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Show me some pics of your quail set up. Looking for ideas for winter project. Thanks!
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This forum has quite a few folks who breed quail, show quail, etc. They have the 411 on quail care:
http://flock-u.org/forum/index.php
http://flock-u.org/forum/index.php
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I keep mine in rabbit indoor cages and in my bird aviaries. 
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Rabbit cages work the best by far, keep them above ground and some nice warm light, thats what I use to do until i switched to raising pheasants.
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I think it depends on the species. Coturnix quail are very quiet, the cockerel's crow sounds like a wild bird, and it doesn't carry like a rooster, and our hens hardily make any noise at all. Sometimes one will make a very soft cluck-cluck-cluck noise. I don't think our neighbours know we have them.
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I'm working on a quail cage set up now. Bought a used ferret cage, two tiered, converting it into a four tiered quail cage. Put wire rack for closets in and angle metal for the drop pans. Wire flooring is on an angle so eggs roll forward. Checked with a small egg from one of my young chickens! Still haven't finished.
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That's a lot of headroom for quail. Anything over 10" and you may lose birds when they jump. I usually have over 100 quail at any given time. I will post pics of the cages I've built tomorrow. You could probably make that cage into a 3 tier cage and be fine. Remember poo trays as quail poo 1 million times a day. Any quail questions please feel free to ask. I learned most of the things I know from trial and error. I'm still learning. I raise Coturnix. Browns and Texas A&M Whites.
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You will also want to change out your floor bottoms. Half inch by 1 inch wire works best.
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