Great lesson, Mike! I often find myself trying to get things done with the tools I have on hand, which may not be the best. Safety is super important, especially on a homestead where there is always a ton of work to do. Great share, Sir!🙏
Hi Mike love your videos... I purchased a toy highway cone at the dollar store (you get 2 for a dollar). They are only a few inches high, hot glue them inside the feeder box and it guides the feed to the sides no middle waste.. they also fit inside small square food containers from the grocery store (like potato salad container) when you want a smaller feeder that doesn't take up a lot of room in breeder cages... Have a perfect day!!!
hey, Mike, for our first shoebox feeder we drilled holes in the ends too, but found that the little boogers had a lot of fun slinging their feed through the holes in the ends. Now we just make them with holes on both long sides.
Glad you made this video. I learn by reading & watching. It helps to see right & wrong ways to proceed or avoid. That's the true homestead life. God bless.
I have quails too; I use the same hole feeder system. After having broken a box too, I decided to drill the holes with a pyrography tool, it works really well; moreover, the edge of the holes is bulged, so they do not risk injuring the neck. I then add a little glue (hot glue gun) on the bottom inside of the holes of the box. It keeps the food even better from coming out, it's just extra! :)
Hey, so I just take an old knife and heat it over the gas grill flame then melt & cut my holes 😉 Just keep heating the knife but that way it never makes a hole crack 🤷♀️
If god loves homesteaders, why didn't he have him drill the hole correctly, not shatter the box and not get his hand injured? His hand was injured, you know. That's a really bizarre way of showing love.
I take my propane torch and heat a pipe and let it melt through. I use different size pipes for different age bird feeders. I don't have to worry about cracking the plastic just melt , rub off the edges just a little to remove the little pieces and bam its done. Oh and it doesn't leave sharp edges either.
@@SquareOneFarms thanks! But to be honest it wasn't well thought out at all lol. We had some quail chicks and we had this one little bitty sucker that would get inside my feeder and kick the food out of the holes until he emptied it. so I thought of making the holes smaller and later different sizes.The melting part came about because of laziness because I was tired of changing bits, hooking up cords and dragging out tools. So i said well it would be less tearing up containers (cracking them) and easier on me I'll just melt the holes with different metal pipes. So again thanks ! But thought Id give you some insight lol! Take care fellah.
Don't put holes in the ends. The quail will sling the the food out that way. If you leave feeder ports only along the sides, less will be slung outside the feeder.
i never have a problem with making a feeder out of a plastic container for i use a ceramic light insert heat it up and burn the hole through then i use a fine sand paper to smooth the hole out which the insert is 1/1/2 in
Those mason jar feeders are made by the companies that make feed. I'll tell ya as an electrician that has hole sawed in plenty of plastic boxes even if you have the right hole saw sometimes it's best to let the plastic melt. I've seen hole saws bust out a big junction boxes.
My mate is a 4 1/2 foot tall Puerto Rican... and he's quick! I often have to remind him that quicker is not always better... um... How's that hand, foot, your back... but, you were quick! Yup, we have that illness here quite often in one form or another. Ma 2
Now go back and cut a 4-inch hole in 2 places on the top of the plastic feeders, and put a PVC tube in it. PVC tube with holes in the side to let feed out, about 2 inches up. You can pour feed in from the top - no need to even go into the cage! And you will have to put in feed a lot less often.
I’m still trying to figure out how I want to design mine. I have 15 separate cages, and they aren’t overly large. I can’t take up that much floor space in mine...
You could do yours on one side of the feeder and attach the feeder to the cages. Use smaller containers that you could place around the cages at different spots as per what you need. I suppose that would mean making a hole in the cage to match the holes in the feeders. Dont know how that would work out for ya but, if you could make it work, you would have the feeders and not use up floor space in the cages. Might not be a great idea but just a thought.
Michael Sanford that’s roughly what I’m considering, just working out the details, and finding the right containers, and being sure their easy to fill. I’ll get there, just gotta keep thinking...
Perhaps you could fashion an opening flap in the lid that you can open and close to do the filling of it. Cutting three sides allowing the uncut side to act as a sort if spring.
Maybe even a PVC tube running behind the cages and use a gutter drain spout as their "bowl" or something similar? Not sure. Look forward to your video on how you do it though!
Hi great video. If I had a dollar for every time I have hurt myself because I was lazy to walk the 20 yards to go find the right tool......... I use a soldering iron, I actually have two one "metal" one I use to solder and a "plastic" one I only use for jobs like this. Greetings from RSA.
