BethBubbles Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 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? B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMitch Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 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? B Sorry can't help but just wanted to say I love your cat. He is gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethBubbles Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 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! B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethBubbles Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 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! B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisdog Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 You are good if you can catch them. I was never that quick. I had one girl with a bald head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Hatching some quail would be lovely. I'll have plenty of broody pekins to help me out once the weather improves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Even pekins are too heavy for sitting on quails eggs. I would use an incubator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Thanks. I will think about hatching...if I feel brave enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
