How to Prevent Egg Burying

[TillinWithMyPeeps]

My coturnix love to bury their own eggs, this makes it very difficult to find them, without searching through several inches of straw. Is there any way to prevent them from burying their eggs?

 

[brooster]

well i always have to dig to find mine i dont think you can stop them unless you dont use bedding.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

Hide thier shovel.

 

[monarc23]

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my indoor coturnix pace back and forth so much they will eventually cover their eggs as well, it's kind of annoying but the bedding i use is Stall dry so it actually keeps teh eggs clean

 

[austinhart123]

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my indoor coturnix pace back and forth so much they will eventually cover their eggs as well, it's kind of annoying but the bedding i use is Stall dry so it actually keeps teh eggs clean

its not that funny..

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

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my indoor coturnix pace back and forth so much they will eventually cover their eggs as well, it's kind of annoying but the bedding i use is Stall dry so it actually keeps teh eggs clean

its not that funny..

Well do you have a better suggestion?

 

[spookyevilone]

I went with wire floors on my cages, above the bedding, and use a shoebox with wood chips in it. They lay the egg in the nest box, so I only have the shoebox to sift through. I know roughly when they lay the eggs each day, and I tend to collect the eggs right away.
-Spooky

 

[Wifezilla]

My ducks have been burying their eggs, but since it is always in the same spot and it is buried in pine shavings, I don't worry about it too much. I imagine if the kept burying them in different spots that would be really annoying and I would end up with rotten eggs.

 

[monarc23]

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my indoor coturnix pace back and forth so much they will eventually cover their eggs as well, it's kind of annoying but the bedding i use is Stall dry so it actually keeps teh eggs clean

its not that funny..

No one asked your oppinon

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

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its not that funny..

No one asked your oppinon