Quail Report - 4 Weeks

The quail are about 10 weeks old now - we've had them 4 weeks. They like to roost on their bar. There are no dramatic changes in their growth since last week. The males have a little more blue around shoulders and top of breast, and their bellies are starting to get more yellowish and reddish color. The females may be a little bit bigger.

We had one casualty overnight. This morning, I found one of them dead in a narrow space between their box and the wire cage. It looks like the magpies had been picking at her through the wire mesh. I don't know if she just died, or was killed by a predator. They all seemed to be healthy last evening when Bailey and I checked on them.

On a lighter note, Emily and Adam reported rescuing a whole family of baby quail at their house in Sandy this morning. Emily heard bird noises outside her front door. She opened the door and saw the mother quail on the front lawn, and lots of little babies scrambling around in the rose bushes. Then the babies began falling into the window well - following each other like leamings, I guess. Emily called Adam, her big strong knight in shining armor, to climb down into the window well and lift out the little babies. They soon disappeared around the corner with their mother. Good job, Emily & Adam!