This was the first video of yours I've seen, had a good chuckle at your do's and don't, glad you didn't edit and showed the stuffed up end result, much more realistic and makes me not feel so bad about a few projects I've done that have not quite turned out as planned 🫣
Yikes! That really bit you. At our old house I usually cut, stabbed, scraped, my hand while working on a project. I have been more cautious and wear gloves now that I am out here at the cabin. Those plastic Tupperware type feeders are great. I did a real hack job om ours and used a razor knife.
Hey, whatever works and gets the job done. It doesn't have to be pretty...just functional. Yes, I've taken safety a lot more seriously as well since we have started the homestead. Of course, I'm sure age has a lot to do with that as well HA!
I am very interested that the quail seem to be roosting. Am I seeing that correctly? Yours is the first video I have seen with what appears to be a roosting bar, and the quail up on it.
We keep them in grass now. But we have a video on how we built that cage. There isn’t a roosting area, the whole floor is just raised to keep ~13” headspace so they don’t hurt themselves if they were to fly up.
Square One Farms... oh I see... I am setting up a safe “on ground” hutch too... if you have another moment, I am curious, having done it both ways, (cage and earth bottom) which do you prefer? Do you notice any difference in health, appearance of happiness, egg production, or meat taste?
We think they are happier on the ground. It did take them a few extra weeks to start laying when we put the first batch on the grass. Took them closer to 9 weeks. Our other batches that came straight from brooder to pasture didn’t miss a beat, started laying on time. We run less males with them on pasture. Typically 1:10 ratio. We haven’t eaten quail straight from a cage so not sure on the flavor between the two but we think they are happier and healthier on grass. They do need to be moved regularly and that’s a little different and more time consuming than chickens but eventually the quail figure it out and it gets easier.
You had limited resources and watching I could see you were expecting a snafu. Your injury would have been a lot worse if you hadnt been. A lot of folks might not know to have that apprehension and the injuries you may prevent from the showing of this might be an untold many. That makes this a great video of what and what not to do. Also, you got pretty good reflexes, that injury would be worse had you not been as quick as you were.
If I had been running the drill in forward as opposed to backwards, I imagine the damage would have been significantly more. Thanks so much for your kind words!
Ours are outside so we can’t hear them. However they usually quiet down when the sun goes down. They usually only get riled up at night when the other wild animals start making noise and scare them.
tnx for informations they were same house with me ,so male quail are make sound badly here no ny wild animal i think, ny plz another more question please ans me when ready for meat male quail?
Great lesson, Mike! I often find myself trying to get things done with the tools I have on hand, which may not be the best.
Safety is super important, especially on a homestead where there is always a ton of work to do.
Great share, Sir!🙏
Thank you kindly! Sometimes we get in a hurry to just get the job done and that's another time it seems to bite us.
At last, a channel that uses proper background music.
Thanks! I put a lot of emphasis on music during the editing and glad when people notice. Thanks for watching!
Another way to cut holes is with the soldering iron to melt the holes.worked fine here.
Hi Mike love your videos... I purchased a toy highway cone at the dollar store (you get 2 for a dollar). They are only a few inches high, hot glue them inside the feeder box and it guides the feed to the sides no middle waste.. they also fit inside small square food containers from the grocery store (like potato salad container) when you want a smaller feeder that doesn't take up a lot of room in breeder cages... Have a perfect day!!!
That’s a great idea, I never would have thought of that. We are always trying to improve our set ups. We may give this a try. Thank you for watching!
hey, Mike, for our first shoebox feeder we drilled holes in the ends too, but found that the little boogers had a lot of fun slinging their feed through the holes in the ends. Now we just make them with holes on both long sides.
Glad you made this video. I learn by reading & watching. It helps to see right & wrong ways to proceed or avoid. That's the true homestead life. God bless.
Most video's seem to be how not to. This is how we learn. Thanks for sharing. If it works it's a success.
Thank you so much!!
DUDE - I love it.....now I cannot wait to get quail again. That is so awesome.
Thanks! I can't take credit for the design at all, just the poor craftsmanship LOL
I have quails too; I use the same hole feeder system.
After having broken a box too, I decided to drill the holes with a pyrography tool, it works really well; moreover, the edge of the holes is bulged, so they do not risk injuring the neck.
I then add a little glue (hot glue gun) on the bottom inside of the holes of the box. It keeps the food even better from coming out, it's just extra! :)
Great idea, thanks so much for it. Will have to try that out next time!
@@SquareOneFarms You can put some hot gun glue on your actual boxes ;)
“A” for effort & thanks for sharing! Going to try to make some today :)
No big deal brother. Happens to the best of us.
So simple, and brilliant!
Thanks for this idea. Will definitely be trying it and soon !
We have been using it for a while now and it’s going great! Good luck!
