My cage spacing is a little ridiculous... I currlently have 4 quail and 5 pigeons in a 14'x12' and 15'tall area with a 4x6' indoor area. Its 8' tall wood fencing and a peeked wire roof. Its awesome. We will soon be adding our 14 silver coturnix quail chicks into the run too.
You know, I’m new to quails. I have a 2’x8’ for 4, but I had to separate a pair because of aggression. You’re right about it not mattering about size and aggression. I have 18 birds that just hatched. So after I weed out excess males, I plan on having 1 male for every 3-4 females in a 2’x3’ cage. So based on your calculations of 1SF per bird, I would have an excess foot or I can add another bird. Always good to learn from you!
Slightly Rednecked hi I’m thinking about breeding quails for meat If I breed and do a bit of selecting do you have to introduce a new male now and again in order to stop inbreeding? Thanks
Just built my winter cages for outside . 30x36 . 1 175 watt heat lamp light . Also have light wood covers for sides and top . Bottom has a catch tray underneath . It should do pretty good for the winters in the area of Idaho I live . It got a little below -20 last year and over 4 feet of snow . This cage is under a porch I added to the outside if chicken coop .
My cages at this time are 4' X 2". I usually have a minimum of 7 to 8 birds in the cage. I have 100+ birds at this time. I am working on a larger cage. It will be when finished, about 16' X 2'. I have two cages that are just for eggs to eat an the rest are for hatching..
Oh yea . I had a friend that wanted me to see his chicks once , Went over and all his chicks were on the edges and the bedding in the bottom was smoking . I always set my lights at a certain distance inside and outside . I have not burned anything down in the past 40 years having chickens , gamebirds and water fowl . I am sure enjoying having quail again .
It probably had to do with moving them to a new location. That sometimes can provoke them to establish a new pecking order. They will generally work it out and calm down with a little bit of time.
Stick to 24" wire if it is to be the front to back demensions since that is about as far as a human arm can reach Taken human ergonomics into consideration Chris has a good cage structure design the higher roof so He dorsnt bang His head and the roof is wide enough to keep blowing rain off the birds The cage height makes it easy to handle the birds and daily mantance like water, feed and egg collection If you have taller wire just cut it to 2' in lenght and make basic cage width to the size of wire you have 3 ' wide by 2' deep The orientation of wire doesnt matter just design to what size material you have or can get locally
But screwed up my formula lol . Dont make much sense that in a small community breeding cage 20x 30 can hold 15 or more comfy , i know i will still be able to hold close to 50 birds in these cages .
I live in Washington and I am looking into getting quails but I don't know where to purchase them so do you know of any websites where I can get hatchable quail eggs thank you for your time.
Myshirefarm.com if you do go through myshirefarm.com make sure they are NPIP certified (ask for proof - they should get some sort of documentation proving it.) they are not they are not legally allowed to ship across stateit's to make sure the birds are healthy and that they do not have any diseases (that they check for)
One of my quail died because it was having a seizure and it head went in the water and drowned. Why did this happen? Could it be because it was getting picked on and a a bad bloody head (don't worry I removed it from the main pen to recover) but then died. Or could it be an other reason Thank You Love your VIDEOS
I see you use 1cm (0.2" spprox) wire. Ive been using 1" wire but found a mouse problem as they can fit through the hole. Will get smaller holes in future!
Good video and very informative. Thanks. Everyone talks about culling the males but no one mentions what you do with the females. I'm assuming you just cull the extras as you see fit ? I'm looking at raising for meat and eggs. Mostly meat.
Hey man, i just had my first hatching of coturnix quail, but it was really weird. They are completely normal coturnix quail at normal size, but instead of hatching on the 16-18th i had one hatch out the 23d day. The rest hadn't started developing but i think that's because they weren't fertilized. I had the temperature at 38 c the whole time, is there anything that makes them hatch so late?
what height should I make the cage for grow outs? We seem to be having issues with our babies that are roughly about 2 weeks old trying to fly and injuring themselves(fatally)😓. Thanks so much
Cheers for this, I been tryin to find out about "how much does a quail eat per day" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (do a search on google ) ? It is a smashing one of a kind guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the headache. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my m8 got great results with it.
Just wonderful, been searching for "culling quail" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? It is a good one of a kind product for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the hard work. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my mate got amazing results with it.
