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My ceilings are between 12 and 18"high. I use Italian waterers that sometimes slosh water, this is a bit of an issue as the litter becomes smelly when wet and sticks to their claws. Quail can fly and mine make it up a 3" step without any ladder using their wings. They will go anywhere for...

Attracting ants, that sounds great! my quail eat them like popcorn! The seeds and stuff just get eaten. Besides, mice can't get in if you use the right screening.

PinkBee, I have 5 quail in a cage like you describe on deep litter, and don't need any holes in the bottom. It's actually quite dry, and when it gets too wet (because of spilled water or rain coming in) I just take some of the damp litter out. I covered the sides in a strip of a couple of...

Quailsong, I wanted to thank you for putting me up to this. I have both my brooder and my main cage on deep litter now since your post, so about two weeks, and asked a sensitive-nosed visitor how she thought the main cage smelled, and she said, nice, a bit earthy. Before even I could smell the...

Quailsong, a big THANK YOU to sharing your knowledge and taking the time to answer my questions. Following on from your post I have found lots of info on the web about deep litter for chicken and learnt a lot. Am I right in observing that quail, being smaller and having smaller beaks, scratch...

This sounds like a great idea. I'm very keen particularly to keep the smell down. I have had my quail on wood shavings about 3in deep that I get from a local wood turner, but they are quite dusty. About 50% quite fine shavings, 50% dust, the proportions vary. The quail love dustbathing in...