Keeping coturnix quail in a chicken tractor

[Bird maniac]

What design do you guys recommend if I want to make another tractor for Quail?

 

[Welshies]

What design do you guys recommend if I want to make another tractor for Quail?

Something like this is great:

Longer ramp.
Or this:

 

[Bird maniac]

Cool thank you, I think I will build something like the former come spring.

 

[Welshies]

Cool thank you, I think I will build something like the former come spring.

Me too! I plan to tear apart my really old 4 foot tall coop and build one like the former picture for my quail.

 

[lomine]

I remember an old post with this same topic. Someone mentioned that quail will get too stressed from the daily moving. I don’t know if it’s true or not but it’s something to keep in mind if you start seeing signs of stress.

 

[hunterlj]

I just posted this on another thread too but this is what I have been using for my birds with no issues so far. The bucket has water nipples on the bottom. The wheels go on the metal pegs I put into either side. It looks a little rough because I used recycled wood but it gets the job done. I move them every night and the pen goes right over the eggs. My birds don’t seem to get stressed from moving every day either. They seem to get really excited because they get new vegetation to eat. I have 10 hens and 3 roosters. I know that ratio is a little high but I’ve been keeping an eye on them and haven’t had any issues yet. I plan on dropping down to only one or two eventually.