Quail farming | Homemade quail cages
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- This video gives you a tour and a breakdown of the features of the my homemade quail cages. They are very functional and very simple. Hope you like it.
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Great quail cage setup and wonderful information about these birds.. Full watching, thankyou so much for sharing. 👍
Love how you did the slant!
I really like this design thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
This cage is a great build, good job Doug
Thanks Day!!!
Wow, what a clever design. I love it. Thanks for sharing your skills.
Thanks... it meets our needs... there are other folks that raise quail for hunting clubs that need flight pens... it would t work for that.
Great video. I am just now getting into raising quail but I do haver chickens. I hooked up the 5 gallon bucket to a garden water line which is on an inline timer that turns on twice daily. I have a water trough float in the bucket so that it fills up just to that level so that I never have to mess with water at all. It is a HUGE time saver. Thanks for sharing this video!
That’s great Richard! Quail are pretty easy to raise. An automatic waterer is a real time saver for aure
JUST TIP THE WHOLE BOX! GENIUS!!!
Thank you!
wow those are nice cages for sure.
It took a while to find your video! Thank you,I love the cages and will try to make some for my birds. Ma 2
thanks Linda!!! sorry it took you so long to find it... but I'm so glad you did!!!
Subscribed! Thanks for the video!
Awesome cage, God Bless
Thanks!!! I really appreciate that!
I like the way they look.
Thanks David! Really appreciate it! I would recommend using 1/4" hardware cloth to keep rodents out. and a flip cover of 1/4" hardware cloth where the eggs roll out. We stopped doing quail to focus on our pigs. If we do get back into them, I'll make those improvements and make a video for sure.
Nice looking set up thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching!!! Really appreciate you!
very nice cages, some thought went into them.
My Slice Of Heaven Outdoors thank you... I’m not into fancy or cute... it’s all about functionality...
I got the perfect quail cage. I have Californian Quail here around my property. They live under my cargo trailer. Former EE engineering type here. I'm working on the best idea for chickens at the moment.
DROP's Family Garden that’s cool... can you gather their eggs?
@@HisWayHomestead never tried. They are like pets but backup food source if SHTF!
Excellent Job!!
Thanks Leonard!!!
Hello from central Oregon! great set up ☺️
Thanks Tonia!!! Really appreciate that!
Great Breeder cage so would like plan for Hubby to use in May. Yes His Way!!
Send an email to hiswayhomestead4u@gmail.com
lovely set up you have there!
Thanks Denise!!! Really appreciate it!
Hi, I just shared your video with Grandma DC's Insanity...She just got quail ....she is going to love your cage...
elizabeth smart thank you
This was the best quail cage I’ve seen that didn’t incorporate the stacked cage system. I like it. I think I will use this.
Thanks so much!!! Yeah, I don’t like messing with poop trays and that’s necessary for stacked cages.
@@HisWayHomestead I’ve sent you an email asking about plans.
@@gregorybuck2306 I got it and replied
Thank you for sharing
thank you for watching!
Note: if the floor wire is cut so the top wires are in the direction you want the eggs to roll...it will help too!
Yes, you are correct. I did a follow up video about that.
Yep, very true.
very smart that you can adjust your layer cage
You can raise it to level if you want to use the cage for grow outs and not egg production. We did that before too.
Dude looking like Ryan Dunn 😨 love the cages
Thanks Jose!
Hi just subscribed to your channel keep up the great work.
Happy Prepper thank you... really appreciate you!!!
Really looks like a great design. You are doing awesome. Keep these videos coming as we can all learn from your designs.
Thank you! Glad you like it and thanks for subscribing!
Beautiful cages, I'll have to Barrow your idea. This is a great idea and takes the work out of collecting eggs. No worries on the birds getting out. You said you had plans? That might be helpful. God bless Shalom
Thanks Robin!
Hello very nice cages and setup. Really enjoy your take On things. One thing i could suggest is no background music. Your voice and narration is good.
Thanks so much for the feedback! The more recent videos, I rarely use background music because of copyright issues.
