Quail

[fitz19d]

I think he has a tray underneath? I'm also concerned that over time, those wires are going to get nasty and you are going to get bumble foot and other foot health issues.

I've been wanting for a while to get button quail. Can put 3-4 or so in just a fairly small 40g or 55g aquarium works great or any custom made thing. Some of the bedding options on those are easily scoopable and like millet serves double duty. Granted again I realize thats for pets not for meat production. (Could give the tiny eggs to lizards at least) Just pretty much any animal I've been ever interested including birds, the bare wire wasn't ever great.

[GilpinGuy]

I think he has a tray underneath? I'm also concerned that over time, those wires are going to get nasty and you are going to get bumble foot and other foot health issues.

I've been wanting for a while to get button quail. Can put 3-4 or so in just a fairly small 40g or 55g aquarium works great or any custom made thing. Some of the bedding options on those are easily scoopable and like millet serves double duty. Granted again I realize thats for pets not for meat production. (Could give the tiny eggs to lizards at least) Just pretty much any animal I've been ever interested including birds, the bare wire wasn't ever great.

I do have a tray underneath to catch the poo. That will all go into the compost. I'm using plywood right now but I have to come up with a better system.

Pretty much all the research I did on cages suggested using 1/2" hardware cloth for the floor. It's small enough for the birds to walk on comfortably and big enough for the poop to fall through. I'm sure it will get crudded up over time and I'll have to clean it off with a wire brush or something. I haven't read of any foot problems using it.

[GilpinGuy]

I'm also concerned that over time, those wires are going to get nasty and you are going to get bumble foot and other foot health issues.

I did some research on bumble foot. I never heard of it before. Looks like some birds can get it from the wire floor. I'll put something down on a portion of the floor that they can go on. It'll need to be cleaned, but that's no big deal.

Thanks for the heads up!