The QUAIL stopped Laying EGGS! Will THIS be the ANSWER to our Problem?

The quail have completely stopped laying eggs. Hopefully todays project will solve that problem.
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[@RockinLocks4u]

In the Spring, you should just be able to layer the dark tarp right over the top of the clear, since it's a bit longer, it will reach down further on the sides to screw it into the wood, then next Winter just remove the dark one, and the clear is already set

[@valeriestevens5250]

You read my mind! 😁

[@lindap9079]

I had the same idea. One less thing to store.

[@justinanovak8040]

The dark one could be adjusted in the summer depending on how hot things are covering whole or a only a portion of the coop.

[@barbrichards6229]

Yes would that work. Just add the other tarp on top of the clear one

[@sherribrown9989]

There's always shade cloth too. Different degrees of shade, and could be doubled up if wanted. Then it's still shaded, but not so dark as with a tarp.

[@marciafischbeck7653]

Now you need to find some tiny sunglasses for your little birds!

[@donnareeves5894]

Makes me want to build a hoop house and raise quail.

[@OWF-Farm]

You may find that it is better to have the light come on in the early morning rather then extend the daylight and quickly shut off. At least it works that way with chickens. Light coming on does't seem to bother them. However being light then suddenly going dark does not let them get ready for bedding down for the night. They are caught off guard not knowing when the dark of night is coming.

[@Nana9112go]

I love how you two always work together!! What a great example of teamwork!!

[@Piaphamu]

I raised my quail in a large coop with no floor. In the winter I piled a bunch of fluffed up hay in there and they loved it. The would bury themselves in the hay when it was cold. I never lost one, no matter how cold it got.

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

Using a bunch of hay during the winter is a really good idea. 👍 A natural insulator for the birds.

[@dms8585]

I'm sure the quail will love all that light.

[@susanstokesbrungard291]

My daughter bought me these lights for my chicken coop. I love them. A great birthday present. lv and Prayers to all.

[@texasnurse]

You should probably wear a dust mask when working with bird droppings to avoid a fungal infection in your lungs.

[@shelly8387]

Yes. Histoplasmosis is no joke.

[@teresadasilva8773]

They know that

[@sharroncalabrese6685]

Obviously, they don’t but texasnurse is correct Histoplasmosis is no joke!

[@lorrieshigley3625]

I 💯agree ❣️. My uncle died because he contracted a disease due to bird droppings. We Love you Sarah and Kevin, please protect your lungs, it’s not worth the risk.

[@kathystarklandess4448]

You are right there is a fungal infection called histo plasmosis and I and my sister had this as children going into my uncle's chicken pin and it can cause a lot of lung problems my sister actually got an Eye problem macular degeneration from it

[@triciasklodowske5653]

Vinal flooring will making a very big difference. We have it in our coop, love it. So easy to clean. String up holiday lights around the sides and door. It will give light and some heat. Love the clear tarp. Need one for a shorter high tunnel for spring and fall plants. Thanks for sharing. I think the quail will enjoy it. God bless and protect.

[@kedd2318]

If you put an inexpensive peel and stick tile or linoleum down cleanup would be even easier and the plywood would last a long time I think some of the dollar stores sell both.

[@lisastankiewicz1926]

We did that in chicken coop and it made all the difference In cleanup

[@klz4377]

Great solution to the short tarp. 😊

[@mindycollier9087]

A huge difference in the lighting and appearance when the tarp was changed. You always come up with some amazing solutions to issues that arise with your projects. Hopefully you will get a good egg laying cycle this winter.

[@sharonboles1987]

Would love it to see it at night with the light on!

[@meolson9197]

I use a dawn to dusk timer. It lets you set 2,4, 6 hours after dusk so you don’t need to remember to turn on a light.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Our area in the barn where our quail are is dark. A string of Christmas lights does the trick and they are laying!!

[@sowandtare]

I raise quail in Aviaries, i recommend not letting the bedding get wet if you have many days of rain, as it will stink if it stays wet. I think you could put an awning on it to help prevent rain from getting in.