Great job!
Thank you so much! I did mess up the orientation of the wire floor. Another video shows what was wrong and how it should have been.
@@HisWayHomestead Oh No worries. I built my own cages already. Wish I had your setup & skills at the bench. It's a great video & wonderful way to house your birds.
Nice cages! I've been trying to find a design where there is no inner wood rim for the birds to crap all over. You may want to consider changing the floor hardware to coated as the jumbos are more prone to bumble foot because of there size.
Okay, thanks
Very nice.
Thank you!
Hello! I'm a new sub coming over from "Paige Family Homestead". I'm looking forward to seeing what you are all up to. Thanks for having me.
Great!!! So glad to have you join our journey!!!
Very nice looking forward looking from dhe island Aruba westindis.
Thanks for watching!!! Glad you like it
Your water cups are nice. The ones I use have 3/8 barbed in one side out the other. The cups have a nut and bracket that locks them onto cage wire. The hose is flexible so if it does freeze it never splits. Also I have a spout at base of the water bucket that has the same barbed. So I can shut the water off at the bucket for repairs like yours. Everything is fed with the 3/8” id x 1/2” of hose. It’s so simple. I have my cages hanging from ceiling of chicken coops semi close to ceiling. The chickens never fly up there. They eat the spillage from the quail which isn’t much. I don’t worry about drip trays. All my coops have roofs so that are nice n dry. I don’t have roll out cages. I have sand boxes inside. I put in fresh material a few times a week. The eggs are clean. Most lay in the sand boxes. For roll out cages that really work use wire closet shelving. Plastic coated. The gaps are about 5/8” in the floor. The birds don’t have any problems with it. I still like the sand boxes. The birds use them constantly.
Thanks for sharing your information! Really appreciate it.
I would like the plans for your cages. I like the set up
Thanks, glad you like it. Please send me an email to HisWayHomestead4u@gmail.com
Nice! I just got quail and have a week and a half to make a quail cage!
I have the plans for my cages.
@@HisWayHomestead great! Where can I find them?
Send an email to HisWayHomestead4u@gmail.com
@@HisWayHomestead would love a copy of your brooder plans.
John Davidson send an email to HisWayHomestead4u@gmail.com
Hello Doug, we are thinking of getting some quail in mid 2024 so I’m researching now and your video popped up. Thanks for the info and hope that you and Shelly have a Merry Christmas.
Thanks Tony! I hope the videos help. We have a playlist just for quail. Let me know if you have any questions. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!!
I believe the angle for eggs to roll is 45 degrees. Great cages. Very nice set up.
they would roll very fast... the angle is somewhere between 5 and 10 degrees
Like the top opening doors.
Thanks! It’s easier to access the birds
If you got nut case birds like i do then they would all be gone in days have have had 5 fly out of my first cage i made with top lids since then i have made same design just side opening doors. Even then they still get out. I think i just got jumpy birds.
@jernplays1815 it sounds like it. I don’t think we ever had any jump out. But we barely open the door…. Just enough to do what we have to do.
@@HisWayHomestead yeah i am probably going to start over with new stock i have finally after the winter got 2 birds laying their first eggs but i suspect its the two mellow birds that are laying the rest of the psychos aren’t and don’t think they will due to their keyed up nature.
@@jernplays1815sounds like a plan
Is what you did with the eggs right or wrong, please help me with the right opinion, and thank you
Not sure what you are asking. The wire was installed wrong and I had a follow up video explaining the correct way in order to get the eggs to roll out.
Nice cages! But you never let us know your floor angle! 😉🤣
It’s fully adjustable…. It can be whatever it needs to be…. 🤣😅😂
those are fantastic cages.. love how you did that ..im thinking of getting quails in the future and ill take this into consideration TFS.would you mind if i give your channel a shout out? we need to get you over the magic number.
Thanks!!! I would love for you to do a shoutout!!
Love your quail video. On the watering cups, did you thread them or glued them to the pvc? Are there any leaks on your system?
