Quail Pens/Housing

[WaterfowlWierdo]

Hvacmoose, I love your avatar!!! haha Peter and that darn chicken always brawling is hilarious! also what a neat twist to a quail cage bravo!

 

[Chicken-Farmer]

Waterfowlweirdo,

I don't have a manufacture name on mine. But the closest thing I've found are by alternative designs. http://www.altdesign.com/test/quail.html it looks like they are labratory cages. I really like the ease of cleaning and the quality of construction.

Chicken-Farmer

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

They look like really nice cages! would be very nice for eggs!

 

[Chicken-Farmer]

They are. I like that the eggs roll out and stay clean. My old pens I built were tilted, but the eggs were too big to roll out. The eggs were dirty and sometimes pecked at or cracked. I paid quite a bit for the cages, but the convenience is worth it.

Chicken-Farmer

 

[Bigbuck1]

The top pic is the latest build. It's still in the works.

 

[Bigbuck1]

The latest pens seem to work well. Curious as to what everyone uses for waterers? I currently have water bottles with nipples threaded in the caps. Do quail get enough water that way?

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

I use rabbit waterers and they seem to do just fine on that

 

[fnwolffie]

I've been looking for quail houses for a couple weeks now. I have silly a question ... Why do 99% of the cages have wire floors? I want my quail to be comfy lol is it bad to have them on the ground like a chicken coop? Is there a health reason or is it more about convenience? Get ready to buy a quail house and just want some input from seasoned quail owners! Thanks

 

[kingmt]

To let the poop fall through. I put a small piece of cardboard in the pen to give them somewhere to rest their feet along with a sand box.

You can keep them on the ground but they can get parasites.

 

[Massey]

Why are all the pens so small, they all look like commercial battery hens,