Button quail enclosure height

[GodLovesU]

So the 50 gallon bin for my button quail trio (who are 4 weeks old today) is 17 inches tall.I’m planning to put hardware cloth in the lid so I can put a heat lamp on it and they can get air and ventilation.Should I use netting instead so they don’t get hurt if they try to fly?I would have to get a heat plate.What’s my best option here?

 

[Nabiki]

I never had a problem with the 50 gallon bin that I kept mine in. You will want to make some windows in the side that you cover with hardware cloth too. If it's only open at the top, you won't have very good ventilation.

 

[GodLovesU]

My only concern is my dogs barking at them through the windows.FYI I have crazy dogs who kill copperheads and are notoriously known at the post office.One in particular was on house arrest (pretty much ) once and has epilepsy.

 

[Nabiki]

My only concern is my dogs barking at them through the windows.FYI I have crazy dogs who kill copperheads and are notoriously known at the post office.One in particular was on house arrest (pretty much ) once and has epilepsy.

Can you keep them in a room that the dogs aren't allowed into?

 

[TeresaW]

Or can you keep them up on a dresser or desk so the dogs can't see in? Higher is best anyway, so you are not approaching them from above, which scares them.

 

[GodLovesU]

They’re going on the porch so I guess I can just keep the dogs off of the porch

 

[CliftonQuail]

So the 50 gallon bin for my button quail trio (who are 4 weeks old today) is 17 inches tall.I’m planning to put hardware cloth in the lid so I can put a heat lamp on it and they can get air and ventilation.Should I use netting instead so they don’t get hurt if they try to fly?I would have to get a heat plate.What’s my best option here?

I don't recall what size the tote is that I use for a brooder, but I use window screen material instead of hardware cloth and use binder clips to attach it to the sides of the tote. I suppose I could cut out the top of the lid and hot glue the window screen instead, but the binder clips work for me. I have a ceramic reptile heater that I use in a clip light (like this: https://www.amazon.com/VIVOSUN-Detachable-Aluminum-Reflector-Included/dp/B07H8G6PKX but mine have ceramic sockets and I'm not sure these do) I attach the light to a camera tripod. It then hangs over the top of the brooder and I can adjust the height as needed for temperature.

Edit to add: this one appears to have a ceramic socket so is probably better for long term heat exposure:
https://www.amazon.com/Flukers-Repta-Clamp-Lamp-Switch-Reptiles/dp/B0002DHODG

 

[GodLovesU]

Well here’s what I ended up doing!