Man I am really thinking about getting some quail. "Covert quiet quail" ... Our new neighbors already ratted us out to the HOA and had to get rid of our chickens that we have had for 3 years. Pretty sad when someone can't listen to a chicken in the morning, but I have to listen to their Chihuahua all day. God bless em
I used to breed quails. I kept 64 quails in one huge cage ( 60 females and 4 males ) we had 99% fertility. I found out if you raise the temperature by 2 degrees during incubation you will get more females than males. I always ended up with 85-90 females out of 100 eggs.
Kinda hard to believe? I tried to keep I male with 10 females! My hatch rate took big hit ?,so I put 2 males, as an experiment? Not good til I had 3male per 10 females then I had 97 % fertility rate ? Maybe y’all were given them 4 That purple pill
Don't know if this will work but if you cut some pvc pipe to fit over the 2x2 supports you can remove the pvc pipe and wash it so you don't have to keep changing out 2x2's.
I appreciate the calm simplicity of your presentations! I want to start a "mini" homestead soon & your videos have given me some know how & confidence! Thank you sir, & God bless.
Great little cage. Will you rotate out your breeders? How long would you keep a breeder before processing? Suggestions on your supports... 1. Install at 45 degrees so poo can be scraped off easily from underneath 2. Use pipe or even rebar instead of timber - set into a notch in the bottom frame. Can easily be turned for cleaning/scraping (pipe could be suspended on a screw in each end) It's so easy being an armchair expert! Good to see you had the scales there so you did not exceed your 10lb limit! - Just be careful and no 'twist and lift"
I haven’t watched all the way through yet - I can say with my limited and new experience - they are worth it - we haven’t harvested one yet but in the past 6 weeks I have hatched out 38 quail. And still have plenty of eggs. I started with 6 females and 1 male, and a $50 incubator 8 weeks ago. My hatch rate is about 85%. They are such sweet easy to care for birds. I am looking forward to harvesting some soon. Love your videos!!!!
I love to see you let out the chickens and hear that rooster crow . Makes me homesick for the farm i grew up on . As I've said before i love watching you kids on your homestead . You are very special people and i have grown to love you all . I'm old enough to call you kids . Take care and God bless . Love from Indiana .
Fix a cable to the top of the small door to let the big chickens out into their yard and run it up and around with eyehooks and pull the cable to open the door. My husband fixed me up and I love it. Like a gueetine.
I am diggin' your nerdy poultry math...It is so helpful and proves how easily a family can make it and PROSPER with just some planning and determination...Yall inspire me daily...Love and Light
I love my Coturnix quail. They are so much calmer, easier and faster to raise than bobwhite quail, which are the more popular quail to raise here in my part of Georgia. I had a hard time finding someone local with quail eggs for sale, but when I did, I was ecstatic. We have yet to finish our grow out pens, but that will be happening very soon, since I have quail eggs in the incubator now! We currently have 15 breeders, but I'm hoping to bump that up a bit with this hatch out, since there are a total of 10 people in our household. I'd love to have quail once a week... I guess I should do some nerdy quail math myself to figure out just how many breeders I'll need to make that happen! 😊
Love me some nerdy math for any homestead animal 😂 I had a hell of a time keeping the 1/2x1/2 floor clean with my quail. I had an easier time with rabbit cage flooring and the heavier gauge is easier on their feet. I’m going to try raising them in a pen with shavings and see how I like that.
