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Quail flight pen floor? Wire or dirt?
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:49 pm
by oldbeek
Will be building a quail flight pen. !0 ft X10 ft X 20ft for a small amount of quail. What is the advantage of a 1/2 inch square wire floor over just dirt. I am in a very dry area that hardly ever gets rain, and the pen floor will be drained well if it does rain. IF! we ever do get rain, a big rain would be 1 inch in 24 hrs.
Re: Quail flight pen floor? Wire or dirt?
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 6:03 pm
by BellaSpinone
Your survival rate will be higher on wire.
Re: Quail flight pen floor? Wire or dirt?
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:48 am
by art hubbard
Play Sand is the way to go for your floor, My friend who raises about 500,000 pheasants a year and thousands of bobwhites and chuckars told me for a backyard breeder for game birds or pigeons to use play sand for the floor. It won't stick to your shoes and insects can't live in it. If you do buy any sand, make sure it's "play sand" I bought mine by the bag at the local lumber store. It's used for playground equipment.
Re: Quail flight pen floor? Wire or dirt?
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:58 pm
by oldbeek
Pen is finished. Washed river sand is the floor. Thanks!