10 minute Quail Hutch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- This Quail hutch is the most versatile hutch you can build!
Materials: closet shelving
(2) 20” x 1/2” x 6ft
(3) 12” x 1” x 6ft
Zip ties
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Why didn't you attach the bottom the other way so that you didn't have to use so much PVC to catch the eggs and the natural fold stopping them?
Thanks for watching Ronald! There’s a support rod that runs lengthwise. It would prevent the eggs from rolling.
@@squarecountyhomestead That was my same question and remembered why just before I read your comment! lol
@@kenjepsen4579 thanks for watching!
This is genius thank you so much for posting. I have a bunch of the hatching time cages as well but i want to get them outside! I have a carport that i can put up and move the birds into. This will hang nicely.
They’re still working great for us. Think I’m gonna do a video on these hutches to show how well they hold up. Thanks for watching!
This just helped convince my wife for one in our backyard. I love the roll out. One thing I would suggest for anyone just putting one outside is to put a rod uou can take out at the bottom of the rollout so nothing steals eggs before you get there .
You won’t regret raising quail!
I have the Hatching Time cages, but need more cages for additional quail and don't want to pay a large amount for additional HT cages. Love this idea over building simple wire screen cages, as the coating of the shelving will be better for the quail's feet. Great idea! Thanks for sharing with everyone.
Thanks for watching Leon! Oddly enough my next video is on HT cages.
Perfect idea. I have two pieces of shelving standing in a corner unused, so I will make me a small cage!
Thanks for watching JP! Sorry I just seen your comment. Hope the build works for you.
Amazing 💡!
I was looking at what I had available at the house and was about to build a hutch with rack. I decided to browse another time for ideas and yours popped up. I have all the parts I need laying around except zip ties and the tighter ribbed shelf. Your video changed my design. I am adding your video to my playlist library of other interesting content. Your straight forward approach is good timely information. Thank You!
Glad we could help! After your build, if you changed anything I’d like to know. I’m always looking for better ways of doing things. Thanks for watching!
Great idea! Thank you for this awesome video.
Thanks for watching Wendy!
This is epic and exactly what I needed!!!🎉
This is ingenious!! Going to go watch your stacking video. Just subbed to you as well. Love anything that's effective, simple, and practical on your wallet.
Thanks for watching and subscribing Happy Homestead!! Everything we build on our channel has been tested before we post it.
Easy enough. Great ideas presented.
Thanks for watching russelfigley! Check out our other quail videos.
Awesome!! So easy and inexpensive. Thank you so much!!!
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for watching Carole!
Great idea. Thank you. Saves me time and money.
Glad to help
Awesome idea!
Thanks for watching Carroll!
Great Idea, thanks
I have to say... You are brilliant.
Thank you, but I’m far from brilliant. Lol. I’m just tired of getting ripped off from hutches that are expensive and just terrible. Thanks for watching Connie!
I had a bunch of 1” shelving that I bought a Habitat for humanity for only $20👀 yup so, I built the cage 80” long and I had some leftover 1/2” hardware cloth. I put inside on the floor then, wrapped the outside as best as possible to help keep rodents n such out but still allowing access. I’ve seen other pictures where a rat chewed through some hardware cloth but have never experienced that myself. Thanks for the great videos
Thanks for watching!
Oh, that’s an “atta boy” job, for sure! Simple & fast to create and hey, THAT is a very each cage to clean die to plastic coating 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for watching Joan! We have yet to clean our cage….still looks brand new!
Nice, Can't wait to watch the rest of the build. Thanks
Thanks for watching! You can also watch our video on the review of the hatching time cage system.
@@squarecountyhomestead Will do! I found your build playlist. I'm going to watch those and go forward.
I am curious to know how you care for them during the winter, do you have a video or two on that topic? ty
Winters in Mississippi are mild so we really don’t do anything different.
Great idea! Nice cage...
May I suggest that you buy UV black ties for outdoor applications, some are just colored black but sunlight will make them brittle quickly.