So right about the greenhouse for a workshop in winter I use mine for that all the time. I think it would be cool to build one right on to my back door a heated yard and put in a heated swimming pool in. Dream on. Good vid, good luck with the quail and God bless
Hi! It's me again. One does not need a log fire and cast iron pan to cook in the outdoors. You need to take an empty coffee can, and light a candle under it. Of course, poke holes for ventilation and cook right onto the top of the can. If necessary, you can use cleaned sticks as your cooking tools. Also, catch and eat snakes. They taste like chicken. As always, Chris Bitonti
Good Morning from Cajun Country!! That was great, Kevin, my husband said that the cage was amazing. Glad to see your doing well,, and are up and about doing chores! oxoxoxoxo
Hello Kevin Dayne, I am wondering will the Quails ever go on the ground at all. Nice to see you slowly getting back into things, Take it easy little at a time, and before you no it, your there, Say hi to your family for me, Hope you all be happy and SAFE. Dayne :-) :-)
Another great video!! I am so impressed with this channel, your content is always entertaining and informative. Very proud to have one of the very best homestead and self sufficiency channels as a neighbor. When we head to the beautiful Ozarks full time in the future, planning, prepping and homesteading will be so much easier with your family leading the way via the Living Traditions Homestead Channel library. Thanks for all you do and keep up the great work. God bless and hope to see you round Bryant Creek!!
Do you ever make a bad video....lol. love the Nerdy Math Lesson. Happy to see you up and around....dont push yourself. See you on the flip side! She 🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇
We actually put out "nerdy sheep math" today as a play on words for your nerdy chicken math(gave yall credit in the video). Didnt know yall were putting out nerdy quail math today! -Andrea
You could use plumber pipe in the middle if you want or use a plastic items to cover the wood. Like me I have spring water jugs and could cut some parts off it and have it cover the wood. When I get some birds was thinking of build all with plumber plastic . Great job on the cage.
Once you start to feed out the quail, would be nice to do a feed study like you did on the chickens. Would be interesting to see what that 6 quail meal costs.
Yeah I was thinking about that too. I don't believe they eat much, and can supplement a lot on garden/kitchen scraps like chickens. I'm assuming it's more economical to grow out quail, but I'd love to see the nerdy math on it too.
Agreed. I do know pound for pound quail have a higher meat to feed ratio than chickens. There are tricks to keep the waste to a minimum though cause they can be wasteful little buggers!
They are messy eaters, but I figured mine, which where 14 onz to 1lb live weight ate about an onz of feed per day each. I fed 20% game bird feed that I bought in 50lb bags. that works out to .025 cents per onz, or 1.42 per eight weeks. But you may want to hedge that by 20%. My average wight bird was 15 onz live weight. or about 10 onz dressed which works out to 14 cents an onz. unless you bumped the feed up 20% then its 17 cents. I added a extra onz in for the feed momma used on egg day. YMMV this was my experience and smaller birds may eat just as much and larger bird may eat more, but they really dont come larger than 16 onz. Courtunix that is.
I earnest love watching you and your family. You can feel the love you have for your animals and the way you care for the plants. I am very inspired , PLEASE KEEP GOING. I will have a series of quail questions soon. Thanks
Our homestead is about a year and a half behind you guys. You have been so helpful. It’s like a learning process by elimination. We find what works and what doesn’t. We are about to get quail and pheasants. Thank you so much for posting all the helpful hints and ideas.
I've been raising coturnix quail for years both to eat and sell. they are the easiest of all poultry to raise and take up very little space and they taste good. I reckon they are a must for small scale homesteaders.
Very nice cage! I and my husband build cages and raise quail chickens turkeys and goats and variety or plants. Tip on the cage floor. Instead of having to change the wire several times u can use 1 x 1/2 for the floor it's more stable and lasts longer.
Suggestion put foil around the cross supports that will protect them from rotting. Another suggestion is with a big cage like that is to build it with a slit across the top so you can slide a thin divider. That way when your ready to catch the birds you aren't chasing them from one end to the other.
Love this idea! And smart thinking using 4x4s and cutting into 2x2s. I bet that costed less! Love this video Kevin! Gave me an idea how to do my rabbit cages! Thank-you!!
Love your videos! Had a suggestion so you don't have to replace center support slip a piece of thin plastic, linoleum scrap or thin tin something like that in between your screen and 2 x 2 then you could just pull it rinse or replace it instead of replacing supports. Thank you for all do!