They are threaded in. No leaks at that joint but there are times when they do leak and there are things you can do to fix it. There is a special video that I did just for the water era and how to fix leaks
I would LOVE the drawings, Doug. This is the best video on the internet, you hear that Mr Algo!?
bon bon I’ll have to get them to where they make sense... I did a down and dirty version for me to build it off of.
@@HisWayHomestead I can read hen scratches. Arch background. hehe
bon bon I haven’t forgotten about you... been really busy... sorry for the delay
bon bon I have the plans completed. Send an email to HisWayHomestead4u@gmail.com and I’ll send it to you.
@@HisWayHomestead can I please get a copy of your plans they are great cages love them you give out good information nice videos.
Nice cages! Do you have any problem with rats coming in through the rollouts? Thanks
We have had problems with rats getting into the feeders. I was going to build a wire cage cover that goes over the feeder and egg roll out area. It would hinge up and out of the way when feeding and collecting eggs
You did over engine. It is a great design.
Thanks Glenn! 😉
These are great! I’ve been contemplating on redoing my cages and putting the door/opening on top vs on the front side. Have you had any issues with the quails trying to jump up and out?
No, just have to be careful opening the door. But usually, if they do jump out, they are easy to catch.
@@HisWayHomestead awesome. Thanks, I’ll give it a try.
You've a few nice features on your cages.
I realise that the plastic is a temporary measure to stop the wind bothering them, but, does the wind make it flap? I have something similar on my chicken coop and it really bothers them.
Thanks... the plastic is staples down pretty good. Doesn’t really flap
Shout out from Leamington Ontario Canada.
Good job. I'm a machinist so we'd work well together. LOL
Great to have you here. Is that the business end of a 1911 in your picture? I wish I had a mill and knew how to use it!
@@HisWayHomestead Yes it is. LOL. That's my other hobby. I compete at a local level and I do my own reloading.
Anything to keep from getting bored.
We would definitely get along!!! I reload as well and put together some “toys”
@@HisWayHomestead The Liberals are trying to take them away. They're talking confiscation.
We're fighting tooth and nail to keep what we have. Unfortunately, though I love Canada, many of my fellow citizens believe the propaganda. We are a nation of sheep, for the most part.
same here in the USA
Awsome video thanks for sharing. If you have any measurements that you could share that would be great. Thanks be sade
Thanks Murray! I have plans available. See the description for the video
We are newbies. We plan on only having 3 females for eggs to start.
We, too, have seen different builds on TH-cam, but I like yours best so far.
My hubby is currently an aircraft parts receiving inspector. Previously, he was an aircraft mechanic. So ours will probably need wings!
Lol…. That’s great! Thanks for liking it. Really appreciate you!
I'm sure you figured it out by now but the reason your eggs are not rolling is you need to rotate the mesh 90' so it can use the wire as rails instead of speed bumps :D
Yep… didn’t notice it when I made it but have another video talking about that. Thanks for pointing it out in case I hadn’t known. I appreciate you!
Nice cages I'm hatching some quail in my environmental science class this year. looking to build a brooder cage wondering if you have plans. I just really like the simplicity of the design. If you don't have plans could tell me what the best height is for the cages. Thanks for video
I do have plans for the breeder cage. The brooder is has the same back on the front. Send me an email to HisWayHomestead4u@gmail.com
Wow 7k views that’s a hit!
Thanks for watching... a lot of folks are wanting to get into quail
Like the design a lot, Doug. Very well built. Great job. May be pirating this when I build more; but if I do, will give you credit, of course! Did you get any drawings made up?
I have detailed drawings
Beautiful except predators can get them with 1” cloth. The only predator proof hardware cloth is 1/4”.
Live Well Long Alexandra Van Horn we have additional fencing to keep predators out... but good point
Just curious, what are all the different predators you deal with? We’ve had issues with dogs and coyotes and 1/4” hardware cloth won’t stop them. We have to use the heavier gauge wire.
