First Egg

The "girls" have begun laying and as of today I have two eggs!

Quail Heaven

Nothing like a good dust bath in the sod!

Slide Show

I found a web hosting site that is pretty cool.  It lets you upload your photos (really fast) and you can create slide shows and share pictures quick and easy.  So, here goes:

Quail Crowing

Here is a great short little video I found on YouTube of a Coturnix Quail crowing.  I had thought that the little sounds my quail were making was the crowing.  Then, I found, through research on the WEB, that the boy quails don't start to crow until 6 weeks old or so.  So, what I heard was not really crowing.  Well, here it is:

Four Weeks Old

It's hard to believe how much the little guys grew in just four weeks. Here is a photo of  the least camera shy of the group. Henry (aka Henrietta if eggs are involved) is not afraid to come right up to the camera and smile for the picture.

Day Outside

Today the quails got to spend the day outside.  I removed the droppings tray and just set the cage on the grass.  They had a blast eating all the nummy little bugs.

Another New Friend

Here is "Buckwheat".  He is the littlest of all the quail.  He also hatched last from the littlest egg.   I think he may be a boy.  However, we may just have to wait a bit longer to see.  He is holding his own with the bigger birds.  He is also getting in some nice reddish brown feathers.  These birds are a bit camera shy, but I will try to get a picture of each one and post it as I name them.