Far faster cleanup, consider getting PVC pipe cutting a slat wide enough to allow you to slip squeeze it on and rotate over the slats makes cleanup simpler and no need to replace the wood.
you can reuse those cross pieces; keep one extra set; replace them and take the dirty set, hit them with a wire brush; soap and water and let them sit in the sun for a week;
If you make a panel that fits inside the cage you can use it to make the pin shorter inside as when the birds are first put in and when you go to ketch them.
Something you could try for when you need to swap out the floor cross-pieces is a tube or pipe instead. Then you can just clean them as you do the wire... Your nerdy farm math is always fun, and it helps me apply a more rational approach to my 'Ooh, shiny!' reaction to everything homesteading. (Much needed, since I have big dreams and relatively small space.) :) ETA: And I see I'm not the only one with the pipe idea. *laughs*
Awesome video, as usual. This is exactly how we built our rabbit hutches, just a little more heavy duty. We have been discussing adding quail to the homestead so I was happy to see your nerdy math. We are a family of 6 with growing boys so I'm sure we would need 8 quail per meal. so. much. food.
Have you considered putting in a divider to make two 4 foot cages? It would make catching them easier since they would stay within arms reach, and give you the option to have a staggered grow out if the hatch was smaller.
Nice construction technique! As for letting them out...my idea is- I would take the whole setup outside, and sloooowwwwly turn it over so the top is down. that way, they can eat grass & bugs for a day, maybe 1x a week, & be protected. Move the cage around to different locations, maybe even the garden, so bigger animals, like a cat or dog, won't freak them out; they look kind of nervous. Worth a try? It's just a thought.
Between the pigs, deer, chicken, rabbits, qual and soon turkey. You'll NEVER have meat shortage! You'll have to get a walk in freezer! Wouldn't that be nice!!
Hey man great job! just an idea but you could bend some metal flashing over those center supports to protect the pine 2x2's from soaking up litter over time.
Been watching youze twoze for years, never saw this video and needed it! Thanks for what you do. I have my cages built, need to copy this one for growouts, my next project! Thanks, Kevin!
I love quail. I also pickled their eggs. A neighbor's dog tore into my Quail pen and killed all 76 quail. I think I might try again since those people have moved.
I have had rabbits and chickens in 1/2" x 1/2" hardware screen and I still had to remove a couple a bull snakes from inside the cages. I was amazed how small they can "shrink" themselves down to. good luck.
Shondia Evans , I don’t just cook them . I also make jerky , salami , hunters sausage , Italian sausage , hamburger and more. I would say one of my favorites is teriyaki quail and rice .
I find that quail poo a lot and often along the edges. Having the 2x2 along the bottom under the wire might not be the best. I use suspended wire rabbit type cages one foot high with 1/2 inch hardware cloth on the bottom. I brace that with those 1/4 inch round orange fiberglass driveway marker rods cut to width and zip tied to the bottom. Takes the bounce out and floor flat and the poo doesn't accumulate on that. I'm up in B.C. so we don't have snakes so I can use 1x1 wire for sides and top.
Quails are great to eat. I eat my roosters and use my hens for eggs. The eggs are very good for your health. Since i eat the quail egg i solved my eczema problems.A lot of people like to buy eggs. I ship my brooding eggs all thru Europe. Greetings from the Netherlands.
I love your videos. I have wanted to do this along time. I still have to convince the hubby so I will show him your videos to see how hassle free I can be. Thank you. Keep making them please.
Another great video you guys! I look forward to your videos! The quail seem easy to raise, and it’s awesome they provide two sources of food. I think your family plans these things out really well. I’m impressed! God bless!!!