His Way Homestead So far I’ve been good (praying it stays that way🙏) but researching before I built my cage the quail groups I’m in said even mice can do a job on quail by chewing off their feet. So anything bigger than 1/4” hardware cloth mice, snakes, rats can get in. Apparently if a mouse can get his head in, the rest will fit too.
Ellen When you go to the larger birds, will your cages need to be higher? Thanks
These are for Coturnix quail and can accommodate full grown birds. Basically 10” of height.
This is more of what i am trying to do. Just wondering how big the kennel surround is?
in this video it was a 10x10 pop up awning. We've since moved it into a 12x20 metal carport with the rabbit cages.
Where do you get those metal feeders on the outside of your cages
You can find them at just about any feed store. Bass Equipment is an online store that has all kinds of equipment. Rabbits need the feeders with the screen in the bottom. Quail need the solid bottom without the screen.
We're having trouble getting the pvc parts you have. Where did you get them and what are all the sizes of pipes and tees. Right now we have leaks going on. Thank you so much.
It’s all 3/4” pvc. The watering cup have special Tees that they screw into. I got the cups and tees from Amazon
I love these cages and since we hope to get into quail next (that is if we can find quail or eggs - didn’t have any luck with either this year) I would love to have drawings to built these. Did you figure out what angle the cages need to be?
I did not figure out the angle, it it’s fully adjustable. Send me an email asking for the plans.
Check out myshire farms they ship eggs
What are your winters like? Do you enclose the car port in winter?
We have some heat lamps, but our winters are pretty mild. The hardest thing is keeping the waterer’s from freezing.
Good design on your cages. If you have drawings I would be interested in them
I have the plans completed. Send an email to HisWayHomestead4u@gmail.com and I’ll send it to you.
What do you do about winter water after you have to shut the water lines down?
We provide the quail watering bottles that you can get at tractor supply. Great question!
I just stumbled onto your cjhannel when I searched for automatic water system. I''m a newbie with 5 day old jumbo wild chicks in the brooder, designing and building my cages currently. Will be binge watching your channel. Question: do you ever have issues with raccoons or snakes using the bigger (1 inch) wire for the cage walls?
Have not had issues with raccoons or snakes but have had issues with rats. Rats get into the feeders and eat their food and scare them. Use smaller hardware wire if you have it.
@@HisWayHomestead thanks for the quick reply! I have vacillated back and forth on what to use. I have every predator possible here in the central PA mountains. I was going to use 1/2 x 1 coated wire for the egg rollout floors, and was not sure about the sides. When it goes outside the top would be covered.
@@billthompson4197 1/2”x1/2” would be better for them to walk on. We stopped raising quail, but if we had continued, I would use 1/2”x1/2” hardware cloth on top of the 1”x1”. And I would put a hinged wire frame to cover the rollout area. Everything would be covered
Do you protected them at all from the cold weather or just the open cages??
Hey Victor, we keep them under a roof and if it’s cold and windy, we’ll put plastic around the sides so the wind isn’t blowing on them
Hi buddy joined your channel great cages do you have a link for those j feeders
Billy Jhcdjuu they are modified rabbit feeder that have a solid bottom as opposed to the screen. We will do a video soon showing how to modify the feeder. www.bassequipment.com/rabbit-feeders
Tyvm
If its outdoor and you have the space for the eggs to roll out. You are not afraid of snakes or rats would get in through there?
We have had some issues with rats getting into the feeders. We stopped doing quail for now, but the plan of we continued would to be a finer mesh wire and a hinged cover that covered the feeder and the place where eggs roll out. Never had many issues with snakes…. Don’t like snakes… 🤪
Maybe just some caps for the feeders?
Yep…. I added a wooden cover for them after the fact…. Thanks so much!
have you done a video on how you pickle eggs?
Yes... click on this link. th-cam.com/video/Kq_PVocTCk8/w-d-xo.html
Do you have "blue prints for these?"
Also do you have any that stack now?
