I've gone all sand before and it gets messy and muddy. Even with the sterilite, shoe box size feeders, that I totally copied from Chris, they get dust in everything. Keep your dust bath separate and cleaning will be much less a headache. Infact keep water and feed as far away from the dust as possible...lol 😆
Once ,I made sure the cover over the side with sand box was good, I've never had issue & we've had Historic rains this year. My coop is built to Chris design.
something ive learned is to always have extras of everything. your right about the extra cages i keep a large clear tote around and a medium sized one just in case and i have like 2-3 extra waterers and feeders, it has saved my behind several times.
I built a similar hutch (like nearly exactly hahaha) but instead of the live wire to keep the foxes away i added another board around the bottom all the way round, and put a thicker gauge wire mesh that works perfectly. A lot cheaper too and because its "analogue" there's no failures, but yeah gives a good clearance away from the birds feet so they cant get to them and with the large gauge it lets the waste fall through easier when falling through 2 levels so you don't get much extra cleaning needed
pretty sure ya know what i mean but for any who dont. floor wire is on the bottom of cage then 4+ inch gap because of new board then the wire. adds extra strength too not that its necessary but hey over engineer and ya never have problems hahaha
@@Slightlyrednecked you know what they say mate great ideas are communal hahahaha. Plus not too late to change, would hate to see ya live wire go down and ya not notice and then come back in the morning to pirate quails haha
Greetings Chris, I have been using empty plastic coffee cans for both feeders and waterers. I have been experimenting with cutting the lid and using large mouthed juice or Gater Aid bottle as a water or feed hopper. Haven't got all the bugs out of that second part yet.
My feeder recommendation is a 24 hole chick feeder, the long type with a pyramid shape flip top lid. About $7 on Amazon right now. I then cut 1 inch by 1/4 inch hardware cloth to fit in the bottom. I lay that on top of the food. It prevents them from being able to dog it out with their beaks, which they still did when I made a Slightly Rednecked feeder. His feeder eorks awesome for babies though!
Chris, love your channel and the advice you give. I am hoping to move back out into the country on a small acreage, either rented or bought. Quail are one of the animals I am planning on having for meat and income. Since I am a single person my needs to enjoy a Quail dinner isn't as big as a family, and I do live an area with a large enough Asian and gourmet foodies to have a market for birds and eggs.
NO RECOMMEND !!! I want to tell everyone about my negative experience of working with this farm. Zack took an advance payment and I waited about 2 months for a package of eggs. As a result, 3 disabled chicks hatched from 80 eggs and died after 3 days. The rest of the eggs I opened were unfertilized. I have been quailing for 10 years and I know what I am talking about, I wanted to start a new Jumbo breed. I sent photos and videos to Zack. As a result of a week of correspondence with them, I did not even receive the promised 50% refund. Business advertising is very beautiful and loud, but in fact, the result is zero. Wasted time, money, and nerves, that's the result.
Hi Chris I just put quail eggs in to hatch just started back up as I sold up last year but I found I missed it to much not only that I was making a few pounds with it its a great hobby
Hi a couple things that looks like 1/2” wire. Also a large container like your feed bins with a quail plus size opening on the top or side could be used as a dust bath. I tried the casserole size baking pans and within a few hours most of the sand is gone. This might work in smaller cage environments like a stacker cage. I get a kick out them bathing so I want to let have the ability to get dirty when they want.
Hi Chris found you through living tradition homestead and the issue is how to process a bird for the table?? I know you tube has regulations but would be informative to us beginners, love the the video 💯
I just watched your video on building the hutch for quail and was wondering if an electric fence could be added to deter predators. Thank you for answering my question!!
