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So they are growing pretty fast here are a couple pictures of the same ones from last week.





What I plan to do when they are grown up? 

Eat quail

..eggs for breakfast, and when spring comes probably move them into a green house, where they can run and scratch around for bugs etc. 

Also plan to hatch more, to keep and some to sell.
That sounds like a good plan. Are they full grown within like 2 months or no?

I had chickens and thought about quail too.

 
Okay! Yeah I read somewhere in my studies they grow really quickly compared to a chicken or duck (had both but never quail or giunies)... interesting. They are adorable little things!

 
yeah when raising for meat they usually harvest em at 2 mos old.

Here's one of my flock, I expected fast growth but, it seems a little weird seeing a creature develope so fast. Just over 2 weeks ago this was an egg that weighed 10 grams!



 
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They are quite entertaining little guys. They are very quiet and make cute purring sounds, but they like to jump real high sometimes and they start bouncing around like popcorn :)

 
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