DIY Quail Care Accessories

Enrich your flock's habitat with these two practical projects.

By Kelly Bohling
Published on October 28, 2022
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by Kelly Bohling
Your quail will feel safe and secure in a shelter made just for them.

In my years of keeping Japanese quail, I’ve discovered two pieces of “quail furniture” essential to quail care: a shelter to hide in, and a good poultry dust bath! I’ve also learned that whatever quail spend a lot of time in will potentially get dirty with droppings, so use a high-gloss paint on the furniture pieces to make them easy to clean and to repel moisture. Read on to find out how to make these practical projects.

The dust box is made of two boxes that nest one inside the other. The larger outer box has a solid plywood floor, while the smaller box has a hardware cloth floor. What I intended with this design was for the hardware cloth to sit well below the dust bath contents, and when it’d become dirty with detritus and droppings, I could lift the inner box and essentially sift out the unwanted material. This is made easier with the addition of finger holes in the inner box.

A Quick and Simple Poultry Dust Bath Box

Tools and Materials

  • 8-foot length of a 1-by-3-inch common board (1)
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