Quails

[Highlander]

A lot will depend on the space you have available,.. I have kept chickens and Quail, the big difference is that chickens are better because of the eggs and the meat,... but need a certain amount of space,..[ok you could keep them as battery hens, but I wouldn't]
were as Quail can be kept in a much small space,.. but you get smaller eggs and less meat

So Quail are great if you want to keep a few in small pen in the back garden on a council house