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If they are Coturnix, probably. At 3 weeks, they’re good down to the forties °F as long as the transition isn’t rapid.

The setup I settled on is just pieces of 3/4” board with vinyl tubing stuffed through 1/2” holes, making it tight enough to thread in horizontal drinking nipples. Tubing runs up to a bucket above the cages.

I’m gonna jump in here with my take. Don’t consider it gospel or anything; we all figure out something that kinda works and learn from there. You have the building for shelter and the tractor(s) to adapt into cages. I’d do that adaptation in the building. Dog crate pans are available on Amazon...

Sadly, my grandmother is now in a nursing home after the foundation of that house failed this winter. I will probably set feeders out this spring at my now main residence.

Side note: are you sure the hawk got to them? Just by description, that sounds like a domestic squabble between your quail.

To sell them legally (like I would bother) in KY, the processing mandated would cost twice what raising the quail would. The variance might be folk trying to comply with whatever regulatory BS their state saddles them with.

When it’s across the board, all of them, I would think light is the culprit.

Quail is one meat that definitely doesn’t taste like chicken. Recipes with a lot of other flavors going on might help. Like breaded with heavy Indian spicesin the flour, or marinated in teriyaki then fried in sesame oil. Baked in a grape jelly / hoisin glaze ain’t bad, despite how it sounds...

You’re fine. A lone bird is gonna be sexually frustrated regardless. Beware that a lot of the advice taken for granted in the world of exotic pets is overthought, over-emphasized, or complete hogwash. Birds, reptiles, fish… it’s like that across the board. There is a grain of truth to the sexual...

Not an uncommon thing in my experience. Unless they start showing up on a regular basis, I wouldn’t be too concerned.

I use the ceramic with a dimmer switch to adjust the heat. Gives them (and me) a clear cut day and night. Also with Coturnix, at a room temp of ~70°F they’re weaned off that extra heat at 10 days.

There are a couple of folk on here that post about their tame ones. So it’s at least possible. 🤷‍♂️

Your design will need to incorporate some shelter for wind and and rain. if those are your winter temps I'd be more worried about summer. Coturnix are better suited to cold than heat. If they wore clothes, 37°F would be T-shirt and shorts weather for them.

🎶Oooh Oob Child, things are gonna get easierrr… 🎵🎶Ooh Oob child, things are gonna get bri- eye—eye- ter…🎵 (ya may be too young to get that.)

Looks workable, not bad. Also looks like at least weekly cleaning.

I use horizontal nipples into 1/2” outer diameter/ 3/8” inner food grade vinyl tube. Drill a 1/2” hole through a board (5/8” pine scrap in this case). A little teflon tape on the nipple threads doesn’t hurt in case you’re not pefect with that drill bit through the wood. Wire the wood to the...

How fancy do ya wanna get, and do you want it heated for winter?

Five years is impressive. Wish I had some advice to offer.

Head area damage is quail M.O. But any evisceration says something else; they just don’t do that. I would suspect rodents.

I get why people tend to be overly cautious with the little guys. The better safe than sorry philosophy is, well, better than sorry. Nobody wants to kill babies with a mistake. I feel it myself. That said, most of the online guidance I found when looking to get them seems copy/pasted from...