Using stacked storage bin for quail setup?

[bobsmith2002]

What are your opinions for using this stack storage bin from Home Depot for keeping Coturnix quails in? The storage bins can slide in and out for easy access.

 

[GodLovesU]

I keep my button quail in bins, but they are 50 gallon bins. @Nabiki may have some advice.

 

[Nabiki]

I would be concerned about ventilation. That could be solved by cutting out the tops and creating "windows" that are covered in hardware cloth.

 

[Susan Skylark]

Ventilation is certainly a huge issue, also consider access and maintenance, you’ll want a door that opens on the side otherwise every time you go in to water, feed, get eggs, get a bird etc the whole pen will fly out in your face if you open the top. You could make large window in 3/4 side, zip tie some 1/4” hardware cloth ‘screens’ to two sides, and on the third and largest make zip tie hinges on one side with some sort of clip closure on the other for a door. I use a tub for a brooder (3 square feet) but usually move chicks at a week or two of age into a bigger, wire sided set up because they start getting stinky and crowded fast, two to three birds is fine but more than half a dozen is too much for the space.