http://farmingfriends.com/why-do-quail-move-and-crack-their-eggs/ Meet the animals and harvest the information without getting your hands dirty! Thu, 17 May 2012 20:40:47 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://farmingfriends.com/why-do-quail-move-and-crack-their-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-728 sara Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:11:06 +0000 http://farmingfriends.com/?p=2535#comment-728 Hi Susie, I have found that sometimes my quail will move or roll the eggs to a different area as they try to turn them, although they don't go that far. If your quail are out in the open then another bird could have taken them or as you say your dog. Quail are also prone to egg eating so they could have broken the eggs and eaten them but this depneds on how many eggs there were. I don't think they would eat all of them and then you would see the shells of some of them. If they have disappeared altogther it is more than likely a predator such as another bird, eg magpis, rooks or crow or could be rats or other vermin or as you say your dog! I hope that the eggs have just rolled into another nest and not been taken and eaten. Kind regards sara @ farmingfriends Hi Susie,
I have found that sometimes my quail will move or roll the eggs to a different area as they try to turn them, although they don’t go that far. If your quail are out in the open then another bird could have taken them or as you say your dog.
Quail are also prone to egg eating so they could have broken the eggs and eaten them but this depneds on how many eggs there were. I don’t think they would eat all of them and then you would see the shells of some of them. If they have disappeared altogther it is more than likely a predator such as another bird, eg magpis, rooks or crow or could be rats or other vermin or as you say your dog!
I hope that the eggs have just rolled into another nest and not been taken and eaten.
Kind regards
sara @ farmingfriends

]]> http://farmingfriends.com/why-do-quail-move-and-crack-their-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Susie Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:12:44 +0000 http://farmingfriends.com/?p=2535#comment-727 Can quails move their eggs to another area or nest? From one morning to the evening - they all disappeared. Do the quails move them or did my dogs eat them? Can quails move their eggs to another area or nest? From one morning to the evening – they all disappeared. Do the quails move them or did my dogs eat them?

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