Thank goodness for this forum. By owning a tall 3 ft flower pot in my front yard I have unwittingly become a grandparent of baby quail that just hatched today. The problem is, 2 years ago a brood of babies that hatched in the same pot could not get out of the pot and we didn't realize this until they started to die. We immediately took the live ones left out of the pot by hand which was very traumatic for them and released them in the yard but never knew if the parent quail found them. This time we want to let them out in time and were told by some to lay the big pot on its side so they could get out easier without direct contact from us. My question is, how soon, right away? I don't want them to die or be abandoned by their parents so we have stayed away from the pot. There is Lantana growing in the pot so I'm hoping that the soil won't fall to the side as well and cover them. Any ideas??? Help!! Thank you