I’m trying to come up with a good quail hutch design for a small group (4-6 quail in a 2.5ft x 6ft enclosure raised off the ground. I was thinking that 4ft could be for the run and making the bottom wire and slanted so poop will fall down and eggs will rollout for easy collection. The other 2ft I wanted to make into a enclosed area that has sand/PDZ for the ground so they can rest their feet from wire and feel safe/stay warm during winter or rainy/windy days.
If I offer both a slanted wire bottom in the run and a sand floor in the nesting/enclosed section will they even lay eggs in the run or will they prefer the dark, private box with sand? If they won’t lay in the run anyways I won’t bother with a slanted floor then.
If I offer both a slanted wire bottom in the run and a sand floor in the nesting/enclosed section will they even lay eggs in the run or will they prefer the dark, private box with sand? If they won’t lay in the run anyways I won’t bother with a slanted floor then.