[@DrofJustice]

Wow, what a transformation a tarp can make! I hope this is a good change for the birds. ❤

[@ronnielayne5863]

buddy of mine uses a big shop vac to clean out his coops that way u dont have to move the birds out, he said by the time he moved the birds out he could of had the floor vac out works good he said

[@2200chuck]

1. Pretty dusty in there. You should be wearing a dust mask. 2. Leave the clear tarp on all year. In the summer just add the dark tarp over it, or better yet, add a shade cloth. Then when it gets this time of year again, just remove and stow the shade cloth. No need to put the clear tarp on over and over, year after year.

[@kendavis8046]

I suspect that the spent shavings are a GREAT addition to the compost pile! Thanks, you two, and God bless!

[@jeanburgin160]

Wow this is so much better for them. So light and more natural for them.

[@rebeccarice1140]

Looks great, one thing for sure is these quail at sooo much calmer than those that chased each other around and around and around ,,, and as always another great video

[@donnalovintexas8760]

I watch Cog Hill Farm and in their chicken coops they lay down a sheet of inexpensive vinyl flooring down. They said it makes the coop so much easier to clean and change the shavings.

[@lili42059]

God bless you both. The love of the Lord just shines right through everything you do. 🙏

[@susanmurten6178]

What a huge difference the clear tarp made!

[@ShahidShahShahidShah-wo6rs]

That's great looks so much better blessings 🎉🎉🎉

[@daniellesunley4807]

When we lived in MO I had my quail in 8x4 in ground garden bed/runs. I rotated them through the beds that I planted with leafy greens. As the plants were spent the quail cleaned up the bed ready for re-seeding. I had greenhouse plastic over the beds in winter to keep the worst of the weather off. The quail were very happy and laid most of the year. I plan to do the same now that we have moved back to England.

[@opalezell2166]

You two have a beautiful 😍❤farm and home.

[@Wildevis]

I am very interested to know if your egg production increases. Great job and so glad it's working out so well to have them outside

[@LeoBarr1968]

If you add big sand pits for them, most of your eggs will be laid in the pits. For your size area and quail qty I would suggest the concrete mixing trays at Lowes/HD. A mixture of 50/50 dirt/sand works best.

[@lindapeterson7166]

Good ☕️☕️ Morning Kevin & Sarah.❤️

[@cterrier]

If you're willing to consider Outdoor String Lights with remote they usually have the ability to schedule when the lights are turn on and off. Some have time limits such as 3, 5, 8 hours and others allow you to schedule the turn on and off time.

[@shuvanidev]

Love it! This is a perfect example of how to work smarter rather than harder and you both excel at this. Well done!

[@gretaknebel8495]

Like the new look of the quail coop.

[@darlenepreston8836]

Awesome idea with the screws & pair cord!!! 🙏👍🌻

[@scottrenkemeyer375]

Something you could try…We use a cheap vinyl flooring on our coop floor. It protects the wood from moisture and rot. We also can roll it back up wash it if need be…although haven’t had the need to do that yet.

[@christinedehn3257]

I don't know if this would apply to quail or not. I've always heard that if you are extending day length with artificial light you should have the lights come on before dawn rather than after dark. The birds use the dimming twilight to find where they are going to settle / roost for the night. If the light goes off suddenly they are left in the dark without being able to see where to bed down.

[@user-bo1rj2xu2s]

Once again, you taught me something I didn't know I needed to learn! May I also say that your production value is excellent. You take such care while filming and editing so that we see what you're doing and why. I know that takes a lot of your time. Thanks so much!

[@terrashandmadegifts9578]

Hey. Just a heads up. My father was a heavy equipment operator and I was running a tractor by the time I was 12. A big safety thing he said to me is to always travel with the bucket low, not up high. Tip over hazard. I kinda cringe when I see you do that😢

[@w1tjl]

Agreed! Bucket as low as is practical. Keep the center of gravity low especially with a load in the bucket!

