Sorry not quoted Look aboveIm keeping my ducks in here until I get my quail, which should be around thursday or friday, but thought i'd post my picutre now since the quail im getting will be eggs so they wont be in there for quite awhile. cool pens guys!
No offence, but I find these sort of cages cruel!putting it on the wishlist...I like the rubber-coated wire or I prolly wouldn't bite. Their plant is right up the road a lil drive, gonna call and see about pick up. Once the old tax return comes in may buy a 4 unit system, 12 holes.
I am getting a stack of these in a few weeks. I dont ming them with coturnix as long as people stick to 1 sq ft per bird, but I also have bobwhite and scaled quail. I will only put them in these cages with the dividers taken out with only two birds per level. I have at least 4 sq ft per bird on these guys. right now they have 6 sq ft and some have 10 sq ft
Plain, featureless rabbit hutches work beautifully with coturnix, but if your willing to do the other stuff, then more power to you! And yes a quad(1 roo, 3 hens) would work in that cageI found someone with coturnix quail for sale not terribly far from me. I have been researching them for years on and off. i never seem to have a good space ready when i find them for sale though ):
so my question for all you wonderful quail people with such lovely pens....
i have rabbits that i breed and i could use one of the hutch sections for a few quail. it wouldn't be anything amazing but i would make it comfortable for them. the hutch section has a small nestbox and its fairly tall so i could add a shelf in it for more floor space. the wire is thick gauge and 1/2 by 1inch but i could put cardboard down with hay for them and i could do a small dustbath box for them to use.
the hutch section is about 20 by 20 inches plus nestbox is about 12 by 12 inches and as i said i could add a shelf in it and add floor space since its rather tall inside, which would add another about 10 by 20 inches.
would you all say that would be fine for a small breeding group? i want them for eggs mainly but want to keep a roo with them so later i can try incubating to expand the flock if i am able. i was thinking 1 roo and 3 hens? would that be an alright amount for the space or could i add another hen or two? i don't want to overdo it but i do want a few hens for the eggs.
right now the person has some 3wks old ready and will be setting another bunch mid april (put in mid april or hatching then, i don't recall at the moment) and i am hoping to get from the older ones because i have seriously limited space inside and cant have them in for long at all. but being i am in central Virginia and its still getting cold sometimes i will have to work on acclimatizing them to outside.
thanks!!!
