Excellent suggestions! Thank you all!!
I just got an email from Alchemist Farms that they have my eggs ready early and they want to ship next week! I’m both excited and nervous to use my incubator for the first time.
TSC did not get the kennels in, even though they called me and said they were ready for pick up. So it looks like the hubby will be getting some lumber and building the “quail jail” for me with a wood frame instead of using the kennel as the frame. I think landscape timbers and 2x4s will get the job done. We have to get a move on and I’m not going to wait on TSC (in the days of Covid you can’t rely on any stores anymore, everything seems delayed). My husband just wants to do hardware cloth all around including the bottom and I agree because we have skunks that like to borough, but I’m going to put a good layer of topsoil over it and I’m going to plant free range ground cover seeds that are meant for poultry to eat and forage in. I want lots of green grass for these little guys to feel safe in. I always feel sorry for birds in wire bottom cages. We will also be putting these thick panels that we already have meant for horses along the sides to deter any larger predators like dogs and bobcats that are strong enough to push through hardware cloth. South Texas has a ton of predators and since we have lots of wild quail around here the predators know just what they are and how good they taste. Bobcats in particular are very determined.
I was also thinking about doing just one platform enclosed on all but one side just about 1-2 foot off the ground about 4 ft long and maybe 18 in deep. I will put the dust bath box (using a litter box) up there to encourage them to go up. I really want them to have one raised level because we can have times in the spring that bring many inches of rain at once or light rain for days and I want them to have a dry spot off the ground. Since they don’t roost and I’ve heard they love dust baths I’m hoping this will work. I will put a lip on it so that the platform can hold a few inches of hemp bedding or pine shavings. Sort of make them feel like they are on the ground. This will also help keep the dust bath dry. I was going to have to build a little house for the dust bath anyway to keep it dry so I think this will work. I will have little legs on it but not attached to the wall so that it can be turned according to which way the sideways rain is blowing (have to factor in crazy Texas weather). I’m trying to think like a little tiny bird and what would make me feel safe.
Hopefully everything goes well and you can get pictures. They do love hiding spots! 