Thanks for watching Bob! Yes you are absolutely correct.
HELL YEAH BOUT TO MAKE ONE THiS WEEKEND‼️
Thanks for watching James! You won’t be disappointed with this system!
Great Idea, easy build
Thanks for watching Poolsidedreamer!
What a great idea.
Thank you! It works great for us.
I am nearing retirement. Before finding my ideal place have been planning for ways to b more independent. Started with backyard chickens in our HOA community😬. Then onto rabbits and now learning about quail. U made this look so much easier than I anticipated. Just subbed. Thanks very much.
If u like chickens, then you’ll love quail! Thank you for watching and supporting us KellyJames!
Thanks looking forward to your next video
Thanks for watching Jim! Check out our different playlist. We try to upload a new video each Saturday.
@@squarecountyhomestead will do
Thanks so much. Very helpful.
Your welcome. Thanks for watching Pablo!
Awesome!🇨🇦
Thanks for watching Richard!!
FAST AND ECONOMICAL quail or fowl cage. ALSO Great for chick brooder of any kind. GOOD JOB.
Thank you and thanks for watching froggymountain!
Great video. Thanks for the idea ;)
Thank you Ken. It works very well for us.
Pretty cool, I cant have the egg tray because of rat snakes. I'm going to try one. I'll use wire where you used ties. Thanks a lot!
Thanks so much for the great video. I’m almost finished with mine. Ours wasn’t as cut and dried because I bought shelving off of marketplace not realizing that it comes in all widths and lengths. We had to work at it a little harder but it looks amazing.
Glad we could help. Hey as long as you’re happy with it and it works for your needs. Thanks for watching!
Very nice and I have some of this shelving already. This would be a great project. I happened to shoot a quail this morning and it was very tasty. So now I can hang this from my chicken coop rafters and eat the boys and pickle some eggs too.
Thanks for watching!
@@squarecountyhomestead always looking for someone that knows what there doing 👍
Awesome, thank you
Your welcome and thanks for watching!
Great job......... I love fabrication
Thanks for watching Steven! It’s so simple, it’s almost too good to be true! But hands down it’s been the best system we have ever used.
Thank you
Thanks for watching Hue Watson! You’re welcome.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank You❤❤❤❤❤!!!!! Awesome
You are so welcome!
I have used this design for a couple months now. Problem 1 quail still end up falling on the bottom as the legs drop through. The second issue is the quail seem more disturbed by opening the hutch. I actually designed a pin to keep the hutch doors secure then predators managed to kill 7 more quail. The doors were just as easy to push in as pull out. I used two bungee to span from ends to center door allowing them to open when the pin is removed but prevent the doors being pushed. I have managed to keep the rest of the quail but they still drop through the bottom rack entirely too much. I fear more quail being hurt by this design. Everything works well except the floor design.
Great idea thanks for sharing 🙏🫡
Thanks for watching sportsman!
Preditory proof? We just lost all but one set of breeders to something big. Not sure what, but our cages were totally distroyed, and the Quail strewened all over the yard. If whatever it was, it just ran through like a mack truck. Didn't eat any of the birds. I'm still feeling like a bad bird mom. We heard nothing and they were inside the garage.
Thanks for watching Diana! Sorry to hear about your quail. Sounds to me that maybe a dog caused the mayhem. Honestly I can’t say these hutches are predator proof, because I haven’t tested them in the open.
Yeah that’s what I’m looking for.. sumn predator proof
@@InheritedPowerG8 thanks for watching! Go check out Slightly Rednecked on TH-cam. He has an outdoor cage system that seems to be predator proof.
Great job!
Thank you outings!
just had me my first quail egg it was good.
Awesome! We love em!
Thank You I was wondering if it was possible for a egg rollout with these, but I would have messed up putting the bottom on the cage to be honest.
Thanks for watching Mandi!! Yea u have to flip the floor with lip down, because of the support wire that runs longways would stop the eggs from rolling.
