Thanks! Sounds like they'd probably do okay in the greenhouse for winter, maybe with a heating panel on a thermostat. I might just get some this year then--assuming I can get some decent housing built for my turkeys, plus a duplex waterfowl house & a milking stanchion. And cages for quail... that's been the hold-up--building those cages and figuring out where to put them in the winter.
i had a heated waterer this last winter, but there have been several days since raising quail that I had to clean ice out of the waterers.....I’ve lost a few here and there to cold but most likely if cage kept in a greenhouse, you should be fine.....again I stress, it’s wet way more than cold that kills IME
It has a couple large vents that I kept open through the whole winter, which seemed to work well. The greenhouse birds had no frostbitten combs though most were singles, so... pretty good there.
Buttons in general, can't handle temps below 50°F, especially if subjected to drafts.rain + cold.......it wasn’t forecasted to get bitter cold but my guess is that the rain/humidity created wetness that allowed them to get too cold overnight.......everything else did fine including parakeets, adult buttons, young quail, and adult/baby finches......the baby buttons were the only ones effected
Wet and cold is the double whammy.
when I came out to the living room the dog and the cat were watching under the door because they could see the quail. I put them in a tank that had a screen top that locks so now he shouldn't get out.
