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It's a 150 square foot aviary—the roofed, walled section was the first try, which I added the "garden" on to after realizing none of the plants they liked were surviving under the roof. This is the bigger section, the only one the birds have decided to brood in. The grasses get bigger every...

For an outdoor cage exposed to the elements, I've found wood mulch and/or chipped bark on dirt to be great at both controlling droppings and avoiding mold. I fully change out my aviary bedding 2-3 times a year and turn it over (scoop and flip, or muss it up with a metal rake) at least every...

I really hope they do! But I also don't want to deceive you and say it will happen every year...it took my first hens a year before they felt safe enough to make nests and sit clutches. But the hens who figured it out went on to try every year after, regardless of whether or not I had fertile...

Every broody Coturnix I've seen, mine or otherwise, was on clean bedding with lots of space and places to hide. I'm not sold on the idea that broodiness has been "bred out" of these birds. What if the reason we don't see brooding often is because few people keep Coturnix in an environment...

Coturnix (Japanese quail).

They all sat diligently the whole time, and made peculiar calls when the babies hatched. Aside from the first mama (who seemed to sometimes forget that her babies were not in fact weird little mice), all three were excellent mothers. Sheltered chicks, led them to food and water, tidbitting for...

I've had three natural hatches in my aviary—all the quail in my curent flock were hatched under their broody Coturnix mothers.