Portable quail hutch? Opinions please.

[BantyChooks]

You know what my yard looks like...Nutty lives like I do.
We have limited space...not separate yards for each type of animal like some.

Oh, barf. Stinks to be you two.
I always forget just how little your yards are!
My front and side yard alone (the cleared parts) are bigger than your entire property.

 

[Kiki]

Oh, barf. Stinks to be you two.
I always forget just how little your yards are!
My front and side yard alone (the cleared parts) are bigger than your entire property.

Go buy a TARDIS already.

 

[Kiki]

Use wire Nutty and poop trays.

 

[RUNuts]

What stinkers. As long as it's not a 40* slope it should be fine... my yard isn't exactly flat either.

My problem is the lack of drainage in my "flat" yard. A good looking spot holds water after 3 days of rain. Guess where I started my garden...

The big dogs will move picnic tables playing. I want to try the tractor. But to do it right, it will be more tank like. Meaning, I'd need a tractor to move it. I may be big, strong and handsome, but my tractors are a pain to move. They are in the garden enclosure away from the puddles and the dogs.

 

[BantyChooks]

Go buy a TARDIS already.

I'm not spending 4k on something smaller on the inside.

 

[RUNuts]

Use wire Nutty and poop trays.

I'm not a fan of poop trays. I spend enough time picking up dog poop and they don't even belong to me.

I'm SO happy I don't have to worry about diapers anymore.

 

[Kiki]

Poop trays are light.
Dog proof tractors are not.

 

[Kiki]

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@KikisGirls @BantyChooks - I'm catching up.

3rd place.

 

[RUNuts]

Poop trays are light.
Dog proof tractors are not.

Point taken.

3rd place.

But what a view! I'm usually a little bit slow. Just a little bit though.

I'm still liking the rolling quail hutch. Let's see if anyone else has done this.

@BantyChooks do you leave your quails in one place for a year? I originally wanted a green house with quail on the floor and tables of plants this winter, but then it rained and the yard became lake-like. The CX aren't impressed. They have their hillocks. And drinking water everywhere else.

Plans are delayed. Greenhouse when I have time to haul 5 trucks of mulch for flooring.

 

[BantyChooks]

Point taken.


But what a view! I'm usually a little bit slow. Just a little bit though.

I'm still liking the rolling quail hutch. Let's see if anyone else has done this.

@BantyChooks do you leave your quails in one place for a year? I originally wanted a green house with quail on the floor and tables of plants this winter, but then it rained and the yard became lake-like. The CX aren't impressed. They have their hillocks. And drinking water everywhere else.

Plans are delayed. Greenhouse when I have time to haul 5 trucks of mulch for flooring.

I'm not sure, I haven't overwintered them yet. I certainly can't leave them where they are. None of the pens are usable in winter, because they look like this:
View media item 7907952Even if I shovel them out, it's dark and the soil gets frozen and the wind blows, hard. I'll probably move their pen into the coop.