Does my button quail want to sit on eggs? Or is she messing with me?

[ButtonHoarder]

Patience, if she is going broody, it may take a while. My Chinese painted hen took over a week to commit to setting, if I remember right.

Ok thanks. Will the eggs lose fertility?

 

[Quail 66]

Thank you I will put more eggs under her. Can I separate her from her mate though? Then she and him will be alone.

I didn't separate them, and at one time she got out off the box to eat, I was surprised to see him on the eggs. I have read some times the mail does that but they don't always behave the same every time. Then again, my mail lost the urge to mate and produces no foam. That's one of my problems. Just keep the other hens apart. And the eggs don't lose fertility for a week if kept in a box with wheat or something like that, point down. It is better to uplift a different side of the box 3 times a day as if they were in the incubator. And don't make the same mistake i made. Don't put very fresh eggs ( at least two days old, better three). I read that after I hatched one chick with many problems and had to improvise a splint and mouth feeding her for two weeks. ( That is my other problem. They all pecking her). Sorry for all the information. We are in a constant lockdown and had a lot of time to read and observe them.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

I didn't separate them, and at one time she got out off the box to eat, I was surprised to see him on the eggs. I have read some times the mail does that but they don't always behave the same every time. Then again, my mail lost the urge to mate and produces no foam. That's one of my problems. Just keep the other hens apart. And the eggs don't lose fertility for a week if kept in a box with wheat or something like that, point down. It is better to uplift a different side of the box 3 times a day as if they were in the incubator. And don't make the same mistake i made. Don't put very fresh eggs ( at least two days old, better three). I read that after I hatched one chick with many problems and had to improvise a splint and mouth feeding her for two weeks. ( That is my other problem. They all pecking her). Sorry for all the information. We are in a constant lockdown and had a lot of time to read and observe them.

Don't apologize for info. I am fairly new to button quail and want to know as much as I can. And thanks a lot that is all very helpful.