I can't use feeders because an ant invasion starts immediately. that's the problem with feeding my parrots, chickens, quails and lovebirds - here in Thailand. So I have to put a bowl of water under each feed container. all animals live in a giant aviary and the smaller ones inside the big one, in a smaller aviary
My rabbit just had her babies but she had them on the wire and they were all over the ground. There are still five alive what should I do with them? I don’t know if she’s taking care of them or not I just found them 10 minutes ago She didn’t pool for I put them in her nest box with hamster bedding to keep them warm and I’m heating up a sock full of rice. Let me know if I’m doing this right or wrong please. She’s a first time mom. Sorry if there are typos I’m doing this in A rush
You mentioned that they are quite hearty but is there a temperature range that you really should avoid exposure to and remove them from? We don’t dip below 40F at night time too often here but it can get over 100F in the summer days. Should I equip my hutch with controllable heaters or plan to move their hutch indoors when it’s too hot?
I watched the video on the making of this coop and wanted to ask how you went on with the sand box on top of the wire mesh. I was concerned that it would rust?
Just a quick question I bought 1in poultry net and I was wondering if that would be ok. We live in maine so we don’t have snakes and I don’t think a rat big enough could get in and take one
Hello! Myself and my family live in Canada we are thinking of getting quail! We have a greenhouse with our meat rabbits and hoping to put our quail in cages and into the same greenhouse . We go out 3 times a day for our rabbits water because it freezes in the winter. What water system is best for the quail? Is there a way to make a heated water system?
Ellen Koch Are these dimensions for the jumbo/largest size quail, or should I allow more height for the larger birds? Thank you so much for your help and inspiration.
you can. It would be best to try and combine them before they get over 4 or 5 weeks old. ONce they hit sexual maturity they can get territorial and it can be difficult to combine them.
Great videos. Really helpful to us beginning in the hobby. I watched but couldn’t tell: what do your cages have on the top? Is it solid or is it mesh wire like the flooring?
I find that if you make their feeders too small they can tip them over, something to keep in mind. I also noticed that they can still throw a lot of food out of those container if the holes are too low. Do you get much waste and how high the hole should be from the bottom?
I agree, if it is top heavy or too small, they will tip it over. I just put the holes about chest level to the birds. usually that is about as high up on the container as I can get them. I don't have any problems with waste really.
I’ve actually had field rats get on the poop trays under the cage and do the exact same thing as the fox was doing to yours. I’m not sure how to solve that problem just yet.
Could hear your voice surprisingly well despite the fact there was a lot of wind but it's more comfortable to listen to when it has a screen so just a suggestion for the future.
Once a day is fine. I only feed mine once a day. I try to fed about as much as they will eat in 24 hours. if there is food still in the feeder the next morning, I feed a little less, if they act like they are starving when I feed them, i give them a little more the next time. You will figure out how much they need pretty quickly but it is usually around 12 ounces a day per full grown rabbit. I hope that helps.
KC Quail Farm and Myshire Farm are both great suppliers of jumbo quail eggs. If you are looking to buy live birds, i would look for someone locally. Live birds don't ship well.
@@Slightlyrednecked Thanks Chris. I'm not far from McMurry hatchery. Although they do offer Coturnix Quail, they don't say jumbo. Is there a difference between just plane Coturnix and Jumbo Coturnix?
Im wanting to build a flight pen but 1/2in hard ware cloth is only 3ft tall & its expensive. Im gonna build a 5×10. Can you give me some advice on a flight pen withouy breaking the bank
If its for quail. The coturnix i have don't fly that high. I'll let them roam around a few acres, but they stay in a very close area, fly made 3-8ft high and as far as 75 ft when they really want to spread their wings. On avg, they won't fly that far around a yard, just getting exercise. But really, most of them aren't even interested in roaming around. They like to feel safe, like being in a cave. The safer they feel, they happier they will be and will lay more. Anyway, reason I'm saying this is in response to not breaking the bank. If you've got one that really wants out. Let in out around your house where predators can't get em. I had a flight pen for them, but they just didn't really get into it...well, not enough of them. Out of 100, maybe 4 or 5 wanted to really fly around. So you could just save all the money. Animals wanna feel wild sometimes, but these little uns just wanna feel safe and secure more than anything. I don't know if this was helpful at all, but wanted to share with ya. Take care, be safe.