This was great, I been tryin to find out about "caring for quails" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (do a search on google ) ? It is a great exclusive guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the hard work. Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
Since you mix breeders and meat birds together in the same pin, how do you tell your breeders apart from the meat birds once they get around the same size?
That can be tricky. I don't really worry about it too much but most of the time I can tell the younger birds from the older birds. I am sure I make mistakes here and there but it isn't a big deal.
@@Slightlyrednecked thanks! I'm about to build some cages like you have. I have been watching your videos for over a year and just now realized you mix the adults and babies. My current setup doesn't have a sandbox so I'm ready to give it to them! Seems if you accidentally process a breeder the outcome is actually good because you now have a younger breeder.
Do you have trouble grabbing birds out of the 3ft deep cage? I can easily grab them out of my 2ft deep cage. I can't decide if I want to make my next cage 3ft deep or 30" deep.
Great video Chris. For Coturnix that are not yet adults, I notice they seem to want to be very close to each other. I have 25 from my first hatch that are inside a 6 sq ft cage. I thought it would be too crowded, but they tend to stick to one side together even in those close quarters. When they were in a larger brooder, they would run around but spent most of their time together. Any thoughts or observations from your experience? At what age does the space become a real factor?
I have noticed similar things. Really, until they reach sexual maturity they seem to do pretty well and almost prefer to be a little crowded. I would say space becomes an issue at around 8 weeks old (once the males start crowing).
Myshire says 3 birds per sq ft. Wynola cages says 40 for their 2 tier 30" x 24" cages that's 10 for a 2.5 sq ft cage section. I have 8 in each section but they are only 3 weeks old
3 per sq ft is a little crowded in my opinion. It can be done but I personally think that they should have a little more room than that. 8 in a 30" by 24" cage really isn't that bad. It should be fine.
it depends on what size the commercial cage is. I think most of them are 24 inches by 24 inches so that would be about 4 square feet and could easily hold 5 birds.
gqf is 20x30 , so is the competitors . Gqf is 3 sections . I put 4 per section for a total of 12 in that space . The other is a community cage . I put 9 females and 2 males .
You can generally figure about 1 square foot per bird. So that would be about 60 birds. but if it is an aviary and on the ground I wouldn't go that dense because waste will build up fast. I wouldn't put more than about 35 in there.
great video thums up i got caught a couple weeks ago with out a cage and i could have got like 70 quail very cheap i like this video i want quail just not sure if i want to wait tell spring.
HI, this is Ken in Mexico, everything is great here, but I do have 1 question, I have 4 hens togather, no rooster yet, later, but I have 3 hens that started to attack 1 hen, they picked her pretty bad so I put her in a cage by herself, why would they do this, they have been togather sence birth,
Good question. Sometimes they just pick out a bird for some reason. Can't always tell why. If they are overcrowded in a small cage that can have some effect on it but that isn't really all that likely. I wish I had a better answer but sometimes you just don't know why. It may be just that the bird got some kind of injury and that triggered the aggression from the other birds. That happens pretty regularly too. They see an injury and focus on it for some reason.
I want to keep some as pets and egg layers and I have a medium sized bird cage. Would it work for at least 4? If someone needs an estimation on the measurements of the cage, I can give you that. I just really want to know how many would fit comfortably.
I would probably work just fine. You may need to put a piece of hardware cloth on the bottom depending on how big the spacing is on the floor. I would go with around one bird per square foot so if it is a 4 foot square bird cage (2 by 2) then 4 should fit fine. You could even get away with 6 in that size cage. Hope that helps.
You can figure about 1 bird per square foot. Your cage would be 8 square feet. You can go a little denser and get away with 10 to 12 pretty easily. I hope that helps.
So I originally had two female brown quails. I got three more quails (1 brown rooster, 1 white rooster, 1 white hen i believe) and at first they got along. But after two months the male brown male seemed more dominant, and started attacking JUST the two white quails, without pestering much the other brown hens. With one of whites having a worser head injury than the other white. Why?
It is hard to say why those birds were singled out. There could be any number of reasons why. As far as why it just started happening, it probably has to do with the days getting longer. As the days get longer the birds start to go into the breeding season. The hens start laying eggs and the roosters start crowing. And along with that comes more aggressive behavior. usually, they will calm down with a little time. I hope that helps.
