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How Many Quail In This Cage???

Discussion in 'Quail' started by kajhurley, Sep 17, 2011.

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  1. Sep 17, 2011 #1
    kajhurley

    kajhurley Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I Built A 60"x24"x18 Cage Split Into 3 20"x24"18" Cages. How Many Coturnix Should I Keep In Each Cage And At What Ratio For Good Fertile Eggs.
     
  3. Sep 17, 2011 #2
    bantamboy93

    bantamboy93 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I have my birds in around 1 sq ft. per bird.. Actually mine have more room than that. There's around 7 birds in a 12 sq ft cage. So not sure of the math on that. I had mine 1 bird per sq. ft and it just seemed they were too crowded.
     
  5. Sep 18, 2011 #3
    shelleyd2008

    shelleyd2008 the bird is the word

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    1 sq. ft. is recommended per bird for coturnix but you can get by with .75 or even .5 sq. ft. per bird depending on how big your cage is. In your case I would have 4 or 5 birds top in each, 1 male with 3-4 females.
     

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