we original got them because the males are a lot quieter then male chickens, so we could have supply of meat and wouldn’t need to buy more when they get old. they didn’t end up really working for meat for us but we do like the eggs, any meat ones go to the animals
You can’t free range quail so...
chickens have been in a run here because of bird flu. Not sure barn owls would hunt adult normal size chickens, thats what we have near me, I need to look it up