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Sadly, when I moved my broody, she stopped brooding. By the time she got settled in to her new home and decided to start brooding again, the life in the eggs was gone :( Be careful moving them - they can take time to settle and the eggs can chill and die. Maybe try to encourage your hen to move...

I moved the food and water closer to the nest also :)

Oh awesome. I moved mine. I checked one egg. Nothing developed. I am guessing she’s prepping to brood. Yesterday she was on them like a pancake but I’m guessing that the other hen laying an egg messed with her and she wanted to add more to the nest. Then the other hen kept going and messing with...

Update, she’s back with her eggs (buff hen) but they were cool to the touch before and she’s not properly brooding like yesterday. Yesterday they were warm and she wouldn’t leave them. You think they’re dead? Or since it was the first couple days will they be okay and is this more of a...

There is her little nest. Weirdly enough, she is not on it right now, nor is the other quail interested. Hoping she’s just taking a break and not given up on brooding. Her nest also looks a little tattered compared to yesterday.

Your situation sounds very similar to mine only I just have fewer birds and their hutch is right next to a big tree which I think makes her feel safe. But I also do not have a wire cage floor. I have sand in the floor of the cage. I also think it makes a difference. I have straw on top of the...

Thank you and thank you for moving the thread :D I'm really excited - it's still early days - I hope she stays broody. I just read something where someone said that the broody switch can "turn off" after the first couple days sometimes.

My buff (pastel/dilute, I was told) celadon (she has blue eggs) coturnix quail hen has gone broody, and I don't think it's genetics. Let me give my theory of how this happened: 1. There were only 3 quails in the hutch (1 male and 2 females), and I had two quails pair bond. How do I know they...