The general rule of thumb is about 1 bird per square foot. But for an aviary, the droppings will build up fast so I would go a little less than that. I would think that you could house about 40 to 50 birds in there though.
dany richard the metal roofing can heat up the air just under a roof so with more space it gets more natural air flow or it could be that Chris doesnt want to bang His head on the roof
lol. A combination of things. The main reason is I want somewhere to set things like the egg collecting bucket, extra feeders, etc. I just like to have room up there for whatever reason.
They need about 1 square foot per bird. They don't need to have access to grass. If you want to keep them on the ground then you will need to make the cage much bigger or move it around frequently. Otherwise the droppings will build up quickly. I hope that helps.
@@Slightlyrednecked Sorry, I was asking about the height of the cage. How tall should it be? I've heard people say they should be only 12 inches high to prevent the birds from flying and injuring themselves. Though I've never heard anyone say that it's actually happened to them, or that they regret providing too much height inside the cage for any reason. Do you have any thoughts about how tall the inside of the cages should be.
@@Slightlyrednecked also curious. i've heard some say 12 inches high and 24 inches high. and if you want to go taller than that, then you have to go 72 inches. any insight? im in the process of building a cage and height is the last thing i need to figure out.
AssaultWolfPacker if a solid floor is used the daily mantance would be increased by a lot and increased disease problems and would require more square footage per bird
I can't think of anything else. I mean wire or solid bottom, there isn't much else really. You can do a solid bottom or a ground cage but you just need to give them a lot more room as Walt Lars stated. Hope that helps.
AssaultWolfPacker - I use a PVC coated galvanized steel wire bottom and it works well. Softer on their feet, not as cold, and the poop rolls right off and rarely sticks to the wire. No feet injuries or other issues so far !
I've watched a lot of your videos over last few days and I just want to say thank you for the great content! Very informative.
Thank you so much for watching. I am glad you are finding them helpful.
Thanks for going to the trouble of helping out us newbies.
Well done Chris! Thanks for sharing. Have a peaceful week
Thank you so much.
Great again. I use a combo for my breeders, a solid floor in the shed and open wire floor on the outside run.
I put sand boxes in mine so there is a kind of solid bottom floor in part of the cage.
My cage spacing is a little ridiculous... I currlently have 4 quail and 5 pigeons in a 14'x12' and 15'tall area with a 4x6' indoor area. Its 8' tall wood fencing and a peeked wire roof. Its awesome. We will soon be adding our 14 silver coturnix quail chicks into the run too.
Sounds like a nice set up.
You know, I’m new to quails. I have a 2’x8’ for 4, but I had to separate a pair because of aggression. You’re right about it not mattering about size and aggression. I have 18 birds that just hatched. So after I weed out excess males, I plan on having 1 male for every 3-4 females in a 2’x3’ cage. So based on your calculations of 1SF per bird, I would have an excess foot or I can add another bird. Always good to learn from you!
Sounds like you have a great plan. Thanks for the kind comments and thanks for watching.
Slightly Rednecked hi I’m thinking about breeding quails for meat
If I breed and do a bit of selecting do you have to introduce a new male now and again in order to stop inbreeding?
Thanks
Just getting ready to build some raised cages and place an order for my quail.
Thanks for the info.
Just built my winter cages for outside . 30x36 . 1 175 watt heat lamp light . Also have light wood covers for sides and top . Bottom has a catch tray underneath . It should do pretty good for the winters in the area of Idaho I live . It got a little below -20 last year and over 4 feet of snow . This cage is under a porch I added to the outside if chicken coop .
Sounds like a nice set up. Be careful with that heat lamp, lots of stories about people burning down their hutches or sheds with those things.
My cages at this time are 4' X 2". I usually have a minimum of 7 to 8 birds in the cage. I have 100+ birds at this time. I am working on a larger cage. It will be when finished, about 16' X 2'. I have two cages that are just for eggs to eat an the rest are for hatching..
Sounds like a nice setup and a good plan. That will be a very large cage. My only concern would be if you had to move it. :)
Wait, 2 INCHES?
Oh yea . I had a friend that wanted me to see his chicks once , Went over and all his chicks were on the edges and the bedding in the bottom was smoking . I always set my lights at a certain distance inside and outside . I have not burned anything down in the past 40 years having chickens , gamebirds and water fowl .
