how many quail pens can i have on top of each other?

[youridreezen]

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To ground dwelling birds like coturnix quail, extra head space is not needed, and a waste of wire. If you want to give them "some space" it should be floor space, not head space. Also the shorter head space may allow you get an extra pen in the stack. I say 12" max. 10" is not unreasonable.

Nest boxes are debatable. Like Shelly says, I collect about 85%+ of my eggs out of my dust pans. They tend to lay eggs in the place the are most often, and coturnix love their dust pans.

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Sorry, forgot to answer the first question. You can stack your quail pens as high as you are willing to fall

thanks i will make them a bit lower.
but because i am using wood shavings on the bottom i will make them 14 inch so that when i put the shavings in they still have 12 inch.

if i have them in small pens i will have one square foot per bird but i will also have some 2 X 4 foot cages and will have 10 in them.

cheers youri.

 

[youridreezen]

do you think that a 2X4 ft pen will hold 10 quail?

or is it better to use 2X2's?

some of them will be jumbo sized.

i am going to try make HUGE white meat quail.

also if i make if 12 inch high and put 1 to 2 inch of wood shavings will that be ok?

is 1 inch of wood shavings ok?

the wood shavings are just because i don't wont to have them on wire.

cheers youri.