Aussie Finch Forum

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

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 .

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

MadOzzie

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.