Quail tip #1

[Myshire Farm Quail]

X2 lol HOW does he possibly have heat on!? Isn’t it still like 100 degrees there!?

It is 100 in the day but drops to 60s at night so you want them to maintain the heat at all times and not change.

 

[Myshire Farm Quail]

Well, it is 16C = 60.8F here today + raining and I have put the cage hat. I would be very interested to know how cold could Coturnix tolerate.

As far as 3 week olds they would be fine with no heat. The feathers are on but until they are 2 1/2 weeks old they need between 85 - 95F. Depending on the age

 

[ShrekDawg]

It is 100 in the day but drops to 60s at night so you want them to maintain the heat at all times and not change.

Ahh okay. That makes sense. Thanks. Didn’t think the temp dropped that much there.

 

[muddy75]

Well, it is 16C = 60.8F here today + raining and I have put the cage hat. I would be very interested to know how cold could Coturnix tolerate.

It is related to age of the quail first and more about “extremes” quail and other adult domestic “livestock” generally are happiest with temps 50*F-80*F. I had 6 week old quail survive just fine outside last year on nights that their waterer froze. but when temps/windchills dropped below zero, I moved them indoors with supplemental heat. In springtime I lost and nearly lost several younger quail because they were wet or muddy and could not dry and warm up before the temperatures dropped. (I managed to save several with warm bath and heat)
With your set-up pictured, those birds would probably be fine at those temps even if cage was not covered as they would most likely dry before temps changed significantly or if they had a dry area to go to, they might avoid the rain completely