Quail are such an easy bird to start with if your keeping them in a rabbit hutch remove part of the roof and fit polycarb sheeting to allow more light in and suppliment their diet with fresh greens. The eggs are really nice pickled ,once boiled for 5 mins put the eggs in a jar and cover them with white vinegar for 12 hours this dissolves the shell leaving the membrane to remove by hand ,then simply cover with pickeling vinegar leave a couple of weeks then eat.Another thing Quail are fully grown between 6-8 weeks and easy to pluck, to clean them out i use a tea spoon , killing is easy thou you might have to steel yourself to do the first one or two ,the most humane way is to cut their heads off hold the bird firmly in your left hand and lay the bird on a chopping board and with a sharp knife cut its head off do this on the draining board so as to allow you to hold the bird over the sink until it has finished bleeding ,keep a hold of it until the nerves have stopped then pluck and clean it .I allow 2 per portion for a main course wrapped in bacon and roast for twenty Minutes , bon apipite.