Good morning Kevin, nerdy math! My grandfather always said " if you don't how to farm math, you'll never provide for your family". Great video! Have a great day. 🇨🇦
Wow Kevin, you have inspired so many other homesteads with your nerdy chicken math, that I’m seeing others do their own nerdy math. VW family life has nerdy sheep math You have nerdy quail math. Such inspiration. TFS
A lot of binge'n going on out here! l went from ''these guys are pretty good'' to ''OMG how many videos are out there'' ...to waiting at the computer every morning for another visit from these two dear people....and this is true of my sister & my daughter & a niece.
you could essentially double that schedule. Put a new batch in the incubator 10-11 days after the previous hatch was moved to the brooder. when you get the 2nd group hatched out, move the first to the growout cage (4 weeks). 10-11 days later start another batch in the incubator. when they hatch, butcher the 1st batch in the growout cage (8 weeks), move the 2nd hatch from brooder to growout, and 3rd hatch to the brooder, etc etc etc. that all being said, you get what meat you want with your schedule, just saying it could be done "better'' if needed.
I made one just like this for rabbits a few years ago. (Taller cage section of course) they loved it! I hope to get started in quail this year. Great video!
Man I am really thinking about getting some quail. "Covert quiet quail" ... Our new neighbors already ratted us out to the HOA and had to get rid of our chickens that we have had for 3 years. Pretty sad when someone can't listen to a chicken in the morning, but I have to listen to their Chihuahua all day. God bless em
Quails do make noise just not as much as guineas.
Ugh. Some people just suck!!
T Green- Guineas make more noise than any bird, besides a goose!
You should attract some wild Hawks there is nothing they can do about a wild bird. Then your Chihuahua problem will be solved!
Googles Hawk Feeder, @@mattbenson2497
Quail math starts at 11:53.
Bless you for this
Pretty underwhelming math.
Thanks Zedshot
Dang lol wish I saw this first
Thank you
I used to breed quails. I kept 64 quails in one huge cage ( 60 females and 4 males ) we had 99% fertility. I found out if you raise the temperature by 2 degrees during incubation you will get more females than males. I always ended up with 85-90 females out of 100 eggs.
Don't give wrong info. Temperature doesn't change the sex
The experts suggest 4:1 or 5:1. 99% fertility is not possible over 15:1 ratio
This is very interesting. Thank you for the tip.
Kinda hard to believe? I tried to keep I male with 10 females! My hatch rate took big hit ?,so I put 2 males, as an experiment? Not good til I had 3male per 10 females then I had 97 % fertility rate ? Maybe y’all were given them 4 That purple pill
Its okay to put 2 doors on your quail coop. But if you put 4 doors on it, It becomes a quail sedan....
LOL... good one...lol.
😂😂
with wood panels on the side, it can become a station wagon!
😂🤣
😂😂
Don't know if this will work but if you cut some pvc pipe to fit over the 2x2 supports you can remove the pvc pipe and wash it so you don't have to keep changing out 2x2's.
I appreciate the calm simplicity of your presentations!
I want to start a "mini" homestead soon & your videos have given me some know how & confidence!
Thank you sir, & God bless.
I talked my husband into quail 🥰😍. I am now watching everyone of your quail videos 😁. Thanks Kevin and Sarah for everything you all do! God bless 💕
Great little cage. Will you rotate out your breeders? How long would you keep a breeder before processing?
Suggestions on your supports...
1. Install at 45 degrees so poo can be scraped off easily from underneath
2. Use pipe or even rebar instead of timber - set into a notch in the bottom frame. Can easily be turned for cleaning/scraping (pipe could be suspended on a screw in each end)
It's so easy being an armchair expert!
Good to see you had the scales there so you did not exceed your 10lb limit! - Just be careful and no 'twist and lift"
I haven’t watched all the way through yet - I can say with my limited and new experience - they are worth it - we haven’t harvested one yet but in the past 6 weeks I have hatched out 38 quail. And still have plenty of eggs. I started with 6 females and 1 male, and a $50 incubator 8 weeks ago. My hatch rate is about 85%.
