Thank you to all who responded to my question about qualms about killing quail. I appreciate your sensitivity and practical advice. Sorry it's taken me MONTHS to respond!
Thank you; you are exactly where I am (except I don't actually have any quail yet). Good luck to you, too. Maybe reading other posts on this thread will help you, as well as me.
...for those of you who eat them, did you have the "creeps" or qualms about actually harvesting and dressing them out? I'm such a critter lover and am wondering how anyone in my shoes handled it.