I am sure enjoying having quail again .
Good deal. Sounds like you have it under control.
Thank you for your videos 👍👍
Thank you for watching.
another great informative vid. thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching. I am glad you liked it.
Thanks for the help awesome videos
Thanks for watching. I am glad you found it helpful.
i had 3 grown male quail in a very small cage. they did not fight until I put them into a larger cage that I had built.
It probably had to do with moving them to a new location. That sometimes can provoke them to establish a new pecking order. They will generally work it out and calm down with a little bit of time.
@@Slightlyrednecked 2 of them were picking on the 1. I did separate them. They are on their way to be breeders, as soon as my hatch is old enough.
Stick to 24" wire if it is to be the front to back demensions since that is about as far as a human arm can reach
Taken human ergonomics into consideration Chris has a good cage structure design the higher roof so He dorsnt bang His head and the roof is wide enough to keep blowing rain off the birds
The cage height makes it easy to handle the birds and daily mantance like water, feed and egg collection
If you have taller wire just cut it to 2' in lenght and make basic cage width to the size of wire you have 3 ' wide by 2' deep
The orientation of wire doesnt matter just design to what size material you have or can get locally
Good advice. Thanks for sharing.
But screwed up my formula lol . Dont make much sense that in a small community breeding cage 20x 30 can hold 15 or more comfy , i know i will still be able to hold close to 50 birds in these cages .
Top information once again
thank you so much.
I live in Washington and I am looking into getting quails but I don't know where to purchase them so do you know of any websites where I can get hatchable quail eggs thank you for your time.
Myshirefarm.com if you do go through myshirefarm.com make sure they are NPIP certified (ask for proof - they should get some sort of documentation proving it.) they are not they are not legally allowed to ship across stateit's to make sure the birds are healthy and that they do not have any diseases (that they check for)
@@TranquilSequoia ok thank you that helped a lot
One of my quail died because it was having a seizure and it head went in the water and drowned. Why did this happen? Could it be because it was getting picked on and a a bad bloody head (don't worry I removed it from the main pen to recover) but then died. Or could it be an other reason
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It could definitely be caused by head injury. It is hard to say for sure but that sounds like a reasonable explanation. Sorry to hear about that.
I see you use 1cm (0.2" spprox) wire. Ive been using 1" wire but found a mouse problem as they can fit through the hole. Will get smaller holes in future!
I do find the smaller wire also works better for their feet. Easier for them to walk on.
Can the floor be 1" x 0.5" mesh? Any problems with this?
You are using 1/2 inch hardware cloth for the sides/top, and 1/4 inch for the flooring correct
I use 1/2 inch for all of it. 1/4 inch is a little small and the droppings won't fall through very well.
Good video and very informative. Thanks. Everyone talks about culling the males but no one mentions what you do with the females. I'm assuming you just cull the extras as you see fit ? I'm looking at raising for meat and eggs. Mostly meat.
I do cull my extra females too. Most of the time i replace older females with younger ones. Hope that helps.
What size is your closed in section? I am thinking of starting in spring and raising about 12 quail. Like your videos
it is about half of the width of the hutch. that is a 6 foot by 3 foot hutch so it is about 3 by 3....maybe just slightly less.
Hey man, i just had my first hatching of coturnix quail, but it was really weird. They are completely normal coturnix quail at normal size, but instead of hatching on the 16-18th i had one hatch out the 23d day. The rest hadn't started developing but i think that's because they weren't fertilized. I had the temperature at 38 c the whole time, is there anything that makes them hatch so late?
generally it is a temperature issue. Do you have a separate calibrated thermometer to double check that your incubator thermostat is reading correct?
I am planning on growing out about 400 and breeding about 150 to 200 this spring .
That is a lot of birds. Hope it goes well.
Slightly Rednecked , I am sure it will go fine now that I got my feet wet having quail again . I will run out of freezer room in no time.
what height should I make the cage for grow outs? We seem to be having issues with our babies that are roughly about 2 weeks old trying to fly and injuring themselves(fatally)😓.
Thanks so much
Cheers for this, I been tryin to find out about "how much does a quail eat per day" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (do a search on google ) ? It is a smashing one of a kind guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the headache. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my m8 got great results with it.
