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

[Ailie]

I've never kept quail before, but come the summer and following some proper research, I'm considering housing quail in a penned off section of the WIR.

 

If you've done this, could you possibly post a picture of your set up? I'm struggling to find any clear examples of how to make it work best... I mean, if the top of the quail run is made of mesh, will the chooks just perch and poo on/through it? How high should it be?

 

Any help would be great.

 

Thanks!

[beach chick]

I was planning to do exactly that, and came to the same conclusion about chickens perching on the top!! instead I've bought a two tiered rabbit hutch, put that inside the WIR, and have 2 colonies in that - 5 in each half, they seem quite happy (not that quail actually DO much).

it has some advantages - easy to move and clean under/round; and the top makes a useful shelf for things - and chickens of course!

[Janty]

I have a mini quail run inside my WIR and it's great. They love hiding in greenery and they have enough height so that when they jump they don't bang their heads. I am trying to post a pic but photobucket is playing up.

 

Try these.

 

 

[Janty]

Ah well, back to the drawing board.

 

 

 

My quail have laid all through the Winter so they must love it. I feed them Garvo quailmixture which they are addicted to so that probably helps. They used to have a problem with pooing chickens but I now keep very large plastic tubs on top of the run and store all my spare drinkers, etc in them.

[MiseryBusiness]

Hi, I found out that Chickens and Quail shouldn't be kept together. There is a disease called 'Newcastle disease' which is found in Quail. (But hasn't been spotted in the UK for over 20 years) If yours seem to be owrking fine, that's great! But I'm keeping mine separate just to be safe.