Backyard Quail Pens And Quail Housing

Quail can go from hatch to butcher weight in 6 weeks.

Backyard quail pens and quail housing. During that time they eat much less than the average meat chicken. You can raise them in garages on your porch or in your backyard. Think of a recall pen as a coop for quail. Sep 1 2016 explore adam villegas s board quail pens cages on pinterest.

You can keep them in cages pens rabbit. Still features of different designs can be utilized in different designs. Housing your quail this section pertains to all quail except button quail which i will cover later your quail will need to be kept safe secure and dry at all times. Housing indoors or outdoors.

Quail are the perfect alternative to chickens for the urban homesteaders. Caretakers will leave a few hens in the enclosure to call the rest of their covey back to them in the evening. See more ideas about chickens backyard quail pen quail. Plenty of elbow room for each.

When i first started raising quail i lived in a two bedroom apartment before upgrading to a 5 acre homestead in florida. Some homesteaders are even able to sell their quail eggs and quail egg prices can bring a 3 10 per dozen. You will also need space for a door and some way to clean it out if it becomes dirty enough inside this is less of an issue with a hardware cloth floor. Quail are taught to return to their recall pen every day.

See more ideas about quail coop chickens backyard quail. Quail pens and housing with all the care entailed by incubation and hatching a quail breeder would certainly want to see those quail chicks survive through maturity. Again quail can be raised in really quite small spaces. A little more work and a closer watch would follow in a process called brooding to make sure that quail chicks are kept within safe and controlled quail housing.

Easily movable and cleanable structures are best. All birds can be brooded in a similar pen but after the birds reach 6 weeks of age different housing is required depending on the reason the birds are being raised. Quail are wary of movement over their heads whatever it may be so take care when siting your pen. I have used the.

Ours is able to house 12 quail and we currently have 9 in there. Quail require 1 square foot of space each so keep this in mind as you build your quail hutch. Backyard quail also begin laying eggs at 6 weeks of age average versus the average hen being 18 22 weeks of age. Recall pens are pens that are made specifically for people training quail and bird dogs for hunting.