A shared run

[Binki]

Haha they are crazy about food!! They're Red Sex Links and I hear they're more aggressive/territorial than most other breeds but man they have spunk and have been laying for nearly 2 years straight - over two Canadian winters with no heat or additional lighting! Just egg machines I like how they can't fly over the fence like some other breeds, maybe it's just cause they get so much good treats xD (like quail eggs!)

To be honest, I try and keep my quail and chickens completely seperate for the disease risk but the girls forage around the quail aviary and fluff about, been over a year with no sickness so I believe my chickens aren't carriers so if yours aren't then a partition should do the trick

coturnix quail aren't so clever at sheltering themselves from wind and rain so you'll have to keep that in mind while designing for them they also don't roost/want to go in a coop at night but it's nice for them to hang out in whenever, as long as the ramp isn't too steep ^^

It's also advised that coturnix quail have either several feet or one foot in cage/coop/run height because there's a small chance that one day they may flush out of fright (like maybe a night predator prowling too close) and the smaller height of a foot prevents them from gaining too much speed which lessens (but doesn't eliminate) the risk of injury with flushing. The at least 6 foot high option will likely have the quail lessen their upward burst enough to not hit the ceiling

 

[Mixedcat13298]

Haha they are crazy about food!! They're Red Sex Links and I hear they're more aggressive/territorial than most other breeds but man they have spunk and have been laying for nearly 2 years straight - over two Canadian winters with no heat or additional lighting! Just egg machines I like how they can't fly over the fence like some other breeds, maybe it's just cause they get so much good treats xD (like quail eggs!)

To be honest, I try and keep my quail and chickens completely seperate for the disease risk but the girls forage around the quail aviary and fluff about, been over a year with no sickness so I believe my chickens aren't carriers so if yours aren't then a partition should do the trick

coturnix quail aren't so clever at sheltering themselves from wind and rain so you'll have to keep that in mind while designing for them they also don't roost/want to go in a coop at night but it's nice for them to hang out in whenever, as long as the ramp isn't too steep ^^

It's also advised that coturnix quail have either several feet or one foot in cage/coop/run height because there's a small chance that one day they may flush out of fright (like maybe a night predator prowling too close) and the smaller height of a foot prevents them from gaining too much speed which lessens (but doesn't eliminate) the risk of injury with flushing. The at least 6 foot high option will likely have the quail lessen their upward burst enough to not hit the ceiling

Im excited to hear red sex links are so winter Hardy I'm from Chicago but mine right now are the sweetest it's my Easter egger who is crazy but both the quail and chickens will have coops on opposite sides of aviary and will be locked up at night because I have foxes and huge raccoons around my yard and for the spring through early winter the chickens will be in portable run and quail would have the aviary and when they both have to use it I'm thinking of a screen to keep them apart in the aviary and as for the height in order for my husband to be able to get in there and clean it it has to be over six feet tall and I'm thinking of padding

 

[JaeG]

I have male quail in with my bantam chickens but only because we don't have Coryza here in New Zealand, which is nasty and quail always seem to catch it from chickens. I'd never put them in with larger chickens. The bantams go into their coop for the night and the quail stay out in the covered run no matter the weather. They are ground birds so do not instinctively look for (or need) a high perch to stay for the night. They don't use ramps but mine will go up steps to get from the lower part of the run to the higher part.