You might want to replace the zip ties with some hog clamps. Zip ties fail after a period of time. Great job on the cage build!
Thanks for watching Karen! Yea after 10 years they could possibly fail. Our rabbit hutches are built the same way. So we’re on year 5 with same zip ties. But clamps are definitely another option.
@@squarecountyhomestead People would be AMAZED how long a zip tie will last out of the sun.. ;)
Very good video! Subscribed! I'm wanting to make these but have only been able to find shelving with 5/8" spacing instead of 1/2". Too wide, or do you think it would work?
Thanks for watching CoolBreeze! Yea I think 5/8 would be a little too big.
how old do the quail have to be to go into a hutch like this? can they go from the brooder to this? good job
Thanks for watching Gerald! We usually move quail from brooder directly to hutch at around 4 weeks old for Coturnix.
How would you add a tray for droppings to this? Love this idea! I am not handy and this is something I could do. Thank you!
Thanks for watching Gina! Great question! I’m gonna have another video on that. We upload a new video every Saturday. But u can put anything underneath to catch the poop.
Two automotive drip trays
Thanks for watching Ray! You let the cat out of the bag! 😆. So I mentioned you in our latest video.
Great idea I’m definitely stealing it or at the very least a big part of it
Thanks for watching! Steal away! That’s why we have our channel in hopes of helping others with ideas.
Oh this is great! I can't wait for your next videos on how to stack and make the trays. Let me ask you, if I had it on shelves and wanted to go from grow out cage to the egg roll out is that possible if it is sitting on the base?
Dawn, would it be backed against a wall?
@@squarecountyhomestead We are going to try it on the enclosed porch so it would be up against the brick wall of the house, but I think we will probably have to move it into the yard due to the dust they would make in the screen porch.
I think you could just add a spacer (wood block) between end caps and cage floor on front side. Then add thicker spacer just under floor on wall side. This would give the floor an angle.
@@squarecountyhomestead Good idea, thank you!
I'm trying to get into quail. how many quails would this be able to fit comfortably?
Thanks for watching Monica! I can easily house 30 grown quail comfortably.
Every one I hear that the 1/2 x 1” wire is best. How do your quail do on this wire. I like your cage minus the roll out because I’ve had snakes get in a cage one time and ate my babies I had pigeons at the time so I don’t want to leave any unnecessary gaps. I know a roll out would be better but I’m concerned about snakes getting in. Anyway thanks for video I think this is the way I’m going to go. One more question do you stack them
Thanks for watching Wild Rose Ranch! Yes our quail do excellent on this system. Yes we stack them. Click on our quail playlist and there’s a whole series on these cages.
How did you like the Hatching Time cages? I've had issues assembling mine. Just don't fit like they're supposed to 😞
Thanks for watching MaryAnne! Honestly I despise the Hatching Time cages! I can be honest because I’m not part of the big TH-cam channels. And we’re not sponsored by anyone. I’m wanting to do a comparison video soon. Those hatching time cages are hard to keep clean, u can’t see your quail, feeders allow a lot of waste etc.
@@squarecountyhomestead Thank you gor your reply. I thought I was the only one having issues with it. I look forward to your video. BTW, just found your channel and loved it. I subscribed last night and will be going through your videos to learn all I can. Blessings to you & your family 🕊
Thanks so much for subscribing. Hope our videos help!
I haven’t raised quail but am about to start. I have room in my chicken coop for a quail cage. My question is, would the droppings from the quail be detrimental to the chickens?
Thanks for watching Amy Reed! No the droppings wouldn’t hurt, but quail poop ALOT! Watch our quail playlist and we show how to build poop catchers, feeders and waterers.
Having trouble finding the 1/2” width for the bottoms. Where did you get yours from?
We just bought from Home Depot and Lowe’s. It may be actually called 5/8” but the spacing is 1/2”. Thanks for watching Shane!
At how many weeks old can the quail comfortably navigate the wire in these cages?
Thanks for watching Tony! Usually around 4 weeks old. Just depends on the size of the birds.
