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    Anyone ever tried sneaking some chicks to a broody hen?

    I’ve read how people will sneak some chicks to a broody chicken and they’ll get adopted. Anyone tried this with a quail hen? Specifically I’m working with coturnix but I’ll take any anecdotal quail experience here. I incubated a small number of eggs and only ended up with 2 chicks. They seem...
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    Day 17 with a broody quail or two.

    sadly no pips yet that I’ve seen. But I expected a late hatch. Mama keeps hoarding eggs, writing checks her butt can’t cash, making the ten eggs I left her a bit cooler. They may not hatch, may not survive after hatching if they do BUT mama is giving it a valiant effort. And yes these two...
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    New member raising quail.

    I’m raising coturnix quail. I hatched out 7 eggs. Got 1 hen. Clearly not an ok ratio. Bought 16 more chicks. Two disappeared one night. Best guess is a snake found just the right spot to get in. No issues after that. Still ended up with too many males and had to cull some. Right now I have 10...
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    Broody “sisters”

    New to the forum and this is my first season raising quail. Ie I’m no expert. I have 14 coturnix quail in my enclosure (hoping to add a few more hens this year). I chose to do a large walk in aviary for my quail. One of my hopes was that with enough space and natural(ish) environment I could...
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