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I have a few houses that are about that height, maybe 4ft tall. Every once in a great while (maybe 1-2x/ year?) I'll have a quail hit it's head and knock itself dead lol, but it's rare. I've also had them knock themselves out in a commerical quail cage, with only 12in high ceilings too, so in my experience the risk isn't any higher with different height ceilings

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@@AliBell13109 lol. one snip is all it will take :)

No heat under them, just the brooder plate. I use blue paper towels for the first 3-4 days, then take them out and use pine shavings

Thank you. Also I looked him up and low for a tub like yours, clear and found none! Where did you get yours?

@@kathyhirshberg5765 I believe Dollar General or Walmart!

It depends how many quail you have, if you have 10-12 then the tote works until they are ready to go outside! More than that and you may need to divide them into additional totes as they grow :)

You're welcome!

Glad it was helpful!

I have a hand rake and I'll take the chips to turn them over once a week. I'll do a full clean out every 4 months

I have switched to using tiny 4" colored zip ties. I will band them around 4 weeks old

@@AliBell13109 Thank you. 😊

Thanks :)

Every 3 days I will take a small gardening rake and use it to turn over the bedding, which extends the bedding life. When I'm ready for a full clean out, I used a broom dust pan to scoop the bedding out and into a muck bucket to take out to the garden for fertilizer. I have a cat carrier I put my quail in during full cleanouts. They know the routine, so once I'm done and cages are cleaned, I simply hold the carrier up to the hutch, open the door and they all file out back into the hutch!

Their is nothing wrong with the cage size. Specially for grow outs and breeding sets

Our birds have 1-2 SQ ft each in these breeder hutches, and 5+ SQ ft each in our outdoor ground pens. The breed standard for keeping coturnix quail is 3 birds PER SQ FT. So, Id say our quail are pretty darn lucky birds!

That's awesome! You can fix curled toes by taking some blue painters tape and making them little shoes that they will wear for 24 hours to flatten out their feet back to normal. Have a friend hold the chick so it's legs dangle. Cut 2 small squares of blue tape and put one on the bottom of its foot. Spread the toes out to where they normally would be and then stick the other piece of tape over top so the foot is sandwiched in between. Trim any excess tape edges. It might take a few minutes to accomplish since the chicks are so tiny and squirmy, but it does work! Just note that if you fix curled toes, it's best not to use that particular bird for future breeding purposes, as you don't want any genetic traits to be passed down from that bird. Good luck!!

Thank you so much 👍🏽

nvm saw another comment with the same question.

Rabbit hutches are great options :)

Not necessary

A cold bath while they go through the rigor mortis process helps to tenderize the meat. It's not 100% necessary, but is a common practice with poultry and game birds

Totally understand, it's never a fun process. It does get easier as you go, but still not pleasant ❤️

Thanks for your reply. We isolated the sick female and found she has bumble foot. It was really bad. I soak her foot in provodine iodine once per day and at the end of the day I put on a big glob of Neosporin (original formula no pain relief agents). It's been over a week now and her condition is healing quite nicely and she's more lively now.@@AliBell13109

Baking the shells gets rid of any slimy insides and helps them to crush easier. I would still offer grit, as they need the small stones to help their gizzards digest food. This is considered a calcium supplement, hope that helps!

Baking sanitizes. It also changes the egg residue so the girls don't make the connection to egg eating.

Yep, just as chickens - eggs now or eggs later but they still only have a set amount to give in their lifetime

Yes they are ND, in our experience they are easy to contain! I think most of the horror stories come from those with larger breed goats :)

Thank you, I do try to make sure every bird has the best life possible until it's processing day ❤️ I hear you about the cats - our dogs do the same thing!!