They are such sweet easy to care for birds. I am looking forward to harvesting some soon. Love your videos!!!!
Living with Kim That’s a great hatch rate! Good luck with your quail endeavors!
Thanks for sharing and love to hear you are raising your own meat.
Good Luck with your first
processing!
I love to see you let out the chickens and hear that rooster crow . Makes me homesick for the farm i grew up on . As I've said before i love watching you kids on your homestead . You are very special people and i have grown to love you all . I'm old enough to call you kids . Take care and God bless . Love from Indiana .
Fix a cable to the top of the small door to let the big chickens out into their yard and run it up and around with eyehooks and pull the cable to open the door. My husband fixed me up and I love it. Like a gueetine.
I am diggin' your nerdy poultry math...It is so helpful and proves how easily a family can make it and PROSPER with just some planning and determination...Yall inspire me daily...Love and Light
I love my Coturnix quail. They are so much calmer, easier and faster to raise than bobwhite quail, which are the more popular quail to raise here in my part of Georgia. I had a hard time finding someone local with quail eggs for sale, but when I did, I was ecstatic. We have yet to finish our grow out pens, but that will be happening very soon, since I have quail eggs in the incubator now! We currently have 15 breeders, but I'm hoping to bump that up a bit with this hatch out, since there are a total of 10 people in our household. I'd love to have quail once a week... I guess I should do some nerdy quail math myself to figure out just how many breeders I'll need to make that happen! 😊
Love me some nerdy math for any homestead animal 😂
I had a hell of a time keeping the 1/2x1/2 floor clean with my quail. I had an easier time with rabbit cage flooring and the heavier gauge is easier on their feet. I’m going to try raising them in a pen with shavings and see how I like that.
You're an awesome builder my friend. I sat and watched that entire coop build. Amazing job in my opinion
It is go good to see you out and about. I know that you are glad also. This is a very good video. Thank you, as always. Love you guys.
Thank you...glad you made this video my friend.....I always enjoyed your channel from way back....
#1 handyman in Missouri who is great with #'s :D very admirable.
So right about the greenhouse for a workshop in winter I use mine for that all the time. I think it would be cool to build one right on to my back door a heated yard and put in a heated swimming pool in. Dream on. Good vid, good luck with the quail and God bless
Hi! It's me again. One does not need a log fire and cast iron pan to cook in the outdoors. You need to take an empty coffee can, and light a candle under it. Of course, poke holes for ventilation and cook right onto the top of the can. If necessary, you can use cleaned sticks as your cooking tools. Also, catch and eat snakes. They taste like chicken. As always, Chris Bitonti
Love your new cage you built, I may just try to replicate yours because it's the nicest I've seen so far!
We are liking the quail info. More videos and more information please:) A playlist would also be cool.
Good Morning from Cajun Country!! That was great, Kevin, my husband said that the cage was amazing. Glad to see your doing well,, and are up and about doing chores! oxoxoxoxo
Back to building! Good for you! Best wishes for continued recovery and re-strengthening.
Love the nerdy math! God bless your family.
I like the way your rooster announced his arrival! Too great!!
Hello Kevin Dayne, I am wondering will the Quails ever go on the ground at all. Nice to see you slowly getting back into things, Take it easy little at a time, and before you no it, your there, Say hi to your family for me, Hope you all be happy and SAFE. Dayne :-) :-)
Another great video!! I am so impressed with this channel, your content is always entertaining and informative. Very proud to have one of the very best homestead and self sufficiency channels as a neighbor. When we head to the beautiful Ozarks full time in the future, planning, prepping and homesteading will be so much easier with your family leading the way via the Living Traditions Homestead Channel library. Thanks for all you do and keep up the great work.
God bless and hope to see you round Bryant Creek!!
Kevin, you do such nice work on everything you build. Glad to see you're able to work again. May God bless!
