It all started with a YouTube video and a child who wanted to be Gerald Durrell. One moment we were saying “maybe” to hatching pet quail eggs, and the next we were sneaking an incubator into the loft.

My eleven-year-old son is an amateur naturalist. He takes his cue, literally, from The Amateur Naturalist by Gerald Durrell (from The Durrells). My friend lent him her childhood copy and he has ...

</a>Meet Porkchop the coturnix quail (also known as Japanese quail). At the time this photo was taken, she was two weeks old. I think I should tell you, I have a colorful personality, a heart of gold ...

The hot news tip came from an avid dove hunter whom I had seen blast birds out of the sky with a shotgun. I knew the guy wasn't overly precious or sentimental when it came to cute fowl or household ...

Alwyn Wils, a 45-year-old Dutch man, has been making news since he published a video of his project. After buying a 12-pack of supermarket quail eggs, he plopped them all in an incubator out of ...

Quails are being touted as the ideal urban pet - easy to look after, requiring very little space and giving their owners a plentiful supply of eggs. Experts say the market for them is growing in ...