Quail Housing

[ChickenGirl3]

Hello Everyone,
I wanted to build a quail pen/cage and I don't know how big it should be? I am getting 1-3 quail hens, I wanted something simple... like this

Nothing Fancy.

 

[babieblues]

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There is a very good sticky at the top of the quail forum. If you can find the time, you should read through it and you can get all the information you need.

 

[MobyQuail]

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the Quail sticky is great, highly recommended. lots of hard work and info, knowledge and a little magic there.

1+ square foot per bird, and it only needs to be about 12" high. I used half inch hardware cloth, please do not use chicken wire.

I do like the picture you posted, very sturdy, looks like its about 3x3 or 4x4, would be great for 3 quail hens, looks like it has a slide out tray for cleaning.

here is one of mine. it is 2x3x1

measure twice, cut once, good luck, and post pictures.

 

[ChickenGirl3]

Thats a nice pen you got there

!

 

[thekid]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=280575

 

[Dirk Chesterfield]

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Love the "Show me you quail pens!!!" thread. I drool every time I view it.
It's true, a picture is worth a thousand words.

 

[joe125]

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the Quail sticky is great, highly recommended. lots of hard work and info, knowledge and a little magic there.

1+ square foot per bird, and it only needs to be about 12" high. I used half inch hardware cloth, please do not use chicken wire.

I do like the picture you posted, very sturdy, looks like its about 3x3 or 4x4, would be great for 3 quail hens, looks like it has a slide out tray for cleaning.

here is one of mine. it is 2x3x1

http://thomasjulian.com/images/byc/021.jpg

measure twice, cut once, good luck, and post pictures.

More than adequate! IMHO.

Put the space into floor space, and forget about head space.
I build 2x4x1, because that's how the lumber and wire comes. All divisible by 2

You can section that off as needed.

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

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I build like that too! I thought I was the only one!

 

[joe125]

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I build like that too! I thought I was the only one!

Your not the only one my friend! It's really hard to add 6-12 inches to a board that comes in 8 foot lengths. I have a 2x5 pen that was the most awful waste of lumber. The extra 2 square feet of floor space was costly.
This is why I build 2x4 pens, not 3x5 pens.