ANOTHER FIRST THIS WEEK

Remember these?
This evening one of them
left me this egg.

  The First!

 To give you an idea as to
the size of the egg, it
is sitting in a taper candle
holder. It weighs 1/4 ounces
which is the same weight
as a quarter.
 It's tiny! xx

THE NEWEST MEMBERS

"I don't ask for the
 meaning of the song
 of a bird or the rising
 of the sun on a misty
 morning. There they
 are, and they are
 beautiful."

~Pete Hamil

Here are a few (blurry) photos
of the newest members of the
family. I had to take their
picture thru the pen as they
can really fly and they are fast!

On Friday we adopted fourteen
Bobwhite quail. There are six
boys and eight girls.

I have been enjoying listening
to them sing to each other.
Perhaps in the future we will
collect the eggs, but as for now
there are no plans.

Aren't they beautiful?! xx

Edited: These birds were hatched in a factory for a hunting plantation that is close by. Quail season is over and these birds could not survive in the wild. I rescued them so they wouldn't come to any harm. They are an extermly skittish bird , but they have a beautiful voice. The females coo and the males say 'bob-white, bob-white'. I read that a lot of people who can not have chickens are keeping quail as they are smaller and quieter. They lay little eggs that are speckled blue.