This is a good question! I think I just got lucky with this one. She is a good mother too. She takes them "foraging", has led them to water, and she's protective. She makes little clucks to lure them along😍 🐤🐤🐤🐤
Regretfully there were 11 eggs. If I were to let her hatch again I'd probably do 8 or 9 eggs. She could cover all 11, but not always. Before I split her off, other hens kept laying in her nest and she had almost 20 eggs 😳😳... I split her off and thought I got it down to 9 or 10, but there must...
I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for all the information they post. I started raising quail in 2023, and this forum has been a huge help!
I would also like to share that one of my hens went broody and hatched out some babies! I am excited because I have them in a wire bottom...