I have the same problems. My quail love the sand as do I. Eggs are almost always spotlessly clean and the birds are so happy with their sand baths, but it gets so stinky, even when I sift it. I sift every time I go out to get eggs or feed them and it still gets gross. I have 100 hens and 20...
You know, maybe it's something totally unrelated such as weather or air pressure-do we really know everything about it? It's amazing to me. That's why I love what I do! Just when you think you have it figured out---!
HI! I know it's 2024, but I just read this today. Myshire farms has great hatching eggs. I get hatching eggs and they are shipped here to Montana. Quail are pretty high strung as it is, but I have gotten some from Southwest in the past and found the birds to end up a bit more high strung...