So will the mother quail care for their young?

[Che]

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Was she sitting on them though?

Not the eggs that hatched but the two I took from her yea

 

[Che]

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Was she sitting on them though?

so after the last message I posted on here, I put them together and at first she ran away from them and they ran towards her. Now she is being still and they are going under her so that's good right?

 

[thekid]

"Che" :

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Was she sitting on them though?

so after the last message I posted on here, I put them together and at first she ran away from them and they ran towards her. Now she is being still and they are going under her so that's good right?​

keep a close eye on them, if the mother starts picking on them take them away from her. She may be shocked to see them let them be together for a little. Like I said if there good together keep them together. But make sure the mother is "mothering" them

 

[Che]

thanks

 

[JJMR794]

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NO

 

[gamebirdboy]

Coturnix will hardly ever go broody, they are not good mothers. I would raise the chicks separately. If she took them you are extremely lucky. Watch them really closely and if the hen pecks them at all take them out. Chickens can't raise quail. They quail eggs are so small a large fowl hen would crush them, a bantam could hatch them, but there is a possible disease transfer and the size difference isn't helping.

 

[asian orchid]

As someone wrote there's 1 to 1,000,000,000 chance that a quail will be broody to complete the process of what animal instinctive behavior, to brood there eggs. Coturnix quail chance to brood their eggs is greatly improved if allowed to. by feeding them with wild game bird food and not laying mash, bigger cage to roam around will male, leave the eggs on their nest (because quail tend to keep on laying eggs if you keep on harvesting the eggs) and once they have about ten eggs they will stop and start to brood their eggs. Wild quail will brood their eggs otherwise they are instinct by now. Keep human intervention to a minimum just like in the wild and animal instinct will prevail. I have yet to prove this theory of mine. Thanks for reading, what do you think?

 

[itsy]

I know this post is a little old at this point (don't miss the last question given by the person above me) but I noticed your shavings, Che.... are those cedar shavings your quail are on? If so - I'd stop right away. Switch to pine if you can. Cedar shavings are bad for many critters including birds and reptiles.

 

[joe125]

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The exact odds of a coturnix hatching and actually brooding/raising their own young has yet to be guessed by me, because I have no trusted scientific data to even compute the odds. However, I believe the odds are quite low, just based on anecdotal data, and 5 years of practical experience.
Anyone serious about raising coturnix should invest in, and prefect the use of an incubator and brooder. Can you spend time, money, space, what ever, and get your coturnix to hatch,brood and raise their chicks.....YES. However, way less can be spent on bators and brooders, and you will net yourself way more coturnix.
I'm not saying that it can never happen, just that folks will save themselves a boat load of time and money going the bator,brooder route!

Your theory can be applied to buttons with various outcomes, but even the folks that have successfully naturally raised buttons will tell you....You get more chicks from a bator/brooder than you get from a broody hen. The time,money,space issues are compartmentalized.

 

[snyd08]

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tell that to my bantam. she sat, hatched, and raised 6 of em.

small enclosure but she did a good job for about 3 weeks then i took them. guess it isnt a usual thing..