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No, they get more speed with the higher they go. My pen is about 2 1/2 to 3 feet high and none have broken their necks...I even have a few that fly over the 'wall' that divides the inside from the outside

Quote: What is sweet PDZ? Sweet PDZ is a product made by the Manna Pro company that absorbs and neutralizes ammonia in the droppings Works great in brooders too, plus it's safe if the birds decide to eat it.

If it's warm outside (70+) you only need to give them a heat light for about 3 weeks. But you have to make sure they are kept somewhere that they won't get wet until at least 6 weeks cause they'll get chilled pretty fast. If you're wanting to hatch every 2 weeks and process at 10 weeks...

Quote: If you say so...I know better from my experience. Funny how just a week or so ago you said that yours had the wood braces to stand on and that was it?

This is the pen I have all my coturnix in right now. It is in the same place it was then, and the wood is not nasty. The only roof is the roof on the pen with about a 6" overhang. When it rains I'm sure it does get wet a bit on the inside. On colder nights all the quail will be in the...

Quote: I have had this pen built for over a year and it is not 'nasty'. 2/3 of the floor are wood. One part of this is mostly enclosed and has pine shavings/pellets, the other side is bare wood. I don't have any poopy-footed quail and all it takes is a hoe or shovel to scrape the dried stuff...

Quote: It's not like cleaning the wood is difficult and they apparently would rather be on solid flooring. I've never lost anything to raccoons...about the only thing the dogs are good for.

My cages all used 1" x 1/2" wire for the bottoms, it works fine. I would cover the sides though, several predators could get through 1" x 2" wire. Rather than putting 1/2" wire on the bottom you can put a piece of plywood or something in part of it for them to sleep on. They really should have...