I'm an urban homesteader and I heard all about how raising quail is super easy for people in an urban environment. I guess they think it's easy because they're small birds. But in my opinion, it's easier to work with chickens, ducks, or turkeys. Quails don't require loads of space, but they get sick easily, produce tiny eggs infrequently, and their meat doesn't offer much bang for the buck. In my experience, they aren't good about sitting on their eggs until they hatch so you'll need an incubator if you want to keep the flock going. They aren't hardy birds in my opinion.