Just wonderful, been searching for "culling quail" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? It is a good one of a kind product for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the hard work. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my mate got amazing results with it.
This was great, I been tryin to find out about "caring for quails" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (do a search on google ) ? It is a great exclusive guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the hard work. Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
Since you mix breeders and meat birds together in the same pin, how do you tell your breeders apart from the meat birds once they get around the same size?
That can be tricky. I don't really worry about it too much but most of the time I can tell the younger birds from the older birds. I am sure I make mistakes here and there but it isn't a big deal.
@@Slightlyrednecked thanks! I'm about to build some cages like you have. I have been watching your videos for over a year and just now realized you mix the adults and babies. My current setup doesn't have a sandbox so I'm ready to give it to them!
Seems if you accidentally process a breeder the outcome is actually good because you now have a younger breeder.
Do you have trouble grabbing birds out of the 3ft deep cage? I can easily grab them out of my 2ft deep cage. I can't decide if I want to make my next cage 3ft deep or 30" deep.
I don't have problems with mine but i do have to lean inside the cage to reach the very back.
Great video Chris. For Coturnix that are not yet adults, I notice they seem to want to be very close to each other. I have 25 from my first hatch that are inside a 6 sq ft cage. I thought it would be too crowded, but they tend to stick to one side together even in those close quarters. When they were in a larger brooder, they would run around but spent most of their time together. Any thoughts or observations from your experience? At what age does the space become a real factor?
I have noticed similar things. Really, until they reach sexual maturity they seem to do pretty well and almost prefer to be a little crowded. I would say space becomes an issue at around 8 weeks old (once the males start crowing).
Myshire says 3 birds per sq ft. Wynola cages says 40 for their 2 tier 30" x 24" cages that's 10 for a 2.5 sq ft cage section. I have 8 in each section but they are only 3 weeks old
3 per sq ft is a little crowded in my opinion. It can be done but I personally think that they should have a little more room than that. 8 in a 30" by 24" cage really isn't that bad. It should be fine.
Was Myshire referring to breeder pens or grow out pens?
That's a very 'commertial' approach, but it's not a good quality of life for the birds.
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So , going by that measurement per bird then commercial breeding cages would only be big enough for 2 birds .
it depends on what size the commercial cage is. I think most of them are 24 inches by 24 inches so that would be about 4 square feet and could easily hold 5 birds.
Thats a little over 4 square feet. I would have no problem putting 5 birds in one cage. I hope that helps.
gqf is 20x30 , so is the competitors . Gqf is 3 sections . I put 4 per section for a total of 12 in that space . The other is a community cage . I put 9 females and 2 males .
That means my new winter cages could handle 90 per cage . I loaded them up at 50 per cage
Nice. That is a pretty big cage.
How many quail can I put in a 10 foot x 10 foot bottom
Generally figure about 1 square foot per bird. So you could fit around 100 quail in a cage that size.
How many quail could I put in a 6 foot by 10 foot and that’s in an aviary
You can generally figure about 1 square foot per bird. So that would be about 60 birds. but if it is an aviary and on the ground I wouldn't go that dense because waste will build up fast. I wouldn't put more than about 35 in there.
Whats the ratio of hens and rus of the 25?
great video thums up i got caught a couple weeks ago with out a cage and i could have got like 70 quail very cheap i like this video i want quail just not sure if i want to wait tell spring.
No reason you have to wait until spring but it might be easiest to do that. Definitely have a cage ready to do though. :)
HI, this is Ken in Mexico, everything is great here, but I do have 1 question, I have 4 hens togather, no rooster yet, later, but I have 3 hens that started to attack 1 hen, they picked her pretty bad so I put her in a cage by herself, why would they do this, they have been togather sence birth,
Good question. Sometimes they just pick out a bird for some reason. Can't always tell why. If they are overcrowded in a small cage that can have some effect on it but that isn't really all that likely. I wish I had a better answer but sometimes you just don't know why. It may be just that the bird got some kind of injury and that triggered the aggression from the other birds. That happens pretty regularly too. They see an injury and focus on it for some reason.
I want to keep some as pets and egg layers and I have a medium sized bird cage. Would it work for at least 4? If someone needs an estimation on the measurements of the cage, I can give you that. I just really want to know how many would fit comfortably.