@@Silver_Creek_Aquatics i lost all my quails to a neighbor's pit. So now im having to start over it destroyed my hutch. Im wondering if i can do chicken wire and then do some kind of netting inside
@@jessicagrimes8389 raccoons, opossums etc. can get through chicken wire. If they can, I'm certain a dog or fox could too. Hardware cloth is def the way to go.
I am struggling to come up with a cheaper solution that would be secure. I saw you mentioned chicken wire but I don't think that would be secure enough. You might be able to get away with chicken wire if you run a string of electric wire around the outside to keep predators from getting too close.
@@Slightlyrednecked When you come up with it.. you will be a rich man!...lol Seriously though, agriculture could use some new technology, and not the kind that links to a phone.
Where abouts are you located in sw Missouri? I live in Bentonville AR aka NWA, I'm wanting to get into raising Quail, do you sell Quail or Quail eggs? Subscribing to your channel for more information. Ty for sharing this video.
Focus...you're going to show us about how to build a coop and...got lost in feeder and waterer. Tape a cotton ball over the mic hole. I do lousy bee videos.
I've gone all sand before and it gets messy and muddy. Even with the sterilite, shoe box size feeders, that I totally copied from Chris, they get dust in everything. Keep your dust bath separate and cleaning will be much less a headache. Infact keep water and feed as far away from the dust as possible...lol 😆
That is good advice. Thank you for sharing.
Once ,I made sure the cover over the side with sand box was good, I've never had issue & we've had Historic rains this year.
My coop is built to Chris design.
Does the urin in the sand box get overwhelming even you you sift the poop out?
something ive learned is to always have extras of everything. your right about the extra cages i keep a large clear tote around and a medium sized one just in case and i have like 2-3 extra waterers and feeders, it has saved my behind several times.
That is always good advice.
I built a similar hutch (like nearly exactly hahaha) but instead of the live wire to keep the foxes away i added another board around the bottom all the way round, and put a thicker gauge wire mesh that works perfectly. A lot cheaper too and because its "analogue" there's no failures, but yeah gives a good clearance away from the birds feet so they cant get to them and with the large gauge it lets the waste fall through easier when falling through 2 levels so you don't get much extra cleaning needed
pretty sure ya know what i mean but for any who dont. floor wire is on the bottom of cage then 4+ inch gap because of new board then the wire.
adds extra strength too not that its necessary but hey over engineer and ya never have problems hahaha
I have had a few other people say something similar. I think that is a great idea. I am a little ashamed I didn't think of it myself. :)
@@Slightlyrednecked you know what they say mate great ideas are communal hahahaha.
Plus not too late to change, would hate to see ya live wire go down and ya not notice and then come back in the morning to pirate quails haha
@@Slightlyrednecked or have both hahaha
@@rhysforestlord Do you only need extra fencing on the bottom? Will raccoons require extra all around?
This is timely for me! I'll be starting to build my on-ground run for my quail Wednesday! Thanks for all of the info!
Awesome. I hope it all turns out well.
I've learned so much from your videos. Absolutely the best on UA-cam. Thank you so much
I love your gravity fed water system and that is how we decided to do ours as well. Great video and tips Chris!
The water system is a huge time saver for sure. Thank you for watching, I am glad you liked it.
@@Slightlyrednecked Where did the water system things come from? Farm supply store ?
Damn that’s honestly some great audio for how windy it is. Those huge trees trucks are swaying.
Greetings Chris, I have been using empty plastic coffee cans for both feeders and waterers. I have been experimenting with cutting the lid and using large mouthed juice or Gater Aid bottle as a water or feed hopper. Haven't got all the bugs out of that second part yet.
Hi Chris, Noah here from Texas. gotta say this is a great video. thanks for all the info. it going to help alot.
