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Ammosexual
Quail
After considering chickens and then ducks, I decided to go with quail for my first adventure into fowl after LOTS of research. I built a cage this past week and got 20 birds today. Cute little guys. Well, most are gals, actually. I got 17 females and 3 males.
The plan is to get acquainted with each other for a while and gather eggs. Then I'll have them start procreating and hatching. We'll then graduate the older and lesser specimens to the freezer. We'll also hatch excess birds for the purpose of BBQ. Lots of them. Quail is yummy.

I built this cage up high so I could add more cages below if it works out and I want to expand the operation. If you look close, there is a bigger cage on the left, where most of the birds will live, and a smaller cage on the right. The left hand cage just has a smaller door, so it looks smaller. The right hand cage will be the "breeding cage" where I will have the biggest males and females, ya know, have fun. Those fertile eggs will be hatched for more birds. The cages look small in this pic, but they are way bigger than these birds need. I have 20 birds in there now and could easily double that.

The main cage.

Birds getting to know their new home.


The total cost for this was approx. $200, including 2X2's, 1 sheet of plywood, a roll of hardware cloth, some screws and staples, hinges and latches, a 50 lb. bag of feed, feeder, waterer, and the birds. Plus I had lots of material left over. I did use a bit of scrap material I had on hand, but $200 is about right for what I paid all said and done. And I'm no master carpenter, that's for sure. So you could probably do it for a bit less if you know what the hell you are doing with wood. In hindsight (birds in the cage for only 6 hours!), I'd change a few things, but I think this will work just fine.
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