Quail

[JanetMarie]

Update! Memorial Day weekend I opened their outside door and they all finally went outside.

Here was more recently (June 17):

 

[JanetMarie]

They don't go back inside at night like chickens do. Their door is open all the time and some go inside at times. I had to put another layer of fencing on the inside of their run. Three layers of fencing to keep them safe!

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

Interesting that they don't go back in, I would have never guessed. I wonder if that is why some keep them off the ground?

So cute, I want some!

 

[CrealCritter]

Are those bobwhites? They look like the wild ones we have around here. Do they make the "Bob White" call?

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

I am thinking about building a quail hutch/coop and getting some soon. I was thinking something similar to a rabbit hitch with one side being enclosed and insulated but vented? Do they need the vent if the door is always open? And if they dont go in at night and the door is open, will they freeze where I live? Or will I have to build something else, put them in the barn over winter (not ideal) or put their cage in a spruce tree wind break area?

Thanks for the help!

 

[JanetMarie]

Interesting that they don't go back in, I would have never guessed. I wonder if that is why some keep them off the ground?

So cute, I want some!

No, people normally keep them in quail cages because it's less work and cheaper than a shed and very secure fence system.

I won't put any animal or bird in a cage.

 

[JanetMarie]

Are those bobwhites? They look like the wild ones we have around here. Do they make the "Bob White" call?

Jesus is Lord and Christ

They are Jumbo Brown and Golden Manchurian. They don't make a Bob White call.

 

[JanetMarie]

I am thinking about building a quail hutch/coop and getting some soon. I was thinking something similar to a rabbit hitch with one side being enclosed and insulated but vented? Do they need the vent if the door is always open? And if they dont go in at night and the door is open, will they freeze where I live? Or will I have to build something else, put them in the barn over winter (not ideal) or put their cage in a spruce tree wind break area?

Thanks for the help!

I don't know how they'll do in the winter. I think in your area you'll want to keep them inside. Here, I'll have to see, since Bobwhite are around here, but survival is difficult for them because of the snow.

I will probably shovel snow in their run, or put them inside their shed, and close their door.

They may go inside on their own. Some of them do go inside on their own, and others may learn, especially in the winter.

 

[CrealCritter]

They are Jumbo Brown and Golden Manchurian. They don't make a Bob White call.

Makes me wonder if at some time someone raised those and they got loose. We most definitely have Bob White, I hear them. Do they make any kind of call?

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[JanetMarie]

The call is a vibrating sound, much different than a Bobwhite: