Basement Quail Enrichment

[Green Bean Quail]

So I had to move my birds back inside, we had a snowstorm and it dropped to 28, which was far colder than I was hoping for (I haven’t acclimated them to outside yet!) in the meantime, I’ve been trying to mimic “wild” enrichment for them as much as possible. Example: instead of a feeder I “bury” their pellets under a light layer of peat around the cage for them to scratch, add a fan for some light breezes (they LOVE that, they’ll all crowd by it to get their feathers blown) have some shorter “day/night” cycles by varying the light amounts. Is this good practice for when they’re in their outside pen or is it just unnecessary stress? They don’t seem to mind it, still laying well, and my male has actually gotten quite used to me and is no longer dead set on pecking my hand off.

 

[Fenrisulfr]

This sounds like a quail heaven

 

[Fenrisulfr]

... are these japanese cotunix?

 

[Green Bean Quail]

This sounds like a quail heaven

Haha thanks! I can’t wait for them to be able to experience the great outdoors too!

 

[Green Bean Quail]

... are these japanese cotunix?

Yep!

 

[Quailobsessed]

It sounds like you're doing a wonderful job with your quails. I love keeping things as natural as possible. If we all have the mindset you have, we can really improve the lives of our birds. Please keep what you're doing with them

 

[Green Bean Quail]

You guys are all so sweet thanks so much!