If you Can't keep hens. Why not keep a few quail..

[growmore]

For anyone not allowed to keep hens and wanting some fresh eggs, why not keep a few quail..
They are quiet, easy to house,easy to look after and lay for quite a few months of the year.

[growmore]

[TommyTomato]

can you keep them in the coop with the chicken?

[PIGEON]

I have never had quail egg before.  Are they any different in taste to Chicken eggs?

[Robert_Brenchley]

Aren't they really pigeon eggs?

[Rosyred]

aren't they smelly so i've read. I'm thinking of hatching some.

[Plot69]

Quail eggs are not pigeon eggs and neither do they smell. The quail themselves make a hell of a noise though. They're members of the pheasant family and make a similar sound, very loudly.

I used to keep them in an aviary with budgies for many years. I've got my hens on my plot and I told the allotment manager I was thinking of getting some quail. She said as long as I didn't get a rooster, if only she knew quail are just as loud!

[Melbourne12]

My daughter keeps quail (and chickens).  As Growmore says, they are easy to look after.

To answer some of the questions:

No, you can't keep them in with the chickens.  They'd be killed.

They're not smelly, but they do poo a lot, so you have to change the straw pretty often.

The eggs are indistinguishable (to me) in taste from chickens eggs.

The thingy birds do make a noise, not as loud as a rooster, but annoying if it's just under your window.

You do need at least three hen birds to each thingy bird.  Their mating activities are a bit violent, and if there's only one hen she will have her feathers torn out by her over-amorous mate.

[Jeannine]

If you have ever eaten minature Scotch Eggs from the deli  chance are they are quail eggs XX Jeannine

[Funky Farmer]

You can't dip soldiers in a quails egg :)

[Melbourne12]

You can't dip soldiers in a quails egg :)

Perhaps you could use cheese straws or Twiglets or something similar.