![]() On the “intelligence scale” of birds, the quail hits the rock bottom. The jumbo Coturnix variety may offer up to 14 ounces of meat or even more. A regular Coturnix quail may give around 10 ounces of meat per bird. You can also harvest the birds for meat at 7 weeks as they reach their peak weight then. After a brief molt will continue to lay almost as well for her second year.Ī mature Coturnix can lay over 300 eggs per year. She will probably lay at least 300 eggs per year or more. And one can hardly notice the quail without wondering about that springy bunch of feathers adorning its head. What bird has a feather on its head?Ī common sight in northern California woods and bushes are small flocks of California quail. Chicks can use nipple waterers as well, but if you have brand new babies, monitor them to make sure they know how to use them, and that they are drinking enough water. Water is dispensed only when the quail peck at the nipple. Male Coturnix quail have a white foam excreted by the gland above their vent when in breeding condition. Both sexes have a comma-shaped topknot of feathers projecting forward from the forehead, longer in males than females.Ĭonversely, hens not only DO NOT have this, but once they’ve started laying, their vent will be far looser than their male counterparts. These birds have a curving crest or plume, made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown for females the flanks are brown with white streaks.ĭo both male and female quail have top knots?Ĭalifornia Quail are plump, short-necked game birds with a small head and bill. As an adaptation to living in arid environments, California Quails can often get by without water, acquiring their moisture from insects and succulent vegetation. The California Quail’s head plume, or topknot, looks like a single feather, but it is actually a cluster of six overlapping feathers. 7 What does a top knot on a quail mean?.6 What causes a quail to lose feathers on its back?.1 What is the head feather on a quail for?.The whip disappears after 1 hour, when you use an action to dismiss it, or when you are incapacitated or die. On a hit, the target takes 1d6 + 5 force damage.Īs a bonus action on your turn, you can direct the whip to fly up to 20 feet and repeat the attack against a creature within 10 feet of it. You can then use a bonus action to make a melee spell attack against a creature within 10 feet of the whip, with an attack bonus of +9. The token disappears, and a floating whip takes its place. Whip. You can use an action to throw the token to a point within 10 feet of you. The tree is 60 feet tall and has a 5-foot-diameter trunk, and its branches at the top spread out in a 20-foot radius. The token disappears, and in its place a nonmagical oak tree springs into existence. You can use an action to touch it to an unoccupied space on the ground. Tree. You must be outdoors to use this token. The boat remains for 24 hours and then disappears. A Large creature counts as four Medium creatures, while a Huge creature counts as nine. The boat can carry up to thirty-two Medium or smaller creatures. You can use an action while on the boat to command it to move or to turn up to 90 degrees. The boat is self-propelled and moves across water at a speed of 6 miles per hour. The token disappears, and a 50-foot-long, 20-foot-wide boat shaped like a swan takes its place. Swan Boat. You can use an action to touch the token to a body of water at least 60 feet in diameter. The fan floats and creates a wind strong enough to fill the sails of one ship, increasing its speed by 5 miles per hour for 8 hours. The token disappears, and a giant flapping fan takes its place. You can dismiss the bird as an action.įan. If you are on a boat or ship, you can use an action to toss the token up to 10 feet in the air. The bird disappears after flying its maximum distance for a day or if it drops to 0 hit points. It can carry up to 500 pounds while flying at its maximum speed (16 miles an hour for a maximum of 144 miles per day, with a one-hour rest for every 3 hours of flying), or 1,000 pounds at half that speed. The bird has the statistics of a roc, but it obeys your simple commands and can't attack. ![]() The token disappears and an enormous, multicolored bird takes its place. You can use an action to toss the token 5 feet into the air. When the effect ends, the token disappears.īird. Touching the token to the vessel again ends the effect. For the next 24 hours, the vessel can't be moved by any means. You can use an action to touch the token to a boat or ship. The GM chooses the kind of token or determines it randomly.Īnchor. Different types of feather tokens exist, each with a different single-use effect. ![]()
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