4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[BethBubbles]

My mum is thinking of getting a few quail and was wondering if you can keep them in an eglu? Does anyone know if you can?

 

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[MadMitch]

My mum is thinking of getting a few quail and was wondering if you can keep them in an eglu? Does anyone know if you can?

 

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Sorry can't help but just wanted to say I love your cat. He is gorgeous.

[beach chick]

I dont know, but a friend of mine keeps quail, and I can ask her if you like? and I think there is someone on here who keeps them too - check out the other sections, could be worth it.

[BethBubbles]

My cat is a mega cutie! Here's some more pictures of her:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=19209&l=9e83a&id=596450295

 

It would be great if anyone knows about keeping quail in an eglu. I'll have a search through other threads too.

 

Thanks guys!

 

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[The Dogmother]

They wouldn't like the roosting bars much, so you'd have to take them out first. Adult quail would be fine, but babies would get through the run mesh. You will also need to cover the run as they don't like nasty weather.

[BethBubbles]

Thank you! I'll let my mum know. Perhaps she would do better with a rabbit hutch. Or would the rabbit eglu be better? Maybe I should do some more research for her!

 

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[Louisdog]

I used to keep mine in a mark 1 eglu and they did very well in there, I had the winter cover on and let the grass grow long in the run as they like the extra cover.

[Groovychook]

I Lurve your cat!

I've just been looking at the photo's in your link & cooing over him! Is he a main coon? He looks like a fluffed up version of our Bertie Pickles... I am most taken with the plumes of fur that come out of his ears!! What a fine specimen!

[Janty]

My quail escaped / were eaten last summer but I considered keeping them in an eglu. The only problem would be that they take off like harrier jump jets when spooked and they are flighty little birds. I have my eye on a nice house and run combination that has a 3 metre run and is 1.5 metres tall.

 

I was advised to keep them in a hutch throughout the winter /poor weather but it was heartbreaking seeing birds in unnatural conditions so we moved them into a covered run. My security wasn't good enough though. When the new run is built it will have a wire bottom so that it is predator proof. However, I am going to plant grasses through the wire as they love long grass to hide in.

[bronze]

My lot are in a hutch/run (6ft) combo so it is in fact lower than an eglu run. They only ever seem to take off verticaly when I have it open though. I've got quite good at catching harrier quail as thy leap past me.

I would say a rablu would work as well as an eglu and of course they tend to be cheaper so out of the two I would go for that option.

[Janty]

You are good if you can catch them. I was never that quick. I had one girl with a bald head.

 

[Lewis]

You are good if you can catch them. I was never that quick. I had one girl with a bald head.

 

I caught one that jumped up, which then used my hands as a launching pad and he flew away forever Straight over the gardens at the back, and he never came back.

I think a Rablu would be good, but hutches are also suitable and cheaper. I hatched some quail this summer, and they are hilarious. Well worth it, so I'd say go for it

[Janty]

Hatching some quail would be lovely.

 

I'll have plenty of broody pekins to help me out once the weather improves.

[bronze]

Even pekins are too heavy for sitting on quails eggs. I would use an incubator

[Janty]

Thanks. I will think about hatching...if I feel brave enough.