How to make cages for quails with your own hands?

Homemade quail meat and eggs not only have excellent taste, but are also considered dietary and healthy. However, in order for the poultry to regularly produce eggs, and its meat to be tasty, it is necessary to provide the quails with optimal conditions of detention. Spacious warm cages are a must for a comfortable stay of birds.

In this article we will learn how to make a quail cage with our own hands at home according to drawings, we will talk about the size of quail cages for 10, 20 and 50 heads.

Homemade designs for 10 quails

How to build a do-it-yourself quail cage for 10 heads? When manufacturing, you should calculate the size that will be optimal for this number of birds. Usually, the dimensions of the quail cage for 10 heads are 30 × 75 cm and 25 × 60 cm for birdsgrown for eggs and meat.

Quail cages must meet the following criteria:

• the size of the cells depends on the size of the birds so that they do not fall out on the floor;
• the structure should be free from dampness and moldbecause otherwise the birds can get sick;
• the number of quails must correspond to the size.

Below is a diagram of a quail cage, which you can do yourself with your own hands.

You can save space by stacking cells on top of each other... You will get a kind of quail cell battery. To do this, they must match each other in size and shape. You can fix the bird houses with ordinary wire. Two or three tiers are enough. The first structure is installed at a height of at least 10-30 cm above the floor.

For frame you can use wood or reinforcement, and the walls can be made of mesh... It is important to choose a mesh of such a diameter that the birds cannot escape. Quail is a rather small bird, so you can use a small diameter netting.

How to build cages for 20 heads at home

The cages should not hinder the movement of the bird, so you can make the size of the cage for quails 20 heads larger than the standard ones. For an adult male, the most comfortable area will be about 100 square centimeters. Respectively, a 1 m² cage can easily accommodate a herd of 75 individuals. Everywhere should be provided:

• drinker;
• feeder;
• egg collector;
• litter tray.

The ideal material for egg collectors, feeders and drinkers is durable plastic. Any plastic container can be easily adapted for poultry tanks. The litter collection tray can be made of sheet iron. The service life of these materials is higher.

The cage can be made from any material that is at your fingertips: for example, wood. The cage looks like a wooden box with dimensions of 30x30x25 cm. However, despite the seeming simplicity of manufacture, such a cage needs additional lighting, ventilation and maintaining an optimal temperature.

Ventilation can be provided by recesses through which air will flow inside. Temperature and lighting can be maintained with lamps tailored to the needs of the birds. Light and heat can also enter through the notches in the cell walls.

DIY step-by-step instructions for making a cell battery for 50 quails

The minimum area of ​​a do-it-yourself quail cage is 50 pieces. should be 75 × 150 cm for the parent flock and 60 × 120 cm for the breeding of meat and egg breeds.

Mixed materials are best for crafting.that are always at hand. To keep a large number of poultry, cages can be made in several tiers. This approach is justified by the small size of the quails, which can be kept in large numbers in a small area.

Mixed materials are the cheapest to use. A piece of wood can be adapted under the frame appropriate size. For the sidewalls, ceiling and floor, a regular mesh is perfect, which is easy to find in the arsenal of any summer resident.

We will take the minimum size (30x30 cm), which can be increased depending on the number of birds. To keep 50 heads, you can always install a multi-tiered cage in which all the quails can easily fit.

Now let's look at the step-by-step instructions for a do-it-yourself quail cage.

For this you will need:

• 8 wooden beams 30 cm long and 2.5 cm thick;
• mesh with small cells (2x2 meters);
• nails and screws;
• awnings and metal corners.

First, we make a frame from wooden beams, on which we then attach the sidewalls from the mesh. We make the ceiling and floor, attach to the box. For ease of assembly, we use metal corners.

How to make quail cages from a net?

Quail cage netting is one of the most readily available materials that can be used to create cages.

First, the frame is prepared, corresponding to the number of birds. The size of the cage can be completely different. The bottom, sides and ceiling are attached to the frame. The frame must be strong, so we take a base made of metal or wood. If you have opted for a wooden frame, then it is recommended to take wooden blocks 25x50 mm.

For a metal frame, corners of 25x25 mm are well suited. The mesh slots on the sidewalls should be sized to accommodate the birds' heads when feeding. Birds should not fall out through the holes in the floor and in the sidewalls, so we select a mesh for the floor with a smaller diameter than for the sides.

What are we doing?

1. Let's prepare the corners for the frame. We need 4 corners of the following sizes: 300 mm and 500 mm, as well as 3 corners of 700 mm each. We connect the corners, then we fasten the bars with self-tapping screws. We fix the metal corners with bolts or weld to the frame.
2. The dimensions of the sidewalls are calculated by the size of the walls. We fasten the mesh walls with a furniture stapler, taking into account that the staples sit evenly and cannot damage the birds during the operation of the cage. The mesh can be fixed to a metal frame with a wire.
3. We make the floor at an inclination of about 7-9 degrees... When assembling the floor, take into account the length of the egg collector (about 10 cm), the end of which we bend a few centimeters. The eggs will be locked in one position. We leave a gap of 3 centimeters between the egg collector and the wall, where the eggs will roll.
4. We fasten the door in such a way that you could stick your hand through it... The door is also made of mesh and fixed with awnings.
5. We make a pallet for collecting litter... Better to take a piece of sheet metal that is easy to care for and which will last a long time.

From plastic boxes

Making cages for quails from plastic boxes is as easy as shelling pears: we don’t need to calculate sizes, we don’t need to look for a frame. It is enough just to carry out the revision and we will have a finished cage. The diameters of the plastic boxes are well suited for keeping quails.

We will need:

• two drawers of small height;
• one drawer about 17 cm high.

What to do?

1. Cut off the corners at the tops of the boxes.
2. We put a tall box on a small one, which will become a tray for collecting droppings. Install the second low box on top. We make sure that the diameters of the boxes match. We fix the structure with wire.
3. We cut through the lid in the upper drawer.
4. Expand the cells of the boxes if necessary. The bird's head should pass through the openings when feeding.

Plywood: drawings and dimensions

Plywood cages can be made both on the basis of the frame, and you can install a canvas with walls between each other using bars... The sizes directly depend on how many birds are planned to be kept. Before manufacturing, it is imperative to make a drawing of a cage for quails or quails and only then start manufacturing.

What are we doing?

1. Cut out side walls 350x200 mm, end and ceiling (dimensions of the ceiling and end wall - 700x350 mm). We cut small holes in the sidewalls for ventilation and lighting.
2. We process all the blanks with an antiseptic or varnish.
3. We fasten the parts to each other with corners and self-tapping screws.
4. Cut out the floor (dimensions correspond to the dimensions of the ceiling) and fasten it to the base of the cage with a stapler or nails. We take into account the angle of inclination of 7-10 degrees.
5. We install the door on the front of the box.

As you can see, making homemade cages for keeping quails according to drawings is not so difficult. The main thing is patience and you will succeed.