[@Marilou-g5t]

I was taught this in tractor safety in 1980's. Absolutely accurate. Also, for the masses, no passengers without their own seats. If you roll over you CANNOT save the passenger(s). Too often people mow with child onboard the lap or wheelwell.

[@Willene1950]

That was scary

[@Willene1950]

That's the difference between day and night. 😂Looks great

[@renamurray3206]

Tractor supply has a bedding called pelletized horse bedding. Is compressed untreated pine. It looks like pelletized food. Once the pellets get wet it turns into sawdust irs cheap and clean. I've started using it with my chickens...pretty much all Mt animals and I have my quail in a coop on the ground

[@carmenmariacortesmarin2664]

Excellent information. Very happy it's working out for you guys.

[@randypyatt5649]

That's looks awesome guys god bless you job will done.

[@larrylewis3573]

Dear Kevin and Sarah, I have followed with considerable interest your raising of quail. My interest piqued when you set up a hoop coop for your quail outdoors. I really enjoy how you think things through, and have now enhanced your hoop coop for more light. It certainly looks like a major improvement. I will be interested in the results. I also look forward to see how you will winterized it, and how this works out over the winter months. Sincerely, Larry Lewis Ontario, Canada.

[@paulchauvin840]

Just and idea. To get the quail out when changing bedding. You could add a small door in the back that will lead into a cage to hold them while you clean it out. Love watching you guys.

[@organicgal7751]

You all work so great together as a team. I love that

[@annamarkham-roberts4304]

Bird poo made my family sick with histoplasmosis, very bad.

[@loisxander6321]

The two of you can figure out everything so well. There is a lot of common sense in what you do. Thank you so much for all you share in your posts.

[@sydneymcconnaughhay5947]

Nice job my friends,,I can tell you care deeply for your animals,,,that means you care more for humanity 👍that's what we all should be striving for.

[@bobcole3852]

You'll definitely get more eggs. I have power at hutches and use a string of LED Christmas lights and get more eggs than I have layers every day. I set timer to come on 6-7am and 5-9pm to give them 14 hours of light. If the clear tarp doesn't get destroyed by UV you can just lay the dark one over it in spring.

[@sherryw-ponyluv-er2394]

You folks do great at adjusting on the fly. Your projects are always interesting as you seek efficient ways to care for the plants and animals.

[@robingreany899]

Looks great. Hope they love it.

[@tinav4755]

Another informative video, Take care and God's Blessings

[@susanrichards4844]

Well done!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@old-schoolj1405]

@Living Traditions If you use supplemental light, your egg production will drop off from the norm substantially next season. I have been homesteading since 2011 and have learned this the hard way. Also your water barrel will act as a store of thermal energy when its cold if you put it inside the coop in the winter. And will be less likely to freeze if thats possible in your area.

[@hamiltonhomefarms8712]

Changing/cleaning their coop will prevent them from laying for 10 days.. also if something is frightening them at night they will stop laying.. I raise these quail and this has been my experience

[@tomandaprilharmon7547]

Great video Kevin! An idea for your ends, just build a square frame around each end, Same height and width as the enclosure. Then, mount a piece of metal conduit tubing across the top, and tape a plastic sheet to the conduit along an edge. Essentially you're making a simple "roller shade" like for a window, with plastic sheeting. Now if you want to open it up, just roll up the plastic, and if you want it closed, pull it down and hold the bottom down. If you want it to always look nice and neat, tape another piece of conduit to the bottom of the plastic, and it'll keep the bottom from wrinkling, and the weight hold it down by itself. I've made these with both plastic and metal conduit, whatever you have on hand will work, but the metal one works better for the top so it doesn't bow in the middle. Even then, you can keep a plastic one from bowing as much if you stuff a stick or a piece of wood inside. Good luck!

