That's around what I was thinking. Thanks!
I hadn't decided on how many, Victor. Because I wasn't sure how many would actually be comfortable in that area.
I don't think I included it, but the 6' open area has a hardware cloth bottom for the most part, so hopefully not a heck of a lot of...
I haven't finished building it yet, still need to weatherproof, raise, and put the hardware cloth on. BUT, The "open" area of the enclosure is 6' long, 23" high, by 29" wide. The shelter is attached at the side and is about 32" long and 20" wide. It's 23"-25" tall, with shelves/hides and etc...
I'm looking into incubators now, before I have the birds.. For small-scale Coturnix quail hatching. Affordable is better. I'm open to DIYs, but I'm not very confident in my abilities to hatch them out myself. Just a good reliable incubator for a beginner that doesn't cost an arm and a leg is...
Thank you!
I had planned on converting a decent sized area, about 10'x20' for the birds with as natural a setting as I can give, with shrubs and rock/wood features.
We have a lot of 'predators' like cats, raccoons, and the like that roam at night. Will that stress them overly if they hear...
I would love to get into raising quail for eggs, possibly meat but I'm not too worried about that part yet. I really would love to have some chickens, but it's illegal.
I love the birds, I'm not just looking for something to use and abuse, they're be spoiled rotten - and they'd probably get...