Sir, you are missing the point, and I believe you. Believing you is not the point. If you do the same thing, you should expect the same results. You do not that saying, don't you? You know, doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results, is the definition of insanity.(its a common saying, I did not make it up)
I and I am sure, Gregg believes you. The reason I brought the whole thing up is most people are doing the same thing and thinking its normal. It IS NORMAL for folks doing the simplest possible nesting. But not normal for folks who want more from keeping. In the field, females move to KNOWN nesting sites in the fall, and stay there in the spring, And nest in known areas where historically theres the BEST conditions for survival.
To think its about hatching eggs is very naïve. They place their eggs in the material the neonates can survive in. Its a major part of why they nest like they do.
To put it another way, I will bet you one thousand dollars(u.s.) you can go to hognose habitat, and set your and their(your breeder friends) nesting boxes around and not one hog would voluntarily lay eggs in them. There is reason for that, what is it?

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