That makes sense, for heat loss. I never thought of that. Yeah my ladies like to lay all the eggs in a big pile then one will fight everyone out of the house and sit on the eggs for an hour then once the boiled eggs served she's over it, haha.
How old do you think they should be to brood? If I...
Do you have buttons or coturnix? One of mine had one of those nasty brood patch things but I never saw her brood because I was on vacation :barnie. Are these the result of brooding or are they just regular for the females? I reaaaally want one to go broody but they're on wire so I don't think...
One of my ladies recently molted and I didn't think anything of it until I thought she was a boy because of her feathers! Is this the male color morph on her or am I just really used to having her be super speckled? (Sorry I was looking for a before picture but it appears I have none.) You can...