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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Animal Care.

For this BB, you will breed a broody quail and raise at least six chicks!

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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- breed a broody quail and raise six chicks

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
- caring for a broody quail
- caring for the quail while sitting on at least six eggs
- caring for the quail and at least six chicks
- six chicks that are all at least one week old

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For this BB, you will breed a broody quail and raise at least six chicks!

Unlike Chickens, Coturnix Quail only rarely go broody and are successful at hatching eggs and raising chicks even less often. Standard practice for those of us with quail in hutches is to collect their eggs and incubate them when wanting chicks to raise for the covey. Is there anyway this could be altered to include that practice?

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