I LOVE your channel! Nice to see people acting nice to animals and other people 💙 I use the deep little method for my quail pens. Instead of wire bottoms which can be lethal in the winter if they get water on them and the bird’s s feet get stuck, they stay super cozy and clean by putting a plywood bottom on and about 6” of pine shavings in the bottom. You just change the bedding once a year in the spring and over the year it makes beautiful compost. They love it. I just rake it once a week w a tiny garden hand rake and that’s it! Warm, dry and clean! Keep up the good work. Sending you blessings from 9000 ft in the cold mountains of Colorado 💖
One thing I would do for water pipes is place pipe insulation around it, then what something else around it and ziptie. The bucket could be in insulation and if you want can try a water heater for buckets (saw about external van showers). The poop can be diverted by using 2'-3' metal flashing by attaching to thetop cage at the front bottom and then attaching the back to the top rear of the bottom cage. Place something behind the cage so the poop does not go next door but can fall into a large tote, like a shoot, much cleaner and easier to deal with.
Lol,easy to forget to close a door,we have these locking chain links on latches bc of predators. We have double stacked rabbit hutches, doors in end dont work in run area, too deep to reach in, need side door in middle, will be trying to find better solution. Trial an error, as you know. We do have trays under each cage that slide out my son made, easier to clean and add to compost pile. My suggestion on bottom cage, ground, maybe some hay and a dusting of barn lime. Itll keep smell down and help decompose it. I use that in with chickens. Barn lime tsc sells in 50lb bag for like 5.00... spring in our areas, as you know, is a ways away. Artic blast coming our way next week.. you'll get it before CT. I noticed plywood added to one of your cages....our plastic is working so far, when wind chill got wicked added tarp ontop. Doing well so far thank God! My thinking for next winter, recycled windows and hook and eyes hang on sides, just use plastic when needed on door area, son and husband dont wanna hear it!!
Hi! I have a couple of questions for you. I wonder if you are using supplemental light and if you are getting any eggs now. I am also wondering what you are feeding and what the protein content is. Thanks for sharing your experience, it is lovely to watch!
Thank you for watching! For now, I'm not using supplemental lighting, and as a result I haven't had an egg in over a month now. I feed them the Purina turkey and gamebird starter (30% protein) from TSC
I'm not sure what you done previously but for your outdoor quail watering system, make sure it's dry before it freezes and leave the valve open, hopefully it won't break on you next time
@@NYCoturnix you're welcome man, I watch a few homesteading channels from the U.S and anywhere that it freezes they always say to do this when using those types of systems. I'm lucky enough not to need to worry about that personally so I can't take the credit for that. I'm wondering if when it will freeze if you had some plastic heat pads for gardening and placed some puppy bowls on top of that with some wire over the top to stop the quail falling in would work? Or maybe using say copper pipe with a breather that vents higher than your water source level and using a blowtorch when it does freeze. I have no idea if that would work but if you think it will work you could experiment a bit. When I eventually get quail I plan on making a cage that's between 7 and 8 foot tall and covering the roof with clear plastic for sunlight to get through (2 sides will be covered with fences and the house will block sunlight from the 3rd side. I already have rabbits and I plan on going from cages to a colony setup do I will walk through the colony to the quail. You could have a heavy duty tarpaulin to roll up in the warmer months and roll back down and peg it down in the colder months if you done something similar and you could keep your watering system inside. I plan to use a drum with guttering on the roof going to a downpipe that goes through the wire of the cage and straight into the drum to save on water usage. In your situation I wonder if an element heater would work to never have it freeze. I hope one of the ideas can help you and some of your other viewers 🤞 I've almost got through all of your videos now too. Not many more to watch now
My husband is building new coops for me. I don't like my top hinge design. We're going to a side open hinged design because I have a hard time with the door coming down on my arm while working in the cage.
awesome - I hope that works well for you. I'm doing the opposite for the upcoming season and hinging from the top since I'm so forgetful and the birds like to escape lol
I LOVE your channel! Nice to see people acting nice to animals and other people 💙
I use the deep little method for my quail pens. Instead of wire bottoms which can be lethal in the winter if they get water on them and the bird’s s feet get stuck, they stay super cozy and clean by putting a plywood bottom on and about 6” of pine shavings in the bottom. You just change the bedding once a year in the spring and over the year it makes beautiful compost. They love it. I just rake it once a week w a tiny garden hand rake and that’s it! Warm, dry and clean!
