Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[Willow]

Moved my quail in to the conservatory - it is so cold. THey have snuggled down in a cat carrier and brooder very happy Although I did have to rearrnage a little who was with who before they settled

 

Up to now they have been happy outside as they are in a sheltered bit of the garden and the run is closed at the back but too cold to leave them the last few days.

[Lesley]

Ours are still out but they are well protected. Our temps are above freezing now so they should be fine.

[Willow]

Still got the quail inside I thought it would only be a few days but their hutch and run are buried in deep snow !

 

I orderd one of these http://www.snugspetstore.com/rabbithutch.aspto put in the (unheated) conservatory for them as I think they have now been in long enough it would be a real shock to them to got back out in sub zero temps. I'm hoping it will be easier to clean than the wooden hutch I use outside.

At the moment they are split between a cat carrier and a brooder.

[Lesley]

Ours are still out and are OK.

 

They have an aviary with corrugated plastic sheet to two sides and a roof. Inside the aviary they have a small hutch which is full of Aubiose and there is a good 4" of aubiose coverig the concrete floor. They have some branches to scuttle under as well.

[Lewis]

I like those hutches, really good price too

Looks ideal to clean out, the thing I found with the quail was that they'd spill their water and food everyhere and make a paste that sticks to the hutch

 

Can we have a photo when it arrives please?

[Janty]

Our quail have also been out throughout the winter....and still laying a few eggs every day .

[Charlottechicken]

Thanks for the link to the snugs pet homes, lovely stuff. The cat shelter would make a great nesting box

 

Daft question, but would you need to put a run on the rabbit hutch for it to be big enough to house quail?

[Willow]

I've been using the snug pets hutch inside the conservatory. It's good for indoors but one problem with it is the two 'doors' lift off rather than open on a hinge which I feel makes escape easier. I've just moved the quail back into the original wooden hutch and run outside to give them some more space.

 

For long term housing absolutely agree a run would be needed. As emergency accomodation for injured birds, indoors for very cold weather and moving on chicks from brooder it's good. Basically I see it as supplementing my existing setup.