KING QUAIL

[stephstar]

What kind of nest / sleeping area do u make for quail??

[jusdeb]

Terracotta pots . grassy corners . hollow logs but they still dig a hole in the exposed areas of the aviary and raise babies rain , hail or shine .

[stephstar]

Thanks. Deb ... Bought some native plants.and hay for base of aviary .Will.buy terracotta pot to stuff with hay and feathers..
Ta for help..
Stephstar

[finches247]

Concrete and plastic drain pipes are good too for them to hide in and another i use is a little wooden box on the ground with open front to let them nest in.

[Diane]

Ive tried everything from plant pots, commercial bird houses, teepee styled bunches of sticks and pipes, done the whole thing right through to luxury of a cardboard box and I put them everywhere in the aviary and as Deb said they chose the place in the open with no cover.
Once and only once have they took something I offered, I used to worry about it but now I figure they must know what they like.

[Jayburd]

Mine have nested in corners, under grass, in plastic plant pots upside down with an entrance cut, and once even in a manicure gap between a concrete block and a rock.

[stephstar]

Ok i ll try a few different Things so they can choose. Only got boys at moment. Girls come next weekend...

[spanna]

How did the boys settle in? Mine used to nest in the covered section, usually in a corner in some dried grass thrown on the floor for them. Otherwise it would be under some brush on the floor.

[MadOzzie]

Put the females in and what the dynamics change. Each boy will fight to the death for supremecy

MadOzzie

[Jayburd]

It's amazing how quickly they can sort out territory. I had 3pr in an aviary 2m x 1.5m and the next day after putting them in they had sorted out who went where - needless to say a few head feathers were lost, but until the young baby males started getting 'urges' and paying visits to hen babies in the neighboring property, I didn't see any fights at all.