At this point my hand-reared quails were old enough to come out of the brooder box. They are almost fully grown here, though they don't officially reach maturity until 6 weeks old.

After taking these photos I posted an ad for their adoption online. Shortly after a guy got in contact who wished to buy all five for his communal aviary. And off they went! This was always the plan, though I was a little sad to see them go nevertheless. I kept the hen in the 6th photo though - she is now the companion of Widget, my tame quail.

A note on gender; A distinctive male feature is the black & white bib though not all males have this. However it is always possible to identify a male by the russet feathers around his butt. That's with the exception of pure white quails, who have no identifying marks one way or another, and their gender can only be deciphered through behaviour. The quail in the 4th photo was too young to display any typical male or female behaviours, hence 'uncertain'.