Button Quail Housing. Will this work ...

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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here they cost around $60.00 or so

Wow!

I bet I could find one at a yard - sale for cheaper. ( Hopefully!! )

 

[Thingrizzly]

Could we get pics posted of various setups that fellow BYC'ers use, especially outdoor button coops? I'm looking for ideas for summer time coops, maybe on a grass covered area.

 

[fowlsessed]

I have great sucsess with clear plastic storage bins. I keep trios in a 58 qt. container. I do however replace the cover with a homemade window screen cover. Works great.

 

[Stellar]

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trios of button quail?

 

[LynnA]

I am keeping my month old chicks in a clear plastic tote, and they will be graduating into totes that have been altered! I dremelled a fairly large square out of the front (10" x 7"), replaced it with hardware cloth (1/2 in wire mesh), put a wire door in the wire front and a screen mesh insert in the top! The screen mesh is soft and cushions the boinks and the top does not need to be removed except for cleaning. I'm working on a way to open the bottom so I can insert a removable tray for cleaning as well. Necessity is the mother of invention! *lol*

 

[fowlsessed]

Yes trios. I know they naturally breed in pairs but I would be incubating the eggs. Also agression in the females is actually proving to be a problem, so i may endup seperating them into pairs. Anybody else have problems with agression in females.
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trios of button quail?

 

[fowlsessed]

That's neat. Could you post a pic. of the altered cover?
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[Stellar]

I find aggression between females in trios (when I started a long time ago) it is because there is a mated pair established and a female is just there in their territory, even if they have been raised together. The pair ends up trying to drive off that extra female causing injuries.

 

[fowlsessed]

Are broody hens common. I would like to try to let one hatch there own chicks. I've actually got a peacefull trio with two hens that are laying eggs in the same nest. Could this work or should I just collect the eggs.

 

[birdboy15]

I kept my buttons in plastic tubs and they did fine. I changed the beding once a week. when you feed and water dont take the lid off, slid it so you have a small opening to reach in and do what you need to do.