I currently have 9 female coturnix and 3 boys (but I plan to buy a few more girls) and two bobwhite females (Its a long story- but they get along fine. The bobs are even laying now despite having awful conditions before and only being moved two weeks ago!) and have a few projects I want to undertake! One of which is trying to get one of my girls to hatch some eggs herself. They have an indoor part of their coop where their food and water is that has a wood floor, and a completely wire much bigger run area with mostly dead grass at the bottom, although some has been growing as of late. They like to lay in small ditches they have dug behind the door to enter the indoor part, and they also take dust baths there. They also lay behind their water in the very corner of the indoor part. I have heard that coturnix quail are almost impossible to get to hatch their own eggs, but I would like to try! They already really like to sit in the ditch, and I have seen some stay their for quite a long while, not taking a bath, not laying, just... sitting. Anyways, anyone have any ideas for a nest box/area? I have plenty of time and space and would like to hear some ideas! While we are at it, has anyone here ever managed this before, and if so what did you do? Not life or death for me to hatch some, just a fun project. Thanks! (Also I have heard a bit about bobwhite coturnix hybrids, and so far the eggs don't seem fertile- but can someone educate me about those?)