- Mar 19, 2013
- 1
- 0
- 7
Hi,
I'm an Agriculture teacher in Australia and have a pair of Button quails in my classroom for my Agriculture class.
This pair have previously seemed like an amazing set of parents- female has already successfully raised 11 babies in 2 separate clutches by incubating her own eggs and the father has been really great too (alway standing guard and helping her keep them warm when they turn into needy teenagers)
However, about a week ago she layed 5 eggs and shows no interest in sitting on them. I don't feel that anything else has changed about their housing situation and they have a nesting box available so that they can hide their eggs from predators/students.
I have a few questions in relation to this:
1. Is this due to a change in the seasons? (She was laying + sitting in spring and summer and it's just starting to get colder and become autumnal at the moment
2. Are there any others reasons that she might not be sitting?
3. If I use an incubator to raise the eggs, will she help raise them when they have hatched or will she and the father not recognise them as their own young
Thankyou for your help - I'm a bit stumped at the moment so anything is appreciated
Hayley
I'm an Agriculture teacher in Australia and have a pair of Button quails in my classroom for my Agriculture class.
This pair have previously seemed like an amazing set of parents- female has already successfully raised 11 babies in 2 separate clutches by incubating her own eggs and the father has been really great too (alway standing guard and helping her keep them warm when they turn into needy teenagers)
However, about a week ago she layed 5 eggs and shows no interest in sitting on them. I don't feel that anything else has changed about their housing situation and they have a nesting box available so that they can hide their eggs from predators/students.
I have a few questions in relation to this:
1. Is this due to a change in the seasons? (She was laying + sitting in spring and summer and it's just starting to get colder and become autumnal at the moment
2. Are there any others reasons that she might not be sitting?
3. If I use an incubator to raise the eggs, will she help raise them when they have hatched or will she and the father not recognise them as their own young
Thankyou for your help - I'm a bit stumped at the moment so anything is appreciated
Hayley