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Q: MY PAIR of Chinese painted quail has laid a number of eggs in my aviary, but the hen refuses to incubate them. Can you suggest any way of encouraging her to sit on any further eggs that she might lay?

Many kinds of quail, especially species such as the Chinese painted (CPQ) and

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