Willow Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Ours are still out but they are well protected. Our temps are above freezing now so they should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Our quail have also been out throughout the winter....and still laying a few eggs every day . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
