Quail Class

[the3quail]

About half of mine are broody, but I very seriously doubt their ability to hatch eggs. I often have to lift the female off the eggs and even so, only half are warm, they’re really bad at it, and if you gave them 100 eggs to brood you might get 2 or 3 chicks.

they started going broody when I gave them deep wood chips, before that only one went broody off and on. They mostly hoard inside cinderblocks, between cinderblocks and walls, and in the corners of the pen. 2 of my 3 males participate, and often sit on the eggs, but just as often stand next to the eggs letting them get cold.

Deep wood chips ? how do you do that in the coop ?

 

[3 quails an 2 humans]

About half of mine are broody, but I very seriously doubt their ability to hatch eggs. I often have to lift the female off the eggs and even so, only half are warm, they’re really bad at it, and if you gave them 100 eggs to brood you might get 2 or 3 chicks.

they started going broody when I gave them deep wood chips, before that only one went broody off and on. They mostly hoard inside cinderblocks, between cinderblocks and walls, and in the corners of the pen. 2 of my 3 males participate, and often sit on the eggs, but just as often stand next to the eggs letting them get cold.

Do you have a big pen coop or aviary

 

[Ravenlover]

Sorry to be a party pooper.. but No. It doesn't sound like they've gone broody.

It happens heck look at my last hatch post i thought i saw pip cracks and it was just egg bumps i was excited a whole day and a half and thought they were growing cuz buttons eggs are hard to see cracks

 

[3 quails an 2 humans]

What’s your post called

 

[FloorCandy]

Deep wood chips ? how do you do that in the coop ?

Do you have a big pen coop or aviary

The top one has cinder blocks around it too, and I just keep like 3 inches of fresh chips over the old ones. The coop part of the bottom one has sand in it, but the pen has chips.

 

[Ravenlover]

What’s your post called

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hatching-a-pet-new-eggs.1420914/#post-23354574

 

[Ravenlover]

Basicly skip to last few pages almost all eggs were infertile

 

[3 quails an 2 humans]

Cool

 

[3 quails an 2 humans]

That’s sad just read it

 

[3 quails an 2 humans]

How many quails do you have