Quails hatching their own eggs?

[SFBayArea]

Can anyone have luck of getting their jumbo quails to hatch their own youngsters? Maybe some breeders have had a luck of getting wild genes introduced to the domestic birds to have their brood and hatch their own youngsters?

 

[Nabiki]

Your best chance is an aviary with lots of hiding places. Even then, it's kind of rare, though. If you do get any that go broody, you still want to watch them to make sure they don't kill the chicks.

 

[le_bwah]

A chunk of my standard-size Coturnix flock goes broody every year, and I've been letting them hatch out for the last few years. I'd put most of down to an environment that minimizes aggression and maximizes feelings of safety—a planted aviary with lots of hidey-holes and a roomy bird density.