My feeder recommendation is a 24 hole chick feeder, the long type with a pyramid shape flip top lid. About $7 on Amazon right now. I then cut 1 inch by 1/4 inch hardware cloth to fit in the bottom. I lay that on top of the food. It prevents them from being able to dog it out with their beaks, which they still did when I made a Slightly Rednecked feeder. His feeder eorks awesome for babies though!
Thanks for the suggestion. That sounds like a pretty good feeder indeed.
Really good information. I'm making my plans on my upcoming quail addition.
Nice. Thank you for watching. I am glad you found this video helpful.
Chris, love your channel and the advice you give. I am hoping to move back out into the country on a small acreage, either rented or bought. Quail are one of the animals I am planning on having for meat and income. Since I am a single person my needs to enjoy a Quail dinner isn't as big as a family, and I do live an area with a large enough Asian and gourmet foodies to have a market for birds and eggs.
Great video! Do you have plans or dimensions for that coop? I’d like to make one too!
NO RECOMMEND !!! I want to tell everyone about my negative experience of working with this farm. Zack took an advance payment and I waited about 2 months for a package of eggs. As a result, 3 disabled chicks hatched from 80 eggs and died after 3 days. The rest of the eggs I opened were unfertilized. I have been quailing for 10 years and I know what I am talking about, I wanted to start a new Jumbo breed. I sent photos and videos to Zack. As a result of a week of correspondence with them, I did not even receive the promised 50% refund. Business advertising is very beautiful and loud, but in fact, the result is zero. Wasted time, money, and nerves, that's the result.
Hi Chris I just put quail eggs in to hatch just started back up as I sold up last year but I found I missed it to much not only that I was making a few pounds with it its a great hobby
Awesome. Good luck with your hatch.
@@Slightlyrednecked thanks chris
Hi a couple things that looks like 1/2” wire. Also a large container like your feed bins with a quail plus size opening on the top or side could be used as a dust bath. I tried the casserole size baking pans and within a few hours most of the sand is gone. This might work in smaller cage environments like a stacker cage. I get a kick out them bathing so I want to let have the ability to get dirty when they want.
Hi Chris found you through living tradition homestead and the issue is how to process a bird for the table?? I know you tube has regulations but would be informative to us beginners, love the the video 💯
I just watched your video on building the hutch for quail and was wondering if an electric fence could be added to deter predators. Thank you for answering my question!!
Thanks for this Chris. I think you said 1/4 inch hardware cloth, but looks like you use 1/2 inch. Can you clarify?
I can't use feeders because an ant invasion starts immediately. that's the problem with feeding my parrots, chickens, quails and lovebirds - here in Thailand. So I have to put a bowl of water under each feed container. all animals live in a giant aviary and the smaller ones inside the big one, in a smaller aviary
That sounds terrible (the ants, not the aviary). Glad that you have a solution for it though.
Do you run water off of your hose or gravity? I worry about the hose bursting and running water all day or week
What’s the solar panel for?
Did you build that hutch?
My rabbit just had her babies but she had them on the wire and they were all over the ground. There are still five alive what should I do with them? I don’t know if she’s taking care of them or not I just found them 10 minutes ago She didn’t pool for I put them in her nest box with hamster bedding to keep them warm and I’m heating up a sock full of rice. Let me know if I’m doing this right or wrong please. She’s a first time mom. Sorry if there are typos I’m doing this in A rush
You mentioned that they are quite hearty but is there a temperature range that you really should avoid exposure to and remove them from? We don’t dip below 40F at night time too often here but it can get over 100F in the summer days. Should I equip my hutch with controllable heaters or plan to move their hutch indoors when it’s too hot?
Agree, they always mention cold extremes but not heat extremes
Very good video Chris. Thanks
Is the roof on the open side just hardware cloth? I see you have plastic on the sandbox side.
Hmm. 8 x 3.... give me a sec... I have to count that on my fingers. Priceless!
This is the best quail video i have ever seen :)
2:49
We’re in the same state! Have you considered Bobwhites? If not, why not? I’m considering farming them for hunters in the future.
