My brooder is a plywood box on the end of a 6 foot long 2 foot wide hardware cloth pen. I have a door on top of the brooder box i use to change feed and waterers, there is a slide up door on the side that i can open from the outside so when chicks are old enough i can let them out on the wire. I...
I raise my quail on sand about 4 inches deep and use a gardenn rake to turn it whenever i check for eggs or feeding. I use sand used for sand blasting. Change it out every few months