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I'm waiting for my dirt and new bedding to dry, and was planning on doing a deep clean but now I'm not sure how to without disturbing her nest.

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I took a quick look at her 'nest' and IT'S SO BIG. She's attempting to sit on 10 eggs!

I will take one next time I see her on it!

George is test sitting!! She was on it for an hour or so last night, and she's on them right now!!

The cage is now almost completely natural, there is dirt, sand and some fake plants as well as a real one. One of my Quail, George, has been collecting all of the eggs in the corner. I tested this by putting a pink dot on an egg just laid by another quail. I found the egg in the nest an hour...

I don't want to disturb it, especially if Spot is the one that has been collecting eggs. She's scared of me after I had to treat her for bumblefoot.

Ok. Does it make a difference that they've gotten all the feathers in the cage and are now dragging dirt around it?

Is this a nest? Spot and George have both been laying here and hanging around this spot as well as the male. I can't see the nest unless I put my phone over the plant, so I can't tell how many eggs are in there.

I'd give the babies to my nan & pop. They've been wanting quail for ages, but my pop hates technology so they can't use an incubator. They only have one chicken because all their others were attacked, but that chicken is a 'bad mum'. Even if it doesn't work, my quail love their new cage.

They have had that their whole lives. I only recently mixed it in with wood shavings, but that's because I didn't have enough sand. I'm going to fix it when I get dirt. They are still dust bathing nonetheless.

Ok I'll fix that. Thanks!

Here's what the cage looks like now, I got rid of all the paper towels and sprinkled their food around to encourage foraging behaviours. The wood shavings will be replaced with dirt I'm planning on getting later in the week. Someone seems to have built a half nest in a hidden nesting spot I...

Could quail chick sounds somehow make them hormonal and more likely to go broody?

I picked up this straw today, but can't give it to the quail for a few days because i'm away. Is this one ok? It's the only one that said it was appropriate for birds. I'm also planning on cutting some grass at my nan & pop's. The wild quail lived in there a few decades ago.

I understand it's unlikely, but I'm doing this out of curiosity and to benefit my birds. Even if they don't go broody, it's nice for them to get a cage change-up and new materials.

Yes, they would enjoy having more natural materials. And, as you said, what's the harm in trying? I'm sure they would love a change in their environment. They get really excited when I put something new in there, especially when I refresh their sand and wood shavings.

So, is this exactly what I have to do? -tight hiding spaces -boxes of dirt/sand/soft materials -nesting materials available nearby potential nesting sites -natural flooring, ex: less paper towels - less predator threats, ex: less of my sisters + less of me Materials needed: - play dirt - pine...

I understand this. I can't get them a bigger cage, but how do I make their cage as natural as possible? How do I mimic an aviary setting in a smaller space?

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