Hi so I have a weird situation, I keep quail in my backyard and everything I have read online says they don’t go broody in captivity and they don’t hatch babies out. One of my hens was broody last year, so qthis year i decided to let her try to hatch her eggs out.
Well I just got home and she has successfully managed to hatch out three babies. I didn’t think she would really be able to manage it so I didn’t prepare for this situation and I can’t find any help online. Two of the babies are dead and I think the rooster had something to do with it because The hen attacked the rooster pretty bad. I separated them and she has shown no aggression to the other hen or the single baby. I’ve been observing them for an hour and she seems to be doing everything a mother should. But now I don’t know what to do with the single baby . Should I let her keep it and rehouse the rooster while they grow. Should I take the baby and the rest of the eggs and try to incubate them inside. Should I bring the baby and the mama inside together? And try to incubate the rest? I have hatched quails out before but just never in This scenario and I know chicks don’t do well on their own. The reason I’m hesitant to remove the baby is I have read the quail don’t react well to new quail and only tend to accept them when they grow up together. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Well I just got home and she has successfully managed to hatch out three babies. I didn’t think she would really be able to manage it so I didn’t prepare for this situation and I can’t find any help online. Two of the babies are dead and I think the rooster had something to do with it because The hen attacked the rooster pretty bad. I separated them and she has shown no aggression to the other hen or the single baby. I’ve been observing them for an hour and she seems to be doing everything a mother should. But now I don’t know what to do with the single baby . Should I let her keep it and rehouse the rooster while they grow. Should I take the baby and the rest of the eggs and try to incubate them inside. Should I bring the baby and the mama inside together? And try to incubate the rest? I have hatched quails out before but just never in This scenario and I know chicks don’t do well on their own. The reason I’m hesitant to remove the baby is I have read the quail don’t react well to new quail and only tend to accept them when they grow up together. Any help would be greatly appreciated.