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Eric Bosworth:
I have read quite a few posts on quail and most discuss eggs and meat. They don't mention raising them to release for hunting or dog training. Does anybody have suggestions for building a fly pen? I got 30 bobwhite chicks yesterday I would like to try raising some to breed and I did see a post about raising quail for meat and getting an incubator. My main reason for getting the birds is for Gunner. He has been pointing the brooder.

BeeMaster2:
Eric,
I not sure if you really need a fly pen.
I once saw a hatching unit that was designed so that you put the chicks (I think it was for hatched chicks) and food in it out in a field and then released the quail at the right age. I will try to find it. If that works, it would seem that you do not need a fly way for the quail.
Jim

BeeMaster2:
Here is the system I was talking about. You would want to release them at 5 weeks old.
https://www.gamebirdfarm.net/products.php?cat=57
Jim

brookscj:
I'm not sure if your goal is continual release for hunting or to establish a wild breeding population in your area, but habitat is key for long term survival.  We attempted getting a population going at our hunting club with the rig that sawdstmakr recommended.  We had plenty of birds as long as we kept raising and releasing but they never established a wild breeding population.  In the end we decided that the habitat wasn't good enough for them (some fields but mostly bottom land and swamp).  Keep this in mind as you start your project. 

Eric Bosworth:

--- Quote from: sawdstmakr on June 02, 2017, 01:11:18 pm ---Here is the system I was talking about. You would want to release them at 5 weeks old.
https://www.gamebirdfarm.net/products.php?cat=57
Jim

--- End quote ---
That looks awesome... I wish I had $2300 to spend on it.

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