#backyard quail

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Never underestimate a bird the size of a softball, I guess.

[foxstew]

Ordered some celadon quail (coturnix quail but they lay blue eggs!) from Alchemist Farms and got to go on a nice drive through California wine country to pick them up from the sweetest little farm stand. I already have one celadon hen from a local breeder but I’m very excited to have more blue eggs very soon!

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I've had quail for a few years now, and this was a first!

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They are terrified of me even though all I do is bring them fresh water and tasty treats, so they're always getting spooked and trying to fly away. 🙄

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If I don't have veggie scraps ready to go, I'll just clothespin a few lettuce leaves to inside of the cage. The girlies go crazy for lettuce!

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I had one bird left from the previous summer, so I wanted a few more for eggs and for eating my veggie scraps.

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The other three aren't laying again yet, but they were also the ones fighting over the winter, so we'll see what happens :/