Do you ever make a bad video....lol. love the Nerdy Math Lesson. Happy to see you up and around....dont push yourself. See you on the flip side! She 🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇🐾🐇
Great tutorial. Thanks, it's nice to see that you're pretty much back to normal Kevin God bless and keep you all
Quail are good eats .... take care Kevin and family.
I like your quail cage you make building one of those look easy
Kevin, I love how you just get it done! Nerdy math! Thanks
We actually put out "nerdy sheep math" today as a play on words for your nerdy chicken math(gave yall credit in the video). Didnt know yall were putting out nerdy quail math today! -Andrea
VW Family Farm Link, please.
enjoying your channel and as a homesteader at the same level, it is nice to see you are keeping things real and simple. Cheers!
You could use plumber pipe in the middle if you want or use a plastic items to cover the wood. Like me I have spring water jugs and could cut some parts off it and have it cover the wood. When I get some birds was thinking of build all with plumber plastic . Great job on the cage.
Once you start to feed out the quail, would be nice to do a feed study like you did on the chickens.
Would be interesting to see what that 6 quail meal costs.
I'll second this request.
Yeah I was thinking about that too. I don't believe they eat much, and can supplement a lot on garden/kitchen scraps like chickens. I'm assuming it's more economical to grow out quail, but I'd love to see the nerdy math on it too.
Agreed
Agreed. I do know pound for pound quail have a higher meat to feed ratio than chickens. There are tricks to keep the waste to a minimum though cause they can be wasteful little buggers!
They are messy eaters, but I figured mine, which where 14 onz to 1lb live weight ate about an onz of feed per day each. I fed 20% game bird feed that I bought in 50lb bags. that works out to .025 cents per onz, or 1.42 per eight weeks. But you may want to hedge that by 20%.
My average wight bird was 15 onz live weight. or about 10 onz dressed which works out to 14 cents an onz. unless you bumped the feed up 20% then its 17 cents. I added a extra onz in for the feed momma used on egg day. YMMV this was my experience and smaller birds may eat just as much and larger bird may eat more, but they really dont come larger than 16 onz. Courtunix that is.
I earnest love watching you and your family. You can feel the love you have for your animals and the way you care for the plants. I am very inspired , PLEASE KEEP GOING. I will have a series of quail questions soon. Thanks
Great video. Thank you for sharing.
Our homestead is about a year and a half behind you guys. You have been so helpful. It’s like a learning process by elimination. We find what works and what doesn’t. We are about to get quail and pheasants. Thank you so much for posting all the helpful hints and ideas.
Good Morning,
Going to build my first Quail Box. Using your ideas. Thank you. God Bless Ya'll...
I've been raising coturnix quail for years both to eat and sell. they are the easiest of all poultry to raise and take up very little space and they taste good. I reckon they are a must for small scale homesteaders.
Very nice cage! I and my husband build cages and raise quail chickens turkeys and goats and variety or plants.
Tip on the cage floor. Instead of having to change the wire several times u can use 1 x 1/2 for the floor it's more stable and lasts longer.
Suggestion put foil around the cross supports that will protect them from rotting. Another suggestion is with a big cage like that is to build it with a slit across the top so you can slide a thin divider. That way when your ready to catch the birds you aren't chasing them from one end to the other.
Love this idea! And smart thinking using 4x4s and cutting into 2x2s. I bet that costed less! Love this video Kevin! Gave me an idea how to do my rabbit cages! Thank-you!!
Just don't rip your rails (horizontals) down to 2" like this for your rabbits. They and their furniture are much heavier and need the support.
good day to you Kevin and Sarah !! thanks for sharing another awesome update and adventures on & off the homestead 👨🌾🎥👍✝
Love your videos! Had a suggestion so you don't have to replace center support slip a piece of thin plastic, linoleum scrap or thin tin something like that in between your screen and 2 x 2 then you could just pull it rinse or replace it instead of replacing supports. Thank you for all do!