[@lindagary7077]

Wow a big difference. Can you show us the light at night? Thanks ❤

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

I’ve only used it 2 nights so far so the verdict is still out whether or not it is going to help. Hard to shoot video after dark but I will try to upload a photo to the community area of KZbin at some point. - Kevin

[@rogerpultz5597]

Really enjoyed watching 👍👍

[@joecruggle7638]

Great video. Giving me lots of ideas (not only for quail) on this design and process. Thanks.

[@rosalyndahasch7631]

Good information, glad the process has worked. Hello from Angola Indiana.😊

[@laurierich5161]

I love watching you two work together! You and Ruth Zimmerman just bless my soul every week ! Thanks

[@pmartin6759]

👍👍👍👍👍 ❤❤❤❤❤ still think vinyl on top of your wooden floor would have protected the wood and made it last longer, just my opinion

[@dawnybaby5200]

Yall can put down vinyl flooring to protect the plywood flooring. I did that for my chicken coop. Works really well. Love your videos. God bless yall!

[@sandybrown9175]

Thanks guys! 👋❤️🙏

[@thebhn]

We built your hoop coop according to your video last year for our quail, and they have lived comfortably in it for a year and a half. :) Actually we've built five so far, we have chickens now too and plan on making one for rabbits as well! We put a clear tarp on the back when it gets cold, and sometimes during summer storms. We cover the back with shade cloth otherwise. Of course we had the SAME problem finding solar powered timed lights. We went with a decent solar panel, a good quality USB battery, and Christmas lights that stay on 24/7. (I also hook up a fan, a camera, and an aquarium heater for the water.) I'm still looking for an in-line USB Christmas light timer that doesn't need to be monitored every day! We haven't had to scoop out bedding, we just add some wood chips every week or two and stir it up for them. It has stayed dry and fresh.

[@lenellamaxwell6934]

Very nice! I was wondering why you would have to change the tarp back to the dark next year. Why can't you use a shade cloth like you do in your greenhouse over the plastic to keep it cool, but still have maximum light? You wouldn't have to change out the tarp every season that way.

[@dalenisaac960]

You should do like I did with my chicken house and cover the whole floor with epdm liner. It makes cleaning out so much easier and you don’t have to worry about your floor rotting out

[@nancyfahey7518]

They are ground birds. This makes sense. They do like sleeping up on a high perch. I even had a blind bird and the others coached her up on the perch every night.

[@caroldurand7722]

Hi, I used Christmas lights on my quail cages and a light plug timer that you would use if you leave your home and want it to look like someone is around. Worked really well it did. So this will work out. I have even used a rechargeable shop flashlight that had a hook on it worked good to for my chickens.

[@lorraineconnors3270]

I am in Sudbury, I Ontario I would like to tell you that it would be easier if you made a little tiny house in there that they could be in and you wouldn’t have to pick them up. You could close them up at night. They would stay warmer in a little tiny house inside of their up off the ground All together. When you’re cleaning the coop, they would be all inside the house. You wouldn’t have to pick them up no stress and it will make it much easier for them to be in when it’s really cold you can close it and make them warmer from their own heat.

[@ieri_creations]

I love your quail content! Thank you so much! I'm hoping to implement this style of quail care near Lebanon.

[@camicri4263]

That's great! Looks so much better! Blessings 💞🤗

[@fargiraff9040]

The best litter I found for quail was hemp shavings. They composted perfectly.

[@wendyburston3132]

Love the little triangular wood houses for them to hide in. They seem to like their new digs.

[@patcunningham8279]

just a suggestion that might help, line the bottom of the pen with a tarp then put on the shavings, then all you'll have to do is pick up the corners of the tarp and dump in the tractor bucket instead of shoveling...

[@caroldexter-parente3733]

I love watching you guys work together!

[@straubdavid9]

Will be interesting to see how this all works out with egg production .... best of luck. Take care Kevin & Sarah .... have a nice evening🚜✌🏻

[@gregs225]

We added wiggle wire track, use heavyweight white tarps with shade cloth over it in the summers

[@laurap.7794]

What if you made sky lights?? Cut some holes in the dark tarp and layer the clear tarp. Then they can have light and shade. 😊

[@anneo3754]

That new tarp really brightened up the hoop coop! Looked like a beautiful day to get your project done 😊

[@gramps246]

Just a suggestion, but if you put down a layer of vinyl flooring in the coop it should help with the cleanup. You should be able to pick up a renement fairly cheaply.

