Raising quail for eggs and meat - Starting the quail coop

After a visit to a neighboring farm, the inspiration came to raise quails!  They are much smaller then your backyard chicken, but are comparable in both flavor an ease.

The frame for the quail housing went up that day...

Noah started building the frame attached to the existing chicken run.  With quails you don't need a run, you pretty much keep them in a cage.  They really only need a few square feet, but we are going to give them lots of head room and different levels and platforms and things for them to hop onto.

Bracing the structure with 2X4 so it is nice and sturdy.

Here is the basic outline of the quail coop. We got an awesome lumber score and have enough to finish it over the weekend.  Not too much longer and we are going to get a few dozen quails. Our plan to start is to get them laying eggs for us to eat.  After a while I think we are going to breed them as well for food.  Get some males and an incubator and hatch them.  As some birds get older, they will be processed and eaten by our family.  Roasted quail, yum!  It's going to be a good Thanksgiving, that's for sure.