The cute and the dirty *Wanting info*

[PhantomSlayer]

Coturnix quail can handle the kinds of temperatures you're talking about as long as they're dry, have shelters and out of the wind. Button quail can't handle freezing or below temperatures.

So if I do eventually make a place outside buttons need to remain indoors lol Thats okay

 

[Susan Skylark]

Coturnix: eggs, meat, blue eggs (some), cold hardy

Button: pets, indoor

It really depends what your goals are. I keep chicks up to 6 weeks (coturnix) in the basement and it isn’t horrible, they are messy (dust, bedding) but adolescent males crow a lot so need to be out in the garage. A couple hens or a rooster with 3-5 hens in a large cage would probably be fine (assuming you don’t have allergies!). My whole flock (12 hens and 3 Roos) are kept in 2 large dog crates sub-divided top and bottom with a spare pen for chicks, replacement or isolation birds (cull, wounded, sick) in the garage but this set up worked in the basement when I ended up with 2 dozen chicks (shipped eggs, was expecting half that!) and had to figure out what to do with them!

 

[CliftonQuail]

I've kept coturnix inside and they are dust generators. As @Nabiki said, if you have any dust allergies, I can't recommend keeping them inside. Also, the males crow constantly, though less so if they have enough hens around (5 hens per rooster). If they're right outside your room, you'll probably hear them all night long. I had a bachelor pad with 6 roosters in it in a spare bedroom for a few months. Even with my bedroom door closed, I had to run a white noise generator to drown them out. If you can figure out a way to keep them outdoors, I highly recommend it. Once they're fully feathered, you really don't need electricity anywhere near their cage unless you plan to provide extra lighting to promote egg laying year round (they need about 14 hours of light per day to lay consistently). As long as they have adequate shelter and can keep dry and out of the wind, there's rarely a need for supplemental heat. Though Michigan winters are harder than the ones we have in Texas. @Nabiki is in Oregon and keeps her coturnix in a greenhouse.