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Binki
Songster
The broody instinct is strong once it's set in. We have a disabled Button quail who has decided to sit and hatch eggs. I had to replace hers, which weren't fertile, with her sisters so hopefully she'll get to be a mum. They are super skittish little things but she was raised inside so she is at least used to the general chaos of our house! But she puts up with me candling her eggs every now and then. She doesn't like it but always returns to her nest.
I've noticed our Buttons in the aviary hunt bugs as much as possible especially when raising babies.
If your girl is successful maybe you could tap the proper quail food and the babies might copy you and check it out.
Awww buttons sound like great parents ^^ she's still sitting strong, do broody hens still lay eggs? I heard her "WOOP!" Squeal and went to look at the nest, seeing if I had to remove any but I am pretty sure there were only ten
She started making woops, coming back towards the nest so I backed away quickly xD
I tried tapping on the food last time she raised chicks but she still seemed frantic trying to find them bugs, I did manage to get some chicks to eat the ground up feed though