My Chickens

Design - Alphabet Mania "D is for Daffodil" 

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 32 count Clay Belfast linen

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 9 April 2012

Completed - 11 April 2012 

Here are my 'chickens'.

I feed the quail in the morning and again between 4-5pm.

In the late afternoon they are tucked back in the brush safe from predators.

I can hear them and when I come with sunflower seeds and rattle the food, they come dashing out and will allow me to stand close by while they eat, as long as I do not move.

This male is exhibiting a common protective behavior.  Up high on look out.

Papa quail often do this - watching over their mate and nestlings.