Good Quail feeder for cage setup?

[Teach97]

I use long troughs on the outside of the pens...there are opening large enough to stick their heads through but nothing else...well at least the adults. Don't stick young ones in there! The boys were chasing them all around the coop!!!

Dad might have made a slight miscalculation

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

We used to use rabbit feeders in ours and they wasted alot of feed by kicking it out. We went with hanging feeders and the waste now is just about zero. The 3 pound size was to small so we switched to a 7 pound size and it works great. With the hanging feeder you can adjust the height as they grow.

Steve in NC

 

[AHappychick]

wow what a nice set up! thanks for the pics

 

[bkvail]

love your setup! Excellent! I would have never thought about wooden trays for catching the droppings, but that's an excellent idea - wouldn't work for rabbits, but would be fine for birds!

 

[CheerfulChaos]

DH put linoleum on the bottom of each poop tray so the poop and shavings just slide right off. I just take one tray at a time and dump it right into the compost bin, refill with shavings, and replace under the cage.

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

What spoiled birds, Smart water?

 

[TheRealTimShady]

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i love your idea to keep them out of the food, my quails jump in(i have the same type of feeder as you use) and they tend to kick it around

 

[chickenguy1998]

great idea. im gonna have to try it.

 

[karthigan]

What did you use as a cap (in white) for the smart water bottle?

 

[jaxchic]

I got some from rural king http://www.ruralking.com/12-pop-bottle-waterers.html
http://www.ruralking.com/12-pop-bottle-waterers.html