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  1. IcyOldHen

    Show me your quail pens!!!

    It does have heavy rubber mats covering all but the the very center. I have more mats to cover the entire floor plus an extra foot around the entire pen, put I have to work at getting them out from under furniture that my kids have put on top of them in my garage. That said in my many, many...
  2. IcyOldHen

    Show me your quail pens!!!

    I have about 35 breeders now that I'll likely thin down. I also have 100 shipped eggs on the incubator. Even if I have a great hatch rate I expect I will have extra males for the freezer. So I'm figuring I'll have around 60 to 80 over the winter in the big pen... Which will be covered! :D
  3. IcyOldHen

    Show me your quail pens!!!

    Okay. Thank you!
  4. IcyOldHen

    Show me your quail pens!!!

    Okay, I figured I'd cover the top, was hoping everyone would say they can't pop up that high and I wouldn't need to. I'm planning to buy a 150' roll of chicken wire, so also covering the top with it shouldn't be a problem. (Will chicken wire be a suitable cover, or will I need a softer netting?)
  5. IcyOldHen

    Show me your quail pens!!!

    Setting up a colony quail pen for the winter. Otherwise it will be nearly impossible and costly to keep non-frozen water available for them. Here is steps 1, 2 & 3 More to come as we get it finished. I plan to attach chicken wire around the bottom 3' to 5' to keep them in. It's...
  6. IcyOldHen

    Show me your quail pens!!!

    Hey Goat Packer, I have pack goats too! I got my quail in January. We have some extreme cold and I keep my quail in an unheated barn. They did fine last winter. My worry is how I'm going to keep their water from freezing next winter.
  7. IcyOldHen

    Show me your quail pens!!!

  8. IcyOldHen

    Show me your quail pens!!!

    I got my first Quail in February, seven hens & three cocks. They are all now laying dailly! I really wanted cages that have an egg roll out, but the shipping was prohibitive on any of the pre-made quail cages that I could find or any quality cage wire. Hope to still get them one day. For now...
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