coturnix quail questions

[ohiogoatgirl]

i'm in ohio. do i need a permit to keep coturnix quail?
i'm really interested in getting some. been researching about them.
for a house/pen how does this sound: a 5x5 ft building, 6 ft on right side and 4 ft on left side so roof is sloping, a hanging feeder and waterer inside, outside 3 ft around the building is chicken wire that's partly buried at the bottom and sloped up to the building and nailed to the building.
i hope you can imagine what i'm trying to explain. i have a nice drawing that i made but i can't figure out how to post it on here to show you... hope it makes sense...

 

[Robo]

Chicken wire is too big and if you raise them on the ground they have to be wormed. I would keep them in a small wire cage that also has a wire floor. Check the sticky at the top of the page for permit info.

 

[gmendoza]

My jumbo coturnix quail are in a 3'x3' pen.I have a roo and 3 hens in there.I dont use the hardware cloth.I have a soild floor.We had a mouse infestation and they got into their pen.The solid floor gets cleaned once a week and the old poop and pine shavings goes into the garden.

For waterer we have a soda bottle waterer and we have a 5oz. hanging metal hopper/feeder.They work wonders!!

My texas a&m white coturnix is acting broody

 

[Robo]

That is very rare and welcomed at my place any time of year. About the floor, shavings work but they have a high ammonia smell, so if you don't like to clean cages wire is your best bet. I just hate shoveling out bedding, I guess that's because it always gets wet.

 

[ohiogoatgirl]

just found this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=444775
and since i've found a bunch of local farms that i've emailed about jobs and outta 9 or so i'm praying at least one will need some help. so now i can go back to plotting, er, i mean planning

for the farm.
the person is selling them by 50 so i've changed my plans to: 5x10 ft building with sand box and jar feeder and waterer, pen 3ft surrounding building and 4ft high and squared to building (with fence/wire top and board supports).
what sized fence/wire do i use for the pen if not chicken wire?
other then worms what are possible problems with ground raising?

 

[Robo]

I use 1/2 inch hardware cloth, 1/2x1 is fine for the sides. If on the ground the bedding gets wet, accumulated droppings makes for a higher risk of disease, and you have to do a lot of work.

 

[Robo]

Shipping quail chicks is not a good idea because quail do not have the same reserves as other poultry.

 

[Sumatra503]

1" chicken wire should be fine.

Laying down a garden liner or a layer of gravel beneath the bedding will help with the worms. Mine are ont he ground with a 2" deep layer of gravel and I haven't wormed yet.

 

[Robo]

Raccoons will get them through chicken wire. They can easily rip it OR they can reach through it and kill one...

 

[mhwc56]

Quote:
i lost my first Coturnix to a possum reaching into a cage covered in 1" chicken wire.