[@lynnenessmith1625]

Hi Kevin & Sarah, I watched this ep. and was thinking about a little more shade for them, so if they want to get out of the straight sun they could. how about a piece of broad at the back of the coupe. My husband & I love watching Living Traditions Homestead. this is our first feedback though. Keep up the great work. See you on the TV.

[@marvinlepping2879]

If you put some cheap vinyl flooring down, it makes it easy enough to sweep with a broom. That works really good on my coop.

[@missourigirl4101]

It’s amazing how much difference in the light that tarp makes! Love that solar light!

[@bonnieisabelle3641]

To save time, when you change the tarp in the spring, could you put the dark one on top of the clear? This way you would only have to take off/put on the dark one. I don’t know how much time this would save or if it would be too warm with both tarps on. Just a thought.

[@carolcartes8240]

I was going to suggest the same thing! Kinda like shade cloth for the high tunnel(quail)!

[@Duchess_of_Cadishead]

Same same 😄

[@patz780]

I was thinking the same thing. It certainly would streamline the process twice a year.

[@denisesummers3107]

It looks great !

[@freewaybaby]

I love the way y’all jumped in there and improvised with the new tarp, which, by the way, should DEFINITELY be the size that’s stated in it’s finished state! It’s one thing if you buy the tarp fabric and then have them finish it as an option but when it’s a pre-packaged item that says the tarp is a certain size THAT’S finished product! How else are you supposed to know what size to order? Even though you went ahead and used it, I’d still be contacting the company and I’d let my review state what you ran into. I buy nothing on Amazon without reading reviews and this is something I’D want to know if I was looking to buy a specific size ANYTHING! But great job, weaving in the wind…LOL Y’all got it done!😊

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hey Y'all, Thank you so much for trying this!!! I love everything farm, garden, livestock, animals and homesteading. The One thing I have trouble with is rabbits, quail and other smaller animals in cages off the ground their entire lives. There is a big emphasis on cage free animal husbandry and that is why I find it difficult. I see these quail in the hoop coupe and I am so relieved and feel so much better about it. Although they are still confined it is so so much better. There are some videos I do not watch on the many channels I follow. I never leave angry hurtful comments I simply go to another video. I love how it turned out great video thank you so much God bless y'all stay safe bye for now Steven

[@CarbSmartDiabetic]

Check out time switch for lights. A super simple device you program to when you want the lights to turn on and off and then be hands off. Loved learning about the bress and am a long time fan Hugs.

[@farmyourbackyard2023]

We have an open air coop for our chickens. It would be simple to modify this hoop coop using wiggle wire and channel, then pieces of plastic. It could be done within one hour.

[@JanetLavoie]

Yes please wear a mask when cleaning the coops.

[@lesleydickson7746]

I love the way you are improving life for the quail. I hated to see them in the wire cages. ☺️

[@an5210]

in winter or now, just add in some pine branches for hiding and heat conservation. Ive had quail a year now and just love em!! I made a green house for mine.

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

Looks great!

[@jackiehorsley9263]

Your setup looks awesome I hope It works out for you

[@cindyharris8098]

The quail look happy. I hope you start getting eggs again soon.

[@lindabrown2170]

Awesome job!

[@vtappy1]

I use poly feed sacks cut open and duct tapped together to cover my wood chicken house floor. I lay down strips rather than one big tarp do it is easy to carefully pick up the tarps and dump into front end loader I use bedding on top of the tarps. Very easy for me to clean the chicken house.

[@valcourisland1776]

I was hoping to see the light in the evening/dark, but great video just the same!

[@derniedels9500]

That's a great amendment. I keep mine outside and the natural behaviours are fun to watch. Well done