I watched the video on the making of this coop and wanted to ask how you went on with the sand box on top of the wire mesh. I was concerned that it would rust?
I don't believe there is wire mesh underneath the sand box just wood
So I’m considering quail and rabbit.... can I house them in the same small 8x12 building? Quail on one side, rabbits on the other?
yes. That should work fine. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.
Just a quick question I bought 1in poultry net and I was wondering if that would be ok. We live in maine so we don’t have snakes and I don’t think a rat big enough could get in and take one
Hello! Myself and my family live in Canada we are thinking of getting quail! We have a greenhouse with our meat rabbits and hoping to put our quail in cages and into the same greenhouse . We go out 3 times a day for our rabbits water because it freezes in the winter. What water system is best for the quail? Is there a way to make a heated water system?
He has a video about his bucket that’s heated
Ellen Koch Are these dimensions for the jumbo/largest size quail, or should I allow more height for the larger birds? Thank you so much for your help and inspiration.
This would work for both sizes ..but you’d want the 1 inch by 1/2 inch galvanized flooring cause the jumbo have big poop 💩 lol
Does the waterer freeze in the winter? How do you wager when is below freezing?
This is very inspiring
great video. can I put grown birds from different flocks together ?
you can. It would be best to try and combine them before they get over 4 or 5 weeks old. ONce they hit sexual maturity they can get territorial and it can be difficult to combine them.
How long does it take to transition from water bottles to cups? I have both in the brooder and of the 29 only a few use the cups.
I removed the bottle & frequently made sure cups were full, so they would learn to go to cups for water, They learned quick.
Why didn't you return egg in/do they not seat on eggs for hatching?
Is there a material that you know of that is a little easier on the quails feet? My quail keep getting cuts thats leading to bumblefoot.
Maybe try the pvc coated wire
Thank you - very informative.
Great videos. Really helpful to us beginning in the hobby. I watched but couldn’t tell: what do your cages have on the top? Is it solid or is it mesh wire like the flooring?
Thank you for the kind comments. I run hardware cloth across the top as well. I just cover the one side with clear plastic to keep the weather out.
I find that if you make their feeders too small they can tip them over, something to keep in mind. I also noticed that they can still throw a lot of food out of those container if the holes are too low. Do you get much waste and how high the hole should be from the bottom?
I agree, if it is top heavy or too small, they will tip it over. I just put the holes about chest level to the birds. usually that is about as high up on the container as I can get them. I don't have any problems with waste really.
Thank you so much for the info.
Water in freezing temps?
Can the birds survive if the temp drops like in the 20s?
How high should the ceiling of quail cage be ? I have a rabbit hutch and am hoping I can use it .
Many thanks
What is the screened area in the sandbox?
I’ve actually had field rats get on the poop trays under the cage and do the exact same thing as the fox was doing to yours. I’m not sure how to solve that problem just yet.
What’s the solar panel for ?
Thanks Chris ❤️
Thank you for watching.
Do you have to treat the sand at any stage? (besides sifting it)
no. I just put it right into the cage out of the bag. never had any issues.
When a quail stops laying Is it too late for the table
Love your videos!!
Good and helpful info
Do they sell quail hach, coop for outdoors?
I think a foam windscreen for the mic would do a lot for the audio for days like this when it's windy.
You are probably correct. I should look into upgrading my microphone. it actually did quite well considering how windy it was outside though.
Could hear your voice surprisingly well despite the fact there was a lot of wind but it's more comfortable to listen to when it has a screen so just a suggestion for the future.
Thank you
Hey chris can i feed my rabbit once a day in the morning or should i do it twice
Once a day is fine. I only feed mine once a day. I try to fed about as much as they will eat in 24 hours. if there is food still in the feeder the next morning, I feed a little less, if they act like they are starving when I feed them, i give them a little more the next time. You will figure out how much they need pretty quickly but it is usually around 12 ounces a day per full grown rabbit. I hope that helps.
