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WE ARE HERE AT THE TERRYTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WE HAVE OUR QUAILS, OUR LITTLE TEENAGER QUAILS.
A LOT OF YOU SAW THEM HATCH ON OUR LIVE CAM AND NOW THEY'RE FOUR WEEKS OLD.
THEY HAVE THEIR ADULT FEATHERS COMING IN, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ABOUT READY TO GO OUTSIDE.
THE IDEA FOR THE QUAIL PROJECT STARTED WITH OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN.
WE WERE LEARNING A LOT ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS AND THE KIDS WERE REALLY EXCITED TO BE OUT IN THE GARDEN.
THIS WAS KIND OF A NATURAL EXPANSION OF WHAT WE WERE DOING ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE GOT OUR EGGS FROM A LOVELY FARM IN GALLIANO.
WE STARTED WITH ABOUT 40 EGGS.
THEY WERE NOT ALL FOR FERTILIZED TO BEGIN WITH.
WE HAD EIGHT SUCCESSFUL BIRDS, WHICH WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF AS THEY FINISHED GROWING IN THEIR ADULT MOTHERS.
THAT MEANS THAT THEY CAN SUSTAIN THEIR OWN BODY WARMTH LONG ENOUGH TO BE PERMANENTLY PUT OUTSIDE.
THEY REQUIRE LESS SPACE THAN CHICKENS.
THEY PROVIDE REALLY GOOD FERTILIZER FOR OUR GARDENS AND THEY PROVIDE DELICIOUS EGGS, AND SO IT WAS A WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY.
LIBRARIES AT THEIR CORE SHOULD BE PROVIDERS OF INFORMATION, AND SO MUCH INFORMATION NOW IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR POCKET.
EVERYONE HAS A PHONE WITH GOOGLE, AND SO THE KINDS OF INFORMATION PEOPLE NEED FROM THEIR INSTITUTIONS IS JUST DIFFERENT.
WE HAD PEOPLE COMING IN AFTER SEEING THE LIVE STREAM, LIKE SPORTS FANS.
IT WAS VERY SWEET, AND WHEN THEY'RE IN THE ROOM WITH THE BIRDS, THEY DO NOT CARE AT ALL ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
THEY JUST WANNA BE LOOKING AT AND INTERACTING WITH THESE BIRDS.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THEIR HOUSE.
WE HAVE ONE HOUSE ALREADY OUTSIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN, WHICH IS A FENCED IN AREA.
THEY HAVE THEIR COOP, WHICH HAS A LID, SO THEY WON'T BE FLYING OUT.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND WE'VE TALKED TO LOTS OF PROFESSIONALS ABOUT HOW TO BUILD THE SAFEST AND MOST COMFORTABLE HOME FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE LOTS OF SPACE TO RUN AROUND BACK THERE, SO THEY ALSO GET GRASS TIME, SO THEY'RE GONNA LIVE VERY CUSHY LIVES OUT THERE.