Oh yeah, I looked at some hatcheries and was shocked at how much they wanted for 2-3 eggs! Almost had a heart attack. I could totally see charging a higher price for an established bird or chick, but with eggs, there aren't any guarantees of any actually hatching, to even justify some of the...
Well...I have a tibetan tuxedo coturnix quail that thinks it's a cat that thinks it's a dog. But I don't think that counts.
BTW where did you get those lovely mountain quail from? Once work picks up for me, I'll be buying a pair of blue scaled quail, but thought some mountain quail would be...