I don’t have any that stack and yes the plans are available. Send an e-mail to hiswayhomestead4u@gmail.com for more information.
@@HisWayHomestead, I just found your channel and watched your cage video. Great design! I am just getting into quail and at the moment my first eggs are in the incubator. Would you be gracious enough to share your cage design? Thank!
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Where did you get your feeders
You can find them at just about any feed store supply place.
Can this wire mesh prevent snakes from entering the cage?
Probably not. It’s 1” square openings on the top and sides.
You could always put smaller opening wire on the outside to prevent snakes. We have problems with bigger predators and needed the heavier wire to help with that
Silly question, but how do you keep the chickens off the tops of the cages? ha ha My chickens are acrobats, it seems.
The chickens are not allowed in that area. We did have that problem. They would get on top of the cages and eat the quail food and we even had crows eat the eggs. We fenced it off and put netting over top
Watch this video... this talks about keeping the chickens off the cage. th-cam.com/video/xkVfUl0tpgU/w-d-xo.html
Where is the sandbox for the Quail?
It’s not an integrated part of the cage.
Hi Doug, Can you sent me the drawing for the quail cages?
Send me an email. You can find our email address on the “About” tab on our channel
If you change the direction of the top wire the eggs will roll very easily
randy elston not sure what you mean, but the eggs roll down pretty well.
Place the top wire of the mesh running in the direction you want the egg to roll. The way you have it in the video the top wire of the mesh is running perpendicular to the direction of how you have the eggs rolling, the wire is acting like little speed bumps and catching the egg at smaller angles.
Micah Theurich oh, okay... thanks for the heads up
@@HisWayHomestead I got on here specifically to comment on the "topwire" as well. It looks like the cage on the left has the wire oriented correctly but the one on the right (one that the eggs dont roll so well) has the top wire running lengthwise with the cage!
Great design, I wanted someone more substantial than the 1x2 design and the 2x2 has it!
You guys are really good. I never payed attention to that. I will in the future. Glad you guys could see it. Thanks for the comments.
Do this species fly like ducks or pigeons?
They can fly.
Keep your birds safe, 2 or 3 days ago news saying of another avian flu ongoing, I don't know what type or variant, you can check update.
@@ajaktangang thanks! We don’t have quail any more but we do have chickens and ducks, but we keep them secure.
Ok. We with chickens and fighting game Rosters, Ducklings, we just started last week. All going well. Feeding them with small live fish from the pond. Keeping alert with avian flu, we don't have them since the first avian flu, but to get access to poultry suppliers, we have to comply to state policy with vaccinations etc.. And we trying to go to Quails which is the first time for us, before restrictions re avian flu and poultry is triggered.
electric fence keeps dog's out
sometimes... our LGD has done a good job since we got her. Thanks David!
Those cup fail. Ck the video on you tube. Glenn
I have a video on how to fix them if you have any trouble. They are easy to work on. Thanks Glenn!
Would've been alot more educational showing how you did it instead of just saying I used this and that, cages are awesome though...
I do have a video showing how I built it. It is in the quail playlist. Thanks for watching!!!
So not nice, the birds "living" on wire. Please take good care of their wellbeïng (and yours).
I appreciate your concern, they are fine.
Wow a perfect example of someone who should NOT own quail 🙄
I’m sure you’re right!
@@HisWayHomestead Im just saying they need WAY more space then that, they need hiding spots and stimulation, they should not be on a wire floor, and they need a dust bath
@@chickensquailandbirds5650 I’m sure you’re right
Hallo, ich habe mir jetzt sehr viele Videos angeguckt von englischsprachigen Wachtelhaltern, und ich kann nicht verstehen, warum die Tiere ständig auf Gitter gehalten werden. Das ist für die Wachteln doch überhaupt nicht schön, es gibt kein Heu, keine Verstecke, kein Sand Bad. Selbst wenn man sie für Fleisch und Eier hält, kann man ihnen doch das Leben ein bisschen schöner machen.
Sorry you don’t approve. It’s one way to keep quail. There are many ways.