I've kept quails at home for a while keeping my "courtyard garden" (or whatever estate agents call them) free of weeds and grass between the paving. Anyone got experience of keeping them on a 'lotment? Also anyone had poultry in an inner city plot - where I am we seem to have problems with scallies breaking in and causing problems, I don't want to come in to a nasty surprise one day...
my experiance of quails is, i incubated 6 eggs got 6 chics grew them to full grown in the bottom of a chicken hut, went on morning to feed them opened the door and as one all 6 flew straight over my head to freedom and were never ever seen again.
moral of stoey keep in very secure runs.