@@SquareOneFarms thank you. A friend gave us 109 eggs so I've got them incubating. Lol
Hey, so I just take an old knife and heat it over the gas grill flame then melt & cut my holes 😉 Just keep heating the knife but that way it never makes a hole crack 🤷♀️
Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today? And how is the weather over there?
The slo-mo replay showed that you are lucky-it could have been a disastrous injury. Proof that God loves the homesteader.
Totally agree! It was only sore for a couple of days and I moved on, but it could have been much worse!
If god loves homesteaders, why didn't he have him drill the hole correctly, not shatter the box and not get his hand injured? His hand was injured, you know. That's a really bizarre way of showing love.
@@steringp1434 it’s called free will. God gives us free will and doesn’t direct our actions.
@@steveo1006 Do you have any proof of that?
@@steringp1434 oh yes, it’s well documented in the Bible.
Great Video And useful! I came across today from you . thanks!
Awesome, thank you!
I made sure to sand insides down glad to have started using these no more waste
You learned this lesson so I didn't have to lol thank you for sharing!👍
That’s what we are here for....online guinea pigs haha! Glad it wasn’t you that had to learn it! Thanks for watching!
Hey at least now I won’t be an idiot and use the wrong tool. I call that a win for me. So thank you. Glad your hand healed ok. Like the music.
Thanks for the tips Mike! About the only way I learn is by messing up! lol
HAHA well maybe I'll save you one then! Thanks for watching Bill!
Thanks
Good job 😎
I love your video, thank you
Great job 👍👍
I take my propane torch and heat a pipe and let it melt through. I use different size pipes for different age bird feeders. I don't have to worry about cracking the plastic just melt , rub off the edges just a little to remove the little pieces and bam its done. Oh and it doesn't leave sharp edges either.
Good idea. Well thought out.
@@SquareOneFarms thanks! But to be honest it wasn't well thought out at all lol. We had some quail chicks and we had this one little bitty sucker that would get inside my feeder and kick the food out of the holes until he emptied it. so I thought of making the holes smaller and later different sizes.The melting part came about because of laziness because I was tired of changing bits, hooking up cords and dragging out tools. So i said well it would be less tearing up containers (cracking them) and easier on me I'll just melt the holes with different metal pipes. So again thanks ! But thought Id give you some insight lol! Take care fellah.
Am glad your ok... things happens...❤🌹
Thank you!
Miss you buddy! *Life With a Table Full*
You too man! We are actually about to start putting out videos shortly again. Hoping to shoot one next week.
Lol! What not to do! Got it!
Ty!
Don't put holes in the ends. The quail will sling the the food out that way. If you leave feeder ports only along the sides, less will be slung outside the feeder.
I made the holes all the way on the top is a huge improvement
...but u got it done! “A” for effort!
i never have a problem with making a feeder out of a plastic container for i use a ceramic light insert heat it up and burn the hole through then i use a fine sand paper to smooth the hole out which the insert is 1/1/2 in
We don't have small birds but if we do get them now I know how not to make a feeder lol
Well done sir, looks like that'll do it!! Dan
Thanks Dan! So far it's doing it's job nicely!
Those mason jar feeders are made by the companies that make feed.
I'll tell ya as an electrician that has hole sawed in plenty of plastic boxes even if you have the right hole saw sometimes it's best to let the plastic melt. I've seen hole saws bust out a big junction boxes.
My mate is a 4 1/2 foot tall Puerto Rican... and he's quick! I often have to remind him that quicker is not always better... um... How's that hand, foot, your back... but, you were quick! Yup, we have that illness here quite often in one form or another. Ma 2
A step drill bit works better than even a hole saw in that application.
Now go back and cut a 4-inch hole in 2 places on the top of the plastic feeders, and put a PVC tube in it. PVC tube with holes in the side to let feed out, about 2 inches up. You can pour feed in from the top - no need to even go into the cage! And you will have to put in feed a lot less often.
Ouch that could have been a very bad deal
What i use is one of those gas filter mount it on a long bolt
I’m still trying to figure out how I want to design mine. I have 15 separate cages, and they aren’t overly large. I can’t take up that much floor space in mine...
You could do yours on one side of the feeder and attach the feeder to the cages. Use smaller containers that you could place around the cages at different spots as per what you need. I suppose that would mean making a hole in the cage to match the holes in the feeders. Dont know how that would work out for ya but, if you could make it work, you would have the feeders and not use up floor space in the cages. Might not be a great idea but just a thought.
Michael Sanford that’s roughly what I’m considering, just working out the details, and finding the right containers, and being sure their easy to fill. I’ll get there, just gotta keep thinking...
Perhaps you could fashion an opening flap in the lid that you can open and close to do the filling of it. Cutting three sides allowing the uncut side to act as a sort if spring.
