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[thekid]

Im just wondering since quail are so tiny how big are the pens you keep them in and could i see some pictures

 

[aprophet]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=280575

here are a few

 

[Robo]

It depends on the bird. Coturnix need 1 square foot per bird, bobwhites need 2+ square feet per bird. Here are some of my small grow out pens that are big enough to keep a few in.

This one will house about 25 coturnix.

This one will hold about 10 or 12 coturnix.

 

[thekid]

I have a huge rabbit pen so maybe when my rabbit dies I will get some quail I could keep a lot and my rabbit pen isnt a little thing you buy at the store it is a huge homemade one I will get a pic tommorw

 

[thekid]

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What do you do in the winter? Leave them out there or take them inside?

 

[Robo]

I put tarps over the windows on cold nights, and if it gets below 10* I slide a piece of wood in the pens. Most of my pens look something like that. In my layer pens I have sloped wire, egg collectors, huge feeders and waterers, ext. The only reason the heat lamp is there is because those were 4 week olds that had just came outside. It was a little cold that day...

 

[thekid]

What are all the different species of quail like literally all the species hahaha

 

[Robo]

Coturnix, Buttons (pygmy's), Texas Blue Scaled, Bobwhite, Gambles, Valley Quail, Mountain Quail, Masked Quail, African Harlequin Quail, and more that I can't think of at the moment.

 

[JJMR794]

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MASKED
ELEGANT (BENSONS)
MEARNES (MONTEZUMA)
THEN WE START INTO DIFFERENT COLOR STRAINS OF THE BOB AND COTURNIX AND IT GETS PRETTY LENGTHY

 

[Robo]

I forgot that one, the masked quail are pretty cool, do you know much about them?