new quail house up and running (finally)

[tennesseequail]

as I live in southeast Tennessee, 96 degrees with matching humidity has been hard on the birds feather loss has been rather bad, and they just are hating life Misters help a bit, but a steady 78 degrees is more their cup of tea

As I sell quite a few eggs and birds, I felt they earned the right to have a normal house with AC and electric and a fan in it.

This is just the house that is finally done, I Have a small wall Unit AC in there, with timer lights As you can see 2 windows allow daylight thru, flies are still an issue, but a bit easier to control now

There is about 48 hens and 12 roos in there, and also my incubator and brooder are in there The babies are in there til 3 weeks old, then outside under the carport they go

Ill post other pics as I finish the insulation up, but they have the AC, a fan, I put a screen door on there for when the weather gets better, and I can leave the door and windows open for a better blast of fresh air

 

[el dorado quail]

Is it tilted or is the pic tilted? How big is it? Seems pretty nifty with the ac

 

[tennesseequail]

It's the hill playing games with your eyes.

 

[tennesseequail]

Ita only 100 sft but since I used tier cages it works

 

[aart]

Well, let's see the inside!

 

[007Sean]

Cool quail house! Please tell me your raising Tennessee Red's!

 

[tennesseequail]

I want to finish a few things inside first

 

[tennesseequail]

So temps outside 92 today

Inside about 74.

Ac set on medium with a fan that oscillates up and down the entered height. They are so calm now they sit there relaxing. Males chase the girls and they just relax

They are cramped at the moment while I bring everything inside from outside but they seem happy in the cool area

One cage has access to a fly strip I hung there. I didnt realize why they were so excite . They were picking the damn flies on the strip and eating them

 

[Fishkeeper]

If they like the fly strips, why not put a strip in reach of each cage? Treats are a great enrichment, almost right up there with dust baths.

 

[tennesseequail]

I had to build this brooder today and we like to test them out before moving them to perm locations

These chicks were born on july 4th