So many good suggestions ... and this seems the easiest and least expensive.
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO...RETIRED LARRY IN INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA..
I love it that everything doesn’t have a plan. Build as you go is so much more fun. I love to figure things out as I go.
哇哦！我也想要这样的生活！真好！谢谢分享！Wow! I want this kind of life too, thank you for sharing! Great!❤️❤️❤️
Great job Kevin....stay warm. Hugs to All. Guess the storm is coming. Love nerdy quail math also....
Far faster cleanup, consider getting PVC pipe cutting a slat wide enough to allow you to slip squeeze it on and rotate over the slats makes cleanup simpler and no need to replace the wood.
One of the best quail cage builds ive seen all the best keep safe
Great job! Love your farm n animals! Good luck on your quail project, looks great! Thank you for sharing this.
you can reuse those cross pieces; keep one extra set; replace them and take the dirty set, hit them with a wire brush; soap and water and let them sit in the sun for a week;
Informative Tracy! I never would have thought about that! Thanks.
They would worp
If you make a panel that fits inside the cage you can use it to make the pin shorter inside as when the birds are first put in and when you go to ketch them.
Something you could try for when you need to swap out the floor cross-pieces is a tube or pipe instead. Then you can just clean them as you do the wire...
Your nerdy farm math is always fun, and it helps me apply a more rational approach to my 'Ooh, shiny!' reaction to everything homesteading. (Much needed, since I have big dreams and relatively small space.) :)
ETA: And I see I'm not the only one with the pipe idea. *laughs*
You are so handy and you have some nice tools.. The quail cage looks great.
Awesome video, as usual. This is exactly how we built our rabbit hutches, just a little more heavy duty. We have been discussing adding quail to the homestead so I was happy to see your nerdy math. We are a family of 6 with growing boys so I'm sure we would need 8 quail per meal. so. much. food.
Great project. Love the nerdy math. Bet you were always good at math in school. Can't wait to see how the quail like their new cage.
Have you considered putting in a divider to make two 4 foot cages? It would make catching them easier since they would stay within arms reach, and give you the option to have a staggered grow out if the hatch was smaller.
Nice construction technique! As for letting them out...my idea is- I would take the whole setup outside, and sloooowwwwly turn it over so the top is down. that way, they can eat grass & bugs for a day, maybe 1x a week, & be protected. Move the cage around to different locations, maybe even the garden, so bigger animals, like a cat or dog, won't freak them out; they look kind of nervous. Worth a try? It's just a thought.
Between the pigs, deer, chicken, rabbits, qual and soon turkey. You'll NEVER have meat shortage! You'll have to get a walk in freezer! Wouldn't that be nice!!
That is a super cool cage cant wait to see it finished
Hey man great job! just an idea but you could bend some metal flashing over those center supports to protect the pine 2x2's from soaking up litter over time.
Awesome idea! I actually some extra flashing in the garage!
Nice tour and good Quail math. I look forward to learning more about quail.
Great video -- love your "Nerdy quail math". The cage looks like it will be a good one for the grow outs. Nice job.
Thank you for the information on quail.
Nice. If you want to, you can check Garden Up Green site, where you can find alternative housing systems for quails.
wow, your subscription numbers are getting close to 100K, that is awesome!!
Stephan Quintavalli I’m happy for them,I have been watching them since they only had a few hundred they are great people
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Quail eggs are very good and they are so cute frying in the pan : )
Been watching youze twoze for years, never saw this video and needed it! Thanks for what you do.
I have my cages built, need to copy this one for growouts, my next project!
Thanks, Kevin!
Good morning Kevin and Sarah, I hope you guys have a great day! As always I loved this video!
Jenenda
I love quail. I also pickled their eggs. A neighbor's dog tore into my Quail pen and killed all 76 quail. I think I might try again since those people have moved.
