That makes a lot of sense, I will see if I can get the birds from them, maybe ordering somewhat in advance if I can to make a time table for the cage construction since the order time + the incubation time should give me enough time after I plan it all out. This seems to be working out so far! ;)
Thank you all for the replies and the excellent advice. Now for these racks how should I do the growout pens? The quail would be there for only about the 6-8 weeks til they are full grown but would a full 4x3 without the divide like the more permanent breeders will have be able to work as a good...
Thank you for the information! I do plan on building the cages myself and am planning a slide out "tray" for each layer that I might line with plastic and since the basement does have a door leading to my backyard I can just bring them up and spray them with a hose for easy cleaning. Now the...
Hi!
I have been looking into raising quail for a while now and I remember when I started looking into them last year a lot of what I read and heard on some podcasts which I sadly couldn't find again, was raising them indoors in a "shelf" like system.
I am still in the planning phase of this all...