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Excellent suggestion! I had bantams doing that and put a piece of plastic chicken wire across the bottom of the door until they learned to wait and run out the pop door into their run. When they ran out wild and free where the rest of the flock was the big adolescent roosters went after them...

I have a 6X16 coop that has two 6X6 pens with a feed area in between. One has bantams and the other has standard size cochins, and too many in each pen. They are able to go out in a large run all day, but in the winter it gets kind of close. I put in 2X wooden floors and a deep layer of...

That looks like a lot of thought and work put into your project. I don't have quail yet, so can't give you an expert opinion, but it looks really nice to me. Good job.

I use horse stall gate latches like this: Then I put a carabiner like this in the tongue that sticks out through the latch so it can't be lifted up and slid out. It has foiled them at ground level too on the duck hut. If you shop around you can fine the latches for about $7...

Not so! I have horse stall latches secured with carabiners on all my coops. There are regular visits by raccoons (I see tracks) going all around the coops and no break-ins for several years. If the latch is up high enough they have to hold on while they are trying to get in. Also, I don't...

I've been thinking of raising quail here in upstate NY where it can get down to -20 for several days in the winter. Would something like this work for quail? It is 6X16 and 6-foot high and the coop portion is 6X6.