Keep up the good work. Sending you blessings from 9000 ft in the cold mountains of Colorado 💖
Your into was funny. Thanks for making these informative videos.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them!
Love the intro. Got my baby 👶 quail on January 5th, just got my 1st Eggs.
They survived the winter. You did well Kenny.
One thing I would do for water pipes is place pipe insulation around it, then what something else around it and ziptie. The bucket could be in insulation and if you want can try a water heater for buckets (saw about external van showers).
The poop can be diverted by using 2'-3' metal flashing by attaching to thetop cage at the front bottom and then attaching the back to the top rear of the bottom cage. Place something behind the cage so the poop does not go next door but can fall into a large tote, like a shoot, much cleaner and easier to deal with.
See - that sounds like a great idea. And a lot of work. I love it!
Lol,easy to forget to close a door,we have these locking chain links on latches bc of predators. We have double stacked rabbit hutches, doors in end dont work in run area, too deep to reach in, need side door in middle, will be trying to find better solution. Trial an error, as you know. We do have trays under each cage that slide out my son made, easier to clean and add to compost pile.
My suggestion on bottom cage, ground, maybe some hay and a dusting of barn lime. Itll keep smell down and help decompose it. I use that in with chickens. Barn lime tsc sells in 50lb bag for like 5.00... spring in our areas, as you know, is a ways away. Artic blast coming our way next week.. you'll get it before CT. I noticed plywood added to one of your cages....our plastic is working so far, when wind chill got wicked added tarp ontop. Doing well so far thank God!
My thinking for next winter, recycled windows and hook and eyes hang on sides, just use plastic when needed on door area, son and husband dont wanna hear it!!
Could u do an intro on basic setup needs, how could it be done cheaply, how much for feed. Repurposed setup like your chicken play coop?
Hi! I have a couple of questions for you. I wonder if you are using supplemental light and if you are getting any eggs now. I am also wondering what you are feeding and what the protein content is. Thanks for sharing your experience, it is lovely to watch!
Thank you for watching! For now, I'm not using supplemental lighting, and as a result I haven't had an egg in over a month now. I feed them the Purina turkey and gamebird starter (30% protein) from TSC
I'm not sure what you done previously but for your outdoor quail watering system, make sure it's dry before it freezes and leave the valve open, hopefully it won't break on you next time
good idea! thank you!
@@NYCoturnix you're welcome man, I watch a few homesteading channels from the U.S and anywhere that it freezes they always say to do this when using those types of systems. I'm lucky enough not to need to worry about that personally so I can't take the credit for that.
I'm wondering if when it will freeze if you had some plastic heat pads for gardening and placed some puppy bowls on top of that with some wire over the top to stop the quail falling in would work? Or maybe using say copper pipe with a breather that vents higher than your water source level and using a blowtorch when it does freeze. I have no idea if that would work but if you think it will work you could experiment a bit. When I eventually get quail I plan on making a cage that's between 7 and 8 foot tall and covering the roof with clear plastic for sunlight to get through (2 sides will be covered with fences and the house will block sunlight from the 3rd side. I already have rabbits and I plan on going from cages to a colony setup do I will walk through the colony to the quail. You could have a heavy duty tarpaulin to roll up in the warmer months and roll back down and peg it down in the colder months if you done something similar and you could keep your watering system inside. I plan to use a drum with guttering on the roof going to a downpipe that goes through the wire of the cage and straight into the drum to save on water usage. In your situation I wonder if an element heater would work to never have it freeze.
I hope one of the ideas can help you and some of your other viewers 🤞
I've almost got through all of your videos now too. Not many more to watch now
Also even when it's closed but not wired shut they will push against the door and still escape.
very true!
My husband is building new coops for me. I don't like my top hinge design. We're going to a side open hinged design because I have a hard time with the door coming down on my arm while working in the cage.
awesome - I hope that works well for you. I'm doing the opposite for the upcoming season and hinging from the top since I'm so forgetful and the birds like to escape lol