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...
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
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?)
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...
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.
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...