🪶 Button Quail
Quail · breed reference
The Chinese blue-breasted quail (the parakeet-aisle “button”) — at under two ounces the smallest bird in the barn until the Diamond Dove arrived (1.4 oz — the crown moved one catalog over, pinned from both entries). An AVIARY-FLOOR pet that tidies spilled seed under finches; too small to eat and the eggs are garnish. Sixteen days in the shell, the shortest incubation in the barn. No permit — it's as foreign as the Coturnix.
| Species | Quail |
|---|---|
| Kept for | Pets |
| Eggs per year | ~150 |
| First eggs | ~8 weeks |
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