@@squarecountyhomestead Thanks for the quick reply! My first brood is at 2.5 weeks old now. I've got your cages set up and ready for tenants. Love the design.
I too can only find the 5/8" instead of the 1/2" for the top and floor. Do you think it would work to put a layer of hardware cloth inside the cage on the bottom until the get fully grown and their feet are bigger?
Great question Kimberly! I think the stores now call it 5/8” but the gap is 1/2”. But yes you could definitely add some smaller hardware cloth. But I would recommend a coated or even the plastic style. Thanks for watching!
@Square County Homestead super excited! I got a ton of shelving on marketplace last week, and I hit up harbor freight for zipties yesterday. I'm ready to get building! Instead of hanging mine from the wall/ceiling, I am going to hang them in a shelving unit with clips and use the shelves to hold the poop trays.
That’s awesome! We tell people all the time that our videos are for a guide. Make them your own way and whichever way works best for you.
Home Depot and Lowes only has 5/8 spacing and the birds fell through mine. Where do you find 1/2 spacing shelving?
Thanks for watching! Yea 5/8” is too big of gap for flooring. I actually got the 1/2” at Lowes.
@@squarecountyhomestead I ending up using hardware cloth for the bottom and the rest is how you made it
Thanks for watching! Just keep an eye on their feet if it’s non coated wire.
What did ypu use to vut the doors?
Saw or bolt cutters.
What store do i buy the shelving material?
We got ours from Lowe’s and Home Depot. Most hardware stores carry it also. Thanks for watching Gloria!
Why don't you put the roll out shelf with the lip facing up to prevent the eggs from rolling out instead of using the pvc pipe?
Thanks for watching bc1425! There’s a support bar that runs the length of shelf. It would more than likely stop the eggs from rolling. That’s why we had to flip it over the way we did.
Is the bottom piece wider? Than the top?
Thanks for watching Mandy! No. Both top and bottom are identical. But you could use a wider bottom if you prefer.
@@squarecountyhomestead how does the bottom extend longer is a more specific question
Easiest explanation is watch the beginning of video again and notice the lip of back wall.
@@squarecountyhomestead thank u
@@mandydorpinghaus252 you’re very welcome. Hope our video helps.
Instead of the egg rail to stop eggs, couldn’t you have just turned the bottom piece with the lip up to catch the eggs.
Thanks for watching wildrose! No there is a support bar that runs the entire length. This would prevent the eggs from rolling.
Why not just flip the bottom over? Then you will already have the rollout bumper without using the pvc.
Thanks for watching Leilani K!! There is a raised support bar that runs the length of panel. If u turn it up the eggs would more than likely hang up on that bar instead of rolling down.
@@squarecountyhomestead - I was just going to ask the same question so thanks for the response. Love the honest, practical, common sense videos. You got a like and subscribe from me. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for watching and subscribing Shane!
also we can't all be pros in 10 amigo🙃
Anyone can build that in 10 mins! I can actually build it in bout 6-7 mins. Lol
@@squarecountyhomestead for real, I just built a 3-foot one and I'm going to knock out a couple more this weekend. I have a feeling I'm going to end up with a collection of pieces of shelving to use like legos to build or modify cages as needs change, kinda like the pieces of half inch PVC that I use when I need a new grow light stand.
@@joshspunkrockgarden9914 yea that’s the good part is that u can just keep adding and stacking as needed.
@@squarecountyhomestead and also it will break down flat if you need to. You could raise meat birds part of the year until the freezer is full and then just flatten out the cages until you need them again.
@@joshspunkrockgarden9914 EXCELLENT IDEA!! I didn’t think of that.
That does not look comfortable for their feet
Thanks for watching Goshen! The shelving is coated steel. We haven’t had any issues.
@@squarecountyhomestead ok thank you so much for responding. I really appreciate that. Ok, I’m going to try it then.
Another good video .. I would like to contact you if you can share your email
Squarecountyhomestead@gmail.com