This will be the introduction post for my third and final bird species (For now... But I've got my eye on you Chukars...).
After much research I decided to build a quail coop a little over a year ago. At the time my house only had one chicken coop with three hens (how the times have changed). When it came time to start building the quail coop I borrowed from the design of my existing coop with a few accommodations to account for species specifics. One change was to have a screened roof for half of the coop. Unlike hens, quails can't really be let out without supervision or they will fly away. That has been my experience anyway. I still wanted my quails to have all of the joy of a warm Californian sun bath, so I made that change to the design.
Once I built the coop I had just one problem. I didn't have any quails. After a lot of searching I finally found a guy selling Cotrunix chicks for a reasonable price and in quantities I was comfortable with. I drove to the seller's house, and after a tense start he turned out to be really cool. He was put off at first because I live in a co-op. He's a prepper and he wasn't too sure about what he perceived as a hippie lifestyle, but I told him I grew up in rural town (more rural than his town actually) and after a while he understood what I'm all about. The funny part is we both came to a realization that preppers and sustainability seekers do a lot of the same stuff and have similar goals, even if there motivation is different. So I got my quail chicks and hit the road home.