wide and 2' deep and elevated off the ground.
One friend told me that this would be good for them to fly into for their food and shelter and keep them strong for bird dog training.
Another friend said they will smash their heads open if given the room to fly.
Any suggestions? if i put a roof on it, to keep from giving them the illusion that they can fly out, will they be ok?
Given those dimensions, how many quail could I comfortably fit in that pen?
I do plan on getting a little giant incubator and egg turner in the next couple of weeks. I figured that i could hatch some and cull as needed to keep the flock size down and have a little meal now and then.
I have downloaded about 10 samples of quail raising books from amazon and plan on figuring out which ones i want to download the full copies of. Any suggestions for a good read would be appreciated
I have 2 roosters and 4 hens right now. From what I've read this seems to be an OK ratio. Though I've heard of only keeping bobwhites in pairs and other sources saying that one rooster to several hens is ok.
Any clarification would be awesome. They seem to be doing well in the cage 4/2 right now. I did get 2 eggs a couple days ago and another egg yesterday. I'll post later today as to how many they laid this morning.
Thanks in advance for all of the help. I can't wait to learn more.
this is my second thread here. I posted in the new member section a day or two ago. I grew up on a small family farm. We always had chickens and from time to time, ducks, geese and turkeys. So i'm familiar with the basics and want to take the next step. I plan on incubating some of the buff orpington eggs we have on the farm before I incubate any quail.
Now for some question pertaining to my quail raising
My Pen.
I am building a pen 3' wide 3' tall and 4' long.
I had plans to put a box off of one end roughly 18" tall 3' wide and 2' deep and elevated off the ground.
One friend told me that this would be good for them to fly into for their food and shelter and keep them strong for bird dog training.
Another friend said they will smash their heads open if given the room to fly.
Any suggestions? if i put a roof on it, to keep from giving them the illusion that they can fly out, will they be ok?
Given those dimensions, how many quail could I comfortably fit in that pen?
I do plan on getting a little giant incubator and egg turner in the next couple of weeks. I figured that i could hatch some and cull as needed to keep the flock size down and have a little meal now and then.
I have downloaded about 10 samples of quail raising books from amazon and plan on figuring out which ones i want to download the full copies of. Any suggestions for a good read would be appreciated
I have 2 roosters and 4 hens right now. From what I've read this seems to be an OK ratio. Though I've heard of only keeping bobwhites in pairs and other sources saying that one rooster to several hens is ok.
Any clarification would be awesome. They seem to be doing well in the cage 4/2 right now. I did get 2 eggs a couple days ago and another egg yesterday. I'll post later today as to how many they laid this morning.
Thanks in advance for all of the help. I can't wait to learn more.
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