Hi, has anyone done this?
We were given some adult quails. Didn’t ask for them, didn’t know what use they would be, but we gave them a home. The eggs were a novelty at first, and with friends, but novelties can wear off!
Then one of our chickens went broody, a youngster and this was her first time as a broody. We put a lot of quail eggs under her
The first egg hatched on day 18, more on day 19 and 20.
So far so good, but this morning (day 21) I have found eight carcasses, all of them at a little distance from mum? All of them were dry and fluffy but of course very tiny
It occurs to me that she may have killed them, because I can’t find any other explanation. Would she see them as alien, and destroy them?
They had chick crumbs and water available (they didn’t drown)
Any ideas?