You'll want a way to separate a few from the rest. A small hutch or big tote.
That is always a good idea.
I know you've said before but when you buy jumbo quail or eggs where do you buy them?
KC Quail Farm and Myshire Farm are both great suppliers of jumbo quail eggs. If you are looking to buy live birds, i would look for someone locally. Live birds don't ship well.
@@Slightlyrednecked Thanks Chris. I'm not far from McMurry hatchery. Although they do offer Coturnix Quail, they don't say jumbo. Is there a difference between just plane Coturnix and Jumbo Coturnix?
How many hens do you keep ?
GREAT IDEA 🐦
How many quail does your coop hold?
Just heard you say 24 layers easy with 1 sf per bird.
Im wanting to build a flight pen but 1/2in hard ware cloth is only 3ft tall & its expensive. Im gonna build a 5×10. Can you give me some advice on a flight pen withouy breaking the bank
If its for quail. The coturnix i have don't fly that high. I'll let them roam around a few acres, but they stay in a very close area, fly made 3-8ft high and as far as 75 ft when they really want to spread their wings. On avg, they won't fly that far around a yard, just getting exercise. But really, most of them aren't even interested in roaming around. They like to feel safe, like being in a cave. The safer they feel, they happier they will be and will lay more. Anyway, reason I'm saying this is in response to not breaking the bank. If you've got one that really wants out. Let in out around your house where predators can't get em. I had a flight pen for them, but they just didn't really get into it...well, not enough of them. Out of 100, maybe 4 or 5 wanted to really fly around. So you could just save all the money. Animals wanna feel wild sometimes, but these little uns just wanna feel safe and secure more than anything. I don't know if this was helpful at all, but wanted to share with ya. Take care, be safe.
@@Silver_Creek_Aquatics i lost all my quails to a neighbor's pit. So now im having to start over it destroyed my hutch. Im wondering if i can do chicken wire and then do some kind of netting inside
@@jessicagrimes8389 raccoons, opossums etc. can get through chicken wire. If they can, I'm certain a dog or fox could too. Hardware cloth is def the way to go.
I am struggling to come up with a cheaper solution that would be secure. I saw you mentioned chicken wire but I don't think that would be secure enough. You might be able to get away with chicken wire if you run a string of electric wire around the outside to keep predators from getting too close.
@@Slightlyrednecked When you come up with it.. you will be a rich man!...lol Seriously though, agriculture could use some new technology, and not the kind that links to a phone.
Where abouts are you located in sw Missouri? I live in Bentonville AR aka NWA, I'm wanting to get into raising Quail, do you sell Quail or Quail eggs?
Subscribing to your channel for more information. Ty for sharing this video.
What type of sand
Hi Chris, what sort of mic do u use?
It is a sony lav mic. I use a digital voice recorder for my audio. Pretty cheap set up but works pretty well.
@@Slightlyrednecked thanks so much .I need something like that for my channel
Is it weird to just have 10 females for just egg production?
Can anyone tell me why the roof is raised up so high over the top of the hutch?
My guess would be to allow for air flow in the hot summer. That way the hutch doesn’t get as hot
Place to store stuff, as he said
Thanks
Thank you for watching.
Nice intro
What’s the dimensions of your coop ? Thanks
I
He said 8x3, or 24 sq.ft.
GOD bless you Brother! Thank you for the knowledge!
Would you be willing to share a couple of your favorite recipes for preparing quail breasts?
👍🏼
What sand do you recommend?
Any kids sand, or builders sand.
Kandang puyuh yang betul betul bagus aman dari binatang lain
Focus...you're going to show us about how to build a coop and...got lost in feeder and waterer.
Tape a cotton ball over the mic hole.
I do lousy bee videos.
i'm a bit irritated that the quails run on bars. the animals need a decent soil like sand, earth, coconut shavings, hay, grass
You must have missed the big portion of sand that they can run on.
⁹