"Yeah!" and then "Ick!"

This week our quail started two new behaviors.

     The first one is the long anticipated egg laying behavior. They made it to 9 weeks before starting, and we are getting three a day now. I am very happy about it and am planning to make pickled quail eggs as soon as I have enough.

    The second behavior is that the males have decided that there isn't enough room for all them, and one by one I have been taking out the losers. Luckily there has been no fatalities, but I have two very bloody, scalp-less quail isolated in the garage.