I see! That makes a lot of sense. I'm not around to watch them most of the day but when collecting a single egg yesterday I saw one of the males mount a girl but that won't tell me if she's laying and/or if her egg is fertile. Do males lose fertility after a certain age? They're only about 5...
My coturnix quails are barely laying now so I don't have enough to fill the incubator without risking viability by waiting to have enough. I have a tray that was 3D printed to fit quail eggs which it fits 40 or more I can't remember exactly. I have 10 eggs that are about 6-7 days old now. Does...