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Actually that is one of my compost bins the girls are in, not their run, though the bins are inside their run. There are three bins at various stages of decomp. That one has almost finished compost, but I will let it age several months before using it.

Oh yes, much worse. Been there done that. But if you do it right you will end up with the best black, sweet smelling compost for your garden. The key is turning often and add enough brown materiel to the manure and litter, at least 50/50. Free workers to turn the compost? Priceless. I have...

You will need to turn your compost weekly especially if it is in the ground or it will go anaerobic, smell bad and basically stop decomposing. It will need oxygen to heat up and break down into usable compost.

Make sure you compost those droppings before you put them on your plants. Quail manure is a "hot" manure and will burn your plants unless it's well composted. That said it's a wonderful addition to a compost bin or pile. It will heat things up and turn into black gold for your garden.

You might want to check out the thread on fermented feed for quail as it ups the nutritional content of the feed. It's in my signature and there are many other threads about fermented feed for other types of birds as well. I brood and house all my birds outdoors so they get optimum D3...