Wow your aviary is very impressive, And ive never even heard of a broody quail! so cuteOverall, delighted to have built the aviary. It currently houses 16 Coturnix hens very comfortably. The quail spend their days bathing in the holes they've dug, napping in the shade, and foraging for ants and other invertebrates. I need to put down more bark chips, which I've found break down best in this setup, but the substrate is so far more than capable of dealing with the amount of poop these birds throw at it.
The ornamental grasses are filling in nicely, enough that the girls have taken to laying and nesting under them exclusively.
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I think they feel quite safe there, as that's where most of them scurry to whenever I enter the aviary.
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A few of them are also given to brooding over their shared clutch. It's a pity I don't have any males in my flock currently—I'd love to let the girls raise some chicks of their own.
Lady, Maple, and Whitethroat take turns sitting whatever eggs happen to be in this particular nest. The eggs are always warm when I check them—I think I might need to let my girls "visit" a roo from a local flock in the spring...
The cold doesnt bother them? i assume they wont go inside a coop like chickens. My quails dont anyway
). I think Coturnix lack the instinct to use a coop, but that doesn't mean they won't use other kinds of shelter. 