I have had rabbits and chickens in 1/2" x 1/2" hardware screen and I still had to remove a couple a bull snakes from inside the cages. I was amazed how small they can "shrink" themselves down to. good luck.
Quail have been feeding my family for many years . I got quail when I was 12 , I am 50 now .
1/3 of my family’s diet has been quail for many years .
james,
Thanks for sharing. How many birds per adult do you serve?
They are tiny little things-
What is your favorite recipe?
Shondia Evans , I don’t just cook them . I also make jerky , salami , hunters sausage , Italian sausage , hamburger and more.
I would say one of my favorites is teriyaki quail and rice .
I find that quail poo a lot and often along the edges. Having the 2x2 along the bottom under the wire might not be the best. I use suspended wire rabbit type cages one foot high with 1/2 inch hardware cloth on the bottom. I brace that with those 1/4 inch round orange fiberglass driveway marker rods cut to width and zip tied to the bottom. Takes the bounce out and floor flat and the poo doesn't accumulate on that. I'm up in B.C. so we don't have snakes so I can use 1x1 wire for sides and top.
Thanks for that
Quails are great to eat. I eat my roosters and use my hens for eggs. The eggs are very good for your health. Since i eat the quail egg i solved my eczema problems.A lot of people like to buy eggs.
I ship my brooding eggs all thru Europe. Greetings from the Netherlands.
I love your videos. I have wanted to do this along time. I still have to convince the hubby so I will show him your videos to see how hassle free I can be. Thank you. Keep making them please.
This video is just in time. I’m excited to start incubating my quail eggs and getting some babies going.
You could also put some kind of plastic or cardboard on the support bars that can be easily removed and replaced since you didn’t put the staples in!
Thanks for sharing! This looks fairly easy to build with my limited carpentry skills.
Another great video you guys! I look forward to your videos! The quail seem easy to raise, and it’s awesome they provide two sources of food. I think your family plans these things out really well. I’m impressed! God bless!!!
Steel bracket type center supports like that use in shelving is narrow and slick to avoid holding droppings.
Good morning Kevin, nerdy math! My grandfather always said " if you don't how to farm math, you'll never provide for your family". Great video! Have a great day. 🇨🇦
If you put 2nd hand plastic totes underneath, they can collect the poop for the garden maybe? Not sure if that's a good idea or not.
Very serene, thanks for sharing!
Wow Kevin, you have inspired so many other homesteads with your nerdy chicken math, that I’m seeing others do their own nerdy math. VW family life has nerdy sheep math
You have nerdy quail math. Such inspiration.
TFS
I absolutely love starting my day with you
Great video, we are just getting into quail, thanks for the video. God Bless!
I'm new to your channel and I absolutely "Love" your homestead❤
Oh, just wait till its not colder and you won't be able to resist all their videos! I look forward to them 5 days a week!
I'm new too. I couldn't help but start to binge watch, lol 💛
@@jessezaleski853 LOL... we did the same thing!
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this family is the best! Keep watching and be blessded
❤️Another great video. We're thinking about quail and this just gives us a little extra nudge.
you could essentially double that schedule. Put a new batch in the incubator 10-11 days after the previous hatch was moved to the brooder. when you get the 2nd group hatched out, move the first to the growout cage (4 weeks). 10-11 days later start another batch in the incubator. when they hatch, butcher the 1st batch in the growout cage (8 weeks), move the 2nd hatch from brooder to growout, and 3rd hatch to the brooder, etc etc etc. that all being said, you get what meat you want with your schedule, just saying it could be done "better'' if needed.
I made one just like this for rabbits a few years ago. (Taller cage section of course) they loved it! I hope to get started in quail this year. Great video!
O my goodness the sound of the Ginnys! That would make me crazy 😵
I used to use plastic net for the tops to protect them flying up.
I am very interested in raising quail. This video was very interesting and helpful. Thank you!
The Quail grow out pen is looking great!
Great video! I love the math! Very nice cage. You did a good job.