Button quail nesting?

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Button quail nesting?

Post by Finchluv » Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:57 pm

I have some button quail that i recently got, and inside the hut i put in was a nest and some eggs place inside. Is this a good sign of a preparing to incubate? Would the quail just lay anywhere if they weren't going to lay on the eggs? Any help is appreciated!
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Re: Button quail nesting?

Post by Flight Feathers » Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:00 pm

Hi there, my Chinese quail have never failed to incubate thier eggs but I have heard it can be hard to get them to sit. How many eggs are there? If she does sit (which hopefully she will ) then it will probably be once all or most of the eggs are laid- hope this helps!
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Re: Button quail nesting?

Post by Flight Feathers » Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:01 pm

Finchluv

Did she end up incubating?
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Re: Button quail nesting?

Post by Finchluv » Wed Feb 07, 2018 7:27 pm

They never did. My male ended up dieing for some reason. So i have my two females now with no males :( i had plans to incubate eggs myself from ebay because i couldn't find any buttons near me. So i may explore that idea again :)
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Re: Button quail nesting?

Post by Flight Feathers » Wed Feb 07, 2018 7:33 pm

Finchluv wrote: They never did. My male ended up dieing for some reason. So i have my two females now with no males :( i had plans to incubate eggs myself from ebay because i couldn't find any buttons near me. So i may explore that idea again :)

Oh no I'm sorry to hear your male died! :(

So you still have the eggs?
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Re: Button quail nesting?

Post by Finchluv » Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:35 pm

I do not. Just the eggs my females lay. But hopefully things work out with my incubator
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Re: Button quail nesting?

Post by Flight Feathers » Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:52 pm

Finchluv wrote: I do not. Just the eggs my females lay. But hopefully things work out with my incubator

Well I hope it goes well and you hatch some baby quail!
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