I am a bit new here but I have a big project i want to do the whole thing is going to be a group effort but most things fall on me. Pretty much going in head first the plan is sell my truck(needs to go anyways) for the projects funding.
I want to know how good/bad this all sounds, I came up with it based off much research. The goals was giving them an enriching environment well keeping them safe as there is a lot of predators out here the worst being coyotes and pretty much feral packs of dogs(owned yet kills livestock and bites people yet the city has not acted) that seem to find there ways in fence or not. All that and keep it economical as well.
What I drew up should yield a double pen that holds two sets of 8-12 laying quail, using vertical water with internal plumbing(external insulated source) and mess free food system built into the dividing wall. I don't know if this is good but the majority of materials would be 1 4x8 plywood sheet
1 2x25 Roll of half inch hardware cloth
10 Hinges ( 4 are not needed but I feel the need for a small access hatch for cleaning where they sleep without opening the whole thing wide)
5 Latch/Hasp(2 could be removed for above statement)
72ft 2x4 planks
Basically leaving almost nothing spare it would yield a slightly over 12ft long by 2ft wide by 1ft(plus 1ft for leg height) high, open bottom side by side double pen with simple food and water access separate from housing for safety and ease of access. If this sounds good I would like to give the instructions/drawing/photos I made out on here once I complete it and there is nothing unforeseeable(or someone on here can point something out) wrong with it as I put a lot of effort into it.
The plan for the farm would be make 4 of these double and work up from 4 to 8 dozen quail plus maybe some more(in other pens) for breeding and meat as we plan on donating the vast majority of all the meat to community programs.
My background is mainly in Ecosystems, and what makes them up and would love this to fund my research I am also going to be making what I call a food generator, firstly to supplement there feed maybe even replace it but this move onto making it for human use. Basically it would be a self contained man made ecosystem that over produces edible products but it potentially has many other uses like toxic water purification or desalination(this last one on a logistics standpoint I have yet to determine if its viable for more then a small system).
I thank anyone for reading this as it is a bit long and dry without any pics yet not to mention all the errors I am sure I missed when reading over. I seriously would appreciate any input good or bad.
I want to know how good/bad this all sounds, I came up with it based off much research. The goals was giving them an enriching environment well keeping them safe as there is a lot of predators out here the worst being coyotes and pretty much feral packs of dogs(owned yet kills livestock and bites people yet the city has not acted) that seem to find there ways in fence or not. All that and keep it economical as well.
What I drew up should yield a double pen that holds two sets of 8-12 laying quail, using vertical water with internal plumbing(external insulated source) and mess free food system built into the dividing wall. I don't know if this is good but the majority of materials would be 1 4x8 plywood sheet
1 2x25 Roll of half inch hardware cloth
10 Hinges ( 4 are not needed but I feel the need for a small access hatch for cleaning where they sleep without opening the whole thing wide)
5 Latch/Hasp(2 could be removed for above statement)
72ft 2x4 planks
Basically leaving almost nothing spare it would yield a slightly over 12ft long by 2ft wide by 1ft(plus 1ft for leg height) high, open bottom side by side double pen with simple food and water access separate from housing for safety and ease of access. If this sounds good I would like to give the instructions/drawing/photos I made out on here once I complete it and there is nothing unforeseeable(or someone on here can point something out) wrong with it as I put a lot of effort into it.
The plan for the farm would be make 4 of these double and work up from 4 to 8 dozen quail plus maybe some more(in other pens) for breeding and meat as we plan on donating the vast majority of all the meat to community programs.
My background is mainly in Ecosystems, and what makes them up and would love this to fund my research I am also going to be making what I call a food generator, firstly to supplement there feed maybe even replace it but this move onto making it for human use. Basically it would be a self contained man made ecosystem that over produces edible products but it potentially has many other uses like toxic water purification or desalination(this last one on a logistics standpoint I have yet to determine if its viable for more then a small system).
I thank anyone for reading this as it is a bit long and dry without any pics yet not to mention all the errors I am sure I missed when reading over. I seriously would appreciate any input good or bad.