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my only concern on a hardware cloth tunnel would be framing it so that if a dog or something similar were to jump on it it wouldn't crush? Have you thought of maybe using a section of l PCV pipe? Very interesting idea.
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Did you do it? I've been considering the same using regular chicken wire (mine would be for while I'm working in the yard, not all the time so fewer predator concerns) but the tunnel would be made out of shorter segments attached to one another so it would be jointed. 1 foot in diameter. I'd shake them home when it was time to go in. How did that work out for you?Hi,
I am completely new to keeping poultry but we are getting new sheds this summer so it seems like a good opportunity. I am interested in keeping quail. They will be kept in a shed but I was thinking about having a tunnel out to a run, which I can move about on the grass. The tunnel will need to be flexible and I was thinking about making it out of wire mesh.
I am a bit worried about whether the quail would use a tunnel and if they would hurt themselves if they became startled whilst they were in the tunnel.
Does anyone have any experience of this?
Thanks!
oooh, thank you so much - do you make them go back home at night? If so, how?@keren25 here are some pics. The quails are ok with the little hop into the connecting part but one of them in particular needs the ramp back into the shed which would otherwise be a bit more of a jump.
I hope this helps and good luck with your set-up!
Yes, I always send them back in at night. Usually, a few taps on the side of the run sends them back inside and then I close the door. If I'm late in going out, they are sometimes nestled down for the night but my run has a door on the side so I stick my arm in and shoo them back in - I have a toy foam Minecraft shovel which I use for shooing if I can't reach them with my arm. Only once has a quail absolutely refused all attempts to go back in and then I reached in and picked her up and walked round to the shed door with her.oooh, thank you so much - do you make them go back home at night? If so, how?