Well, that's pretty cool! How lucky. But I can't help but feel broodyness in quail may be slightly more common than we are aware. So many people just assume their quail will never set on their eggs, so they never leave the eggs in there... And not everyone keeps them in a semi-natural habitat...
I'm curious. When did you get the idea she would sit on this batch? Did she lay the eggs all in a special spot? Seem to watch over them until she was ready to sit on them?
I just wonder if any of mine have a chance of hatching their own eggs. But you wouldn't be able to tell until you let them...
Thanks for the input.
I've found a few recipes at other places already but I guess I'll look around more.
Another thing I'd be interested in seeing is a list of things you shouldn't, and list of things you can, feed a quail.
As for protein percentages, yes, I know there are plant sources of...
Hi! I've spent a long time reading on this forum but I still have a lot of questions.
I don't yet have quail (or any type of bird), but would like to purchase maybe three or four birds (if I can find them!). They would need to be kept outside, and I'd like the eggs for eating, so I suppose...