I would probably work just fine. You may need to put a piece of hardware cloth on the bottom depending on how big the spacing is on the floor. I would go with around one bird per square foot so if it is a 4 foot square bird cage (2 by 2) then 4 should fit fine. You could even get away with 6 in that size cage. Hope that helps.
why the raised roof on your quail cage
Mostly just so I can set things on top of the hutch (like the bucket I am using to collect eggs).
About how many do you think I could keep in a 2ft by 4ft wire bottom cage for both eggs and meat?
You can figure about 1 bird per square foot. Your cage would be 8 square feet. You can go a little denser and get away with 10 to 12 pretty easily. I hope that helps.
So I originally had two female brown quails. I got three more quails (1 brown rooster, 1 white rooster, 1 white hen i believe) and at first they got along. But after two months the male brown male seemed more dominant, and started attacking JUST the two white quails, without pestering much the other brown hens. With one of whites having a worser head injury than the other white. Why?
It is hard to say why those birds were singled out. There could be any number of reasons why. As far as why it just started happening, it probably has to do with the days getting longer. As the days get longer the birds start to go into the breeding season. The hens start laying eggs and the roosters start crowing. And along with that comes more aggressive behavior. usually, they will calm down with a little time. I hope that helps.
@@Slightlyrednecked Yeah thanks!!!
I have a aviary about 77 square feet. How many quail could I put in?
The general rule of thumb is about 1 bird per square foot. But for an aviary, the droppings will build up fast so I would go a little less than that. I would think that you could house about 40 to 50 birds in there though.
Does the 1 sq foot per bird apply to jumbos as well?
yes. That is pretty much for all quail.
Hey Quick questions...
One of my females is loosing belly feathers..... I'm really confused cause only she is loosing them and the males aren't.
She is probably molting. It is pretty common and nothing to worry about.
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no problem.
Why did you build the roof 16 inches above the top of your cage?
dany richard the metal roofing can heat up the air just under a roof so with more space it gets more natural air flow or it could be that Chris doesnt want to bang His head on the roof
lol. A combination of things. The main reason is I want somewhere to set things like the egg collecting bucket, extra feeders, etc. I just like to have room up there for whatever reason.
How much room does 6 quails need and do they need to have grass at the bottom?
They need about 1 square foot per bird. They don't need to have access to grass. If you want to keep them on the ground then you will need to make the cage much bigger or move it around frequently. Otherwise the droppings will build up quickly. I hope that helps.
Slightly Rednecked thanks
How do you determine the square footage?
Square footage is calculated by counting side length x side length
How much vertical space is ideal?
You can figure about 1 square foot per bird.
@@Slightlyrednecked Sorry, I was asking about the height of the cage. How tall should it be? I've heard people say they should be only 12 inches high to prevent the birds from flying and injuring themselves. Though I've never heard anyone say that it's actually happened to them, or that they regret providing too much height inside the cage for any reason. Do you have any thoughts about how tall the inside of the cages should be.
@@Slightlyrednecked also curious. i've heard some say 12 inches high and 24 inches high. and if you want to go taller than that, then you have to go 72 inches. any insight? im in the process of building a cage and height is the last thing i need to figure out.
Do you have plans for this cage
I don't have any written plans. I may write some up though, I have been asked about it multiple times.
I feel bad if quail are always walking on wire is there a better way. Other than solid cages and bottom dwelling ones.
AssaultWolfPacker if a solid floor is used the daily mantance would be increased by a lot and increased disease problems and would require more square footage per bird
I can't think of anything else. I mean wire or solid bottom, there isn't much else really. You can do a solid bottom or a ground cage but you just need to give them a lot more room as Walt Lars stated. Hope that helps.
AssaultWolfPacker - I use a PVC coated galvanized steel wire bottom and it works well. Softer on their feet, not as cold, and the poop rolls right off and rarely sticks to the wire. No feet injuries or other issues so far !
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derp. raising quail as pets, have like 10 sq ft for each quail
Nothing wrong with that. You don't need that much space but more space is never a bad thing.
And how is 1 sq ft per quail enough? That’s kinda small if you want to keep them happy
since they don’t have space to run around
They don't need a lot of space. Like i said, nothing wrong with going bigger but they are perfectly happy at 1 square foot per bird.
Pi his quails are not pets like yours are.