Maybe even a PVC tube running behind the cages and use a gutter drain spout as their "bowl" or something similar? Not sure. Look forward to your video on how you do it though!
Hi great video. If I had a dollar for every time I have hurt myself because I was lazy to walk the 20 yards to go find the right tool......... I use a soldering iron, I actually have two one "metal" one I use to solder and a "plastic" one I only use for jobs like this. Greetings from RSA.
Great idea and thanks you!
great feeder thank you and sorry about your hand.
Thank you. It healed pretty quickly. Hope the feeder idea helps you.
going to add pvc pipe gravity feeder to mine
Yes those are nice!
Yes, of course you should have taped the creation! It still worked !! 😁
Thank you!
Man lots of good lessons on how not to do stuff here. Yikes on that hand looks like it bite good.
It healed pretty quick!
I find it easier to just torch a hole in the plastic. It’s fast you get smooth edges.
This was the first video of yours I've seen, had a good chuckle at your do's and don't, glad you didn't edit and showed the stuffed up end result, much more realistic and makes me not feel so bad about a few projects I've done that have not quite turned out as planned 🫣
Mechanic's creed: If it's worth doing, it's worth bleeding for.
Yikes! That really bit you. At our old house I usually cut, stabbed, scraped, my hand while working on a project. I have been more cautious and wear gloves now that I am out here at the cabin. Those plastic Tupperware type feeders are great. I did a real hack job om ours and used a razor knife.
Hey, whatever works and gets the job done. It doesn't have to be pretty...just functional. Yes, I've taken safety a lot more seriously as well since we have started the homestead. Of course, I'm sure age has a lot to do with that as well HA!
Ouchie!
Dont think your an idiot. The feeder is a pretty cool idea!!
Thank you! I can't take credit for the design...just the poor craftsmanship LOL
I had similar issues doing my brooders may have also gotten a silly injury 🤕 lol it happens
OK.. game charger.. I used a soldering iron tool to make the holes.
I am very interested that the quail seem to be roosting. Am I seeing that correctly? Yours is the first video I have seen with what appears to be a roosting bar, and the quail up on it.
We keep them in grass now. But we have a video on how we built that cage. There isn’t a roosting area, the whole floor is just raised to keep ~13” headspace so they don’t hurt themselves if they were to fly up.
Square One Farms... oh I see... I am setting up a safe “on ground” hutch too... if you have another moment, I am curious, having done it both ways, (cage and earth bottom) which do you prefer? Do you notice any difference in health, appearance of happiness, egg production, or meat taste?
We think they are happier on the ground. It did take them a few extra weeks to start laying when we put the first batch on the grass. Took them closer to 9 weeks. Our other batches that came straight from brooder to pasture didn’t miss a beat, started laying on time. We run less males with them on pasture. Typically 1:10 ratio. We haven’t eaten quail straight from a cage so not sure on the flavor between the two but we think they are happier and healthier on grass. They do need to be moved regularly and that’s a little different and more time consuming than chickens but eventually the quail figure it out and it gets easier.
You had limited resources and watching I could see you were expecting a snafu. Your injury would have been a lot worse if you hadnt been. A lot of folks might not know to have that apprehension and the injuries you may prevent from the showing of this might be an untold many. That makes this a great video of what and what not to do. Also, you got pretty good reflexes, that injury would be worse had you not been as quick as you were.
If I had been running the drill in forward as opposed to backwards, I imagine the damage would have been significantly more. Thanks so much for your kind words!
Ouch! Can't say I haven't done something similar on multiple occasions. If it works it's a success.
Totally agree! And so far it's working like a champ!
Forsner bit work around: make a wooden backing plate and clamp it in place prior to drilling
Where can I find the quail cage like yours
We got the cages at a yard sale. It was originally a ferret cage that we modified some.
Do I see a plastic welding video for next time?
Use a hole saw not a forsner bit it will stay centered,
quail bird sound are so irritating day/ night what can i do? plz help
Ours are outside so we can’t hear them. However they usually quiet down when the sun goes down. They usually only get riled up at night when the other wild animals start making noise and scare them.
tnx for informations they were same house with me ,so male quail are make sound badly here no ny wild animal i think, ny plz another more question please ans me when ready for meat male quail?
This box should have 8 holes.many holes do not hold the flying food
Hey... don’t be too hard on yourself... you tried to do the best you could.
Music at level ten voice at 2
Thought I was watching a lord of the rings movie
Was I Gandalf or Frodo? 🤔
Well I'll be...
Yeah fancy!
Half inch hot iron pipe can do the trick.......no drilling
Sometimes shit